Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-09

,asa time, q hai-'e''u''
Ihs'e .,r,o Of "Jlme' Pierce was
shen ''' '.inro With IN this section lie
re 70 ,. avn by white men and redskins
u' SDOS' ,bs latter held his name IN
tife aD' rersrce, Now Mr. Pierce
% Nut |, n .Iewett san Juan coun-
"a T', {" For the first time in i5 years
y n !" salt Lake during the con-
b y.'', INST closed, and with him came
i'sn' -, nal Ira Hatch, the man IN
y ~. ~ company he has often . eaten raw"
vh'', ,. OD,' saddles to avoid starvation
tis wv" the Incidents of his Ire
HS 5.,es BY Mr., Pierce the other i'sI,
ven Tea',1 certain quaint modesiy as
psis me sph~ are In 1852" said Jim
] csne settled at Payson, ! heard
rercs, S Snoa mat killed Alex Keel, the
% ~, and opened the h's sSa u'I1,tia
sNVF,iksr war served Va ~. S1e , i,,s" zee
es n%"Jb that war; and In % was sa su,
tl lllo w one OF the three 70 nrlhB uDo ,.e
tted az oa w The others Were
pace iNlSs,,olI and Frank Johnson we
VA n"Ah" jan, Inc Indian camp near san
v,hi 70 u, ~, I'm under flag OF truce
tpeA a"a hs ties 10 agree TO give w
N' I" ,,Sck IN their possession, .e el,u
M0sr dictated the treaty " pSa ~
Maven Gus ga an Indian lying near ny the
.Thefe WaS aponsoolS." that had been
itame oi a, the battle OF the canes
'vcgnlsu icing slowly Every time no
.ird WI an IN pain, peace negotiation,
'goaled !" and the warriors would
youl s% ,,r death. and the best manner
a .,aElng rs of, Then we wou,u go, ,"'n N
o Na nr llyes, for there Is no human
.ioi Ou, ,ors rsyengeful than the lnaian
'en to NV rate we got the peace treaty
,lsousA. -
AFTER BLACK HAWk'
81, 49,. | remember going with W.T. sH Ne'
s.. ~ and a company OF ~ up span
y sI'T Forg canyon into Uintah valley "
,tn lo, "plock Hawk, who had Dand
s,i,ss'it oijops and about the same num'
y w SSaI NJ stolen cattle, We didnt
w " 10 conture him, as | remember ~
A al. KAT was our mission. We
su"S' ,bat there would be nobody 10
, ,..,'r ne loose II we captured him: but
l''~ made The trip through three ieet OIL
w. %' and were subjected TO terrlnc eH-
' 'os and forced to give up
FL ~ helIeyo II was IN that same yeal
~, re went out to annnilale
way W.. llh.rt sidney Johnston and ms
ven az ! carried double-barreled bird
s,n that possibly, could have Killed
fsskbrd at 20 PAGES, II both barreis
., discharged al once, and an old-
.s,Slonsd opepper. box" with which
pnsslo Bnl in his palmlest days could
al faye NH a mark as big as Ensign
., -, II ls indeed, a wonder, under
ana circumstances, that Albert SID
py Johnston ever lived to join the con-
ieteracy.
SMOOTH INDIANS.
Finally | moved south when they
Asan 10 settle Washington county.
.Nhne living at ST. George, was In
N, militia and served the three years
m me Navajo war Those Indians stole
I'M Of ny horses three different times,
and | followed them and got the ami
mails back each time. In 1858, | was
ulN to 20 on the White Mountain
mission, under Col VIM, II. Dame In
"a went on the Moke Indian mission,
and again In 1850. under President ia
Rob Hamlm. John w, Young was in
iae party So was Amos Thornton and
Taylor Crosby. We Camped the Sec
Cnt night out In a little rock house,
keeping the horses tied up. of course.
Crosby was next 10 the last guard, and
got me up TO take the last guard |
Tod bin, when he called me. that It was
loo cold for mortal man to live on
guard-l was sleepy alsO-and that
ie had better let the horses 20 and
come 10 bed, So he did. A little later,
inst before daylightwe heard the chirp-
ing Of crlckets, | thought II was very
queer In the dead Of winter and went
p sleep. Before daylight the Indians
fll stolen a pistol from under Crosby's
ll0w, and our blankets, brides, boots
lA about everything of consequence
inN We owned, Then We made the in
l'rslng discovery that they had TAX
" all the horses
BLuFFED THE INDIANS.
Ben Nell, John w. and myself start
q after them on foot We followed
,lsr 'rall through the snow for five
tulS when We came across q white
tSS that Bob Lloyd had been riding,
w caught H. made a rope bride, and
IsnVel 10 50 On after the redskins.
waoSed Tor 10 miles and found them
upel IN a little wash. was within
NY lVds OF our horses before / realized
,% any living being was nearby. The
alal's mad the horses punched and
ue throwing ropes az them. Not
.%yN,ns any other course TO pursue I
taI.u together my nerve, ana charged.
u,us at iull speed towards them and
aus IKE a mailman. II would have
r,Sa ,auer embarrassing had they
~, stand But the ruse had It's ef-
r.., IVY We're stunned for the mo-
M IS ~. thinking | might have thous-
M . uen win me. took advantage of
an, situation, and stlll yelling nv lungs
Nsr 'Vunded up the horses and ran
S sI UP the bank and away, at fniI
brsSS =, a perfect shower Of arrows fol-
M I " ~e' hUt fortunately, | was not
Hi r, ~, Vle horses into camp ali RICH
'' minus q few fine saddles.
d. GEO. A. SMITH SHOT.
l-s lac next Year | went on onotbor
We %, " asn with George A. smith
Nlaes o1out % miles from the Orlba
s.obPed "u'N a band of 400 Navaios
lnsc p, vs. We numbered ONLY ninS-.
M jobH 'u we T., Haskell Jacob Ham.
NcConm.nN W, Young. Ira Hatch lSethor
IA To,il Smith and myself ma ME-
tsn-tbs, ma s VIE was a Pluto IN
hsr S~ ", U.s. she had Indian blood IN
and the I s8, very refined woman
Ar Than 'V.'u5 NO sooner laid owes ON
steal h." uley made preparatlons IN
Nat ni.,. we cimped on "A nigh noint
lgh, lnsu' ana were entertained NH
uIs,' uDg By war dance ma fr,oh S o.,
0mpetolv y,us The Indians had ma
bannRi, surrounded aud were ready
tl,tnbt. US u the morning. II their
i0n S@S TO Tighten us into m,hnts
Haskoll n9' succeed. Al davbreal,
Are, . qua Smith went To water ,hn
there , Dgoul q half.mlle away whuo
On wS horse belonging to sr,,h me
cAancsd1 a bunch Of Navajo non,os , ten
After w. 70 be going bv sni, is9 , wa }
Ned wis as morse naturally. amd V ho Wei" oni
yen caught ettVjup OF Indians. One Of
Gagged HIM o ,,'il about the legs aud
gaimed him W.T. Dn ,'ls horse while Others
nc through t Su1 ,, Shot him three times,
enp emp" ana We heard the Shots ne" ',n nus Y, own ,,
lad beam %a mistrusted thar ' G Sp az inc
tse VVyn Killed. Who,, NevrBe n,