The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-13


violin solo by William II. Walker, who
played around the camp fires fifty years
ago He played some of the old tunes.
To Mr.. Walkers music Captain Tom
Dobson danced a clog dance and an imita-
ton Of the Indian war dances. Senti-
mental solos were sung by John Y. Smith
IS he used to sing them to the boys in
the campaigns.
Colonel Kaighn's Address.
Colonel NJ. NJ. Kaighn spoke. He re-
Cetved much applause as he related patri-
otto Incidents He said that the Indian
war veterans deserved the highest praise
from the citizens OF Utah. and that they
showed true heTOiSm in d WAY no others
have when they went to fight in small
numbers a hostile foe, and had TO fur
niSh their own guns. ammunition and
horses and then risk their lives.
All of the old soldiers had a story to tell.
Captain Tom DObsOn told of experiences
that he had After the first Indian scare
in 1888 he was working on a ferry boat
in Bear River valley. The people were
leaving and he had gone down the river
to hide some boats for use when they
came back While down there he noticed
three men whom he supposed were from
JOhnstOns army. HI returned to camp
when he noticed that he had dropped his
powder flask. Powder being a scarce ar
ti-le in those days he went back after it.
While he was there five miles away from
any help he looked up and saw the three
men seventy-five yards ahead OF him and
they were Indians
With some hideOus -whoops and yelIs
they started after him He mounted his
pony and started toward camp. the Indi-
ans coming after him full speed. His
horse was little faster and he had
gained a safe distance when ne came to a
creek. The horse Ieaped over il and
landed in soft mud which stranded the
animal and threw him over its shoulders
He pulled the horse out with much diff
Guilty and mounted It just as the enemy
had reached the other side of the creek.
Again he OutstrIpped the saVdges and re-
turned to camp safely
7 have been through many exciting
Incidents" he said. but after this MOTH
ing Is great enough to bother me-
Killing of Wood Reynolds.
William Walker told Of the killing Of
Wood Reynolds. This is one Of the most
famous cases Of the Indian troubles. and
Gid much to rouse the people against the
Indians. Reynolds drove a stage coach
which came into Lehi- Mr. Walker was
standing in his wheat fields a few miles
south Of Lehi so that he overlooked the
road as II passed through narrow IA
vine. He saw the stage coming up the
road when he saw a cloud OF dust He
thought no more Of it. but when he was
the dust that he had seen was the smoke
from the rifles Of some Indians that had
killed Reynolds and an express messen-
ger who was with him. They attacked
them in q narrow ravine where there was
no chance of escape He said.
The most sad part of the whole affair
was that. Reynolds was to have been
married the next day
John Paul said that he saw these In
dams just after the murder of Reynolds
and the express messenger They were
Ike demons. They had the scalps Of the
two murdered men on poles and were
dancing around them. The reason that
they did not modest him was that he had
given them corn years before
Lambert Nearly Killed.
George Lambert related a thrilling tale
of how he nearly lost his life. At the
time Of the wars he was IS years old. One
evening some of the soldiers reported to
the commander that they had heard
dog bark. He knew that there was not
dog within many miles, so he decided that
there were some Indians near the camp.
He ordered a double guard that night
outskirts Of the camp, and two other
men were put on duty nearer the camp.
The two sentinels did not know that
Lambert was on picket duty. One of
them saw him hiding in the grass and
called the attention of the other. who
suggested that they challenge him. The
and he would shoot them if they did not
hurry and shoot him. 80 ne said. You
shoot when I count three he counted
one, then two. At this instant Mr.. Lam
bert fortunately heard them, and he
yelled, stop: this is me The sentinel
lad cooked his gun and had his finger on
the trigger ready to fire, when he was
warned. In a second more he would have
fired the shot that would have killed Mr..
Lambert
Thomas Jeremy tells an adventure in
which he saved the life Of DR.. Richards
He ana DR.. Richards were detailed TO ac-
the express from Sanpete to
Thistle as far as the divide which was
the boundary Of the hostile country. They
left the express at the divide and in re-
turning 10 carnn furn Of the r1artr- toll q