Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-12

It was A years ago. the winter OF
| Sc. Two young minute men, full OF
| tho yigor and enthusiasm OF youth.
heard the call: mounted their horses;
| joinod the hastily mustered posse and
started in pursuit Of band OF rowing
Navajo Indians that had just raided
the Pipe Springs settlement in kane
county, driving off most of the cat
tie, horses and sheep. Before the return
two of their number. Whitmore and
Mcintyre, fell before the enemy, one
of the bodies pierced by 16 arrows.
a few days later these two young men
parted. and for nearly half a hundred
years their ways lay In di1erent
directions; they heard nothing OF
each other until yesterday they met
at the Armory hall in Pierpont street.
Those men are oliver Stratton of
Lowell Wyoming, and James Henry
Mangum of silver City. Utah. When
they parted they were strong
vigorous youths; today they are gray
haired broken old men with dim eyes
and faltcrlng steps. Yet they were
glad to greet each other again. They
laughed, and joked and their dim
eyes danced as IL once moro animated
by the rich wine of youth.
THE NavaJos wcre a bad lot" SAID
Mangum. the old Indian scout. They
were we'll armed and could shoot
straight as a die, ! liked their bull
lots better than their arrows. l re-
member they killed the two range
riders: scared off the sheep herder,
and drove away the sheep. The TWO
sheep dogs followed the flocks. and
one of the dogs came back ten days
afterwards"
There were over a score of these old
Indian fighters lowering about tho
Armory hall all day Friday, and what
jolly times they had meeting each
other and swapping yarns. That many
youths of 16 wouldn't have displayed
more life and animation. Several of
them were disappointed in their In
ability to find more than one living
witness. the papers requiring two.
do you know" said one twisted
up old octogenarian, 1--WE amt quite
as young as we were. The last time
I tried to turn 'summersct' was the
day I turned 50.' and they all shook
their hends and chuckled approval. I
made a bad out OF 1t and haven't tried
since"
Alma Stalker of Castle Dalo Emery
county. said he served under four
captains. 1--WE were minute men, hold
ing ourselves ready for duty at all
times. Our horses. blankets and
everything were prepared for
moments start, 1t was like living in
camp all the time"
William Woolscy of Cannonville.
Garfield county, said some OF the
Indians had good rifles and horses,
while we were waiting for the call
we had lots of fun in camp. We got
up all sorts of games and had jolly
times. But when the word came that
the Indians were on the raid we drop
ped our sports like hot potatoes and
off we dashed after the redskins. And
you bet we made 'em go some. too"
d. IA. Workman of Fort Duchesne
said: IT served under Capt 6, Johnston
OF Virgin City. And some lively times
we had too. You might almost SAY we
slept ir our boots and In our saddles
And a pretty good bunch of minute
men We were. too. II II hadn't been for
these squads and scouts don't know
what would have become OF some OF
the sett1em ents II think It rather
surprising how few of the settlers were
killed during our Utah Indian wars"
Joseph Gribble OF Marysvale, FIRE.
mont county. Idaho. lived through the