Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-12
Score of Indian Fighters
Tell Of Stirring Events

Black Hawk war In Sanpote county,
and from there on cast to tho Colo
rado line. Il was in sevon or eight
scraps" said he. IT tell you we had
some high old times, and things were
not and popping on good many oc-
casions. l don't know how many reds
we made bite tho dust, but a good
many, and they got to fear us as they
would the devil himself"
John ParlSin OF Woods Cross said II
served in r. w. Burtons company In
the Black Hawk wars In 65. Sc and 81.
There were plenty of hardships. priva-
lions and dangers. But we all lived
through those trying days, and here we
arc alive and well and enjoying the
good things of life"
c. l.. Sessions of Bountiful said: "We
wore sent down by Brigham Young to
protect the Sanpote settlements when
the southern tribes got so bad. And we
boys went willingly. 100. We were
glad to be OF service, and I think we
did some good 1 am the oldest living
pioneer in Davis county today. and I'm
not as old as l expect to be, either"
Jabez Brandham came all the way
from Beazer. Alberta Canada. to regis
ter With the Utah veteran Indian war
lighters II did my part down In San
pete when the Indians were bad In '66.
But | don't care to repeat the fun OF
those days. Several of our boys were
Killed near Gunnison. Those were ex-
citing days and every man kept his
gun we'll polished all the time"
The Indian war commissioners, E A.
Wedgwood. ]. NJ Westwood, NJ. l..
Pratt and ]. II. Arthur, found Friday
the livellest day since opening their
office In the Armory building.
twenty-five have registered today"
said MIR. Westwood. "One hundred have
filed their papers since we opened this
Office last week. We will close the
books Feb. 10. BY that time we ex-
pect to have practically all In. There
VIII be a total of 1000. possibly 200
That report that there were 5000 Utah
Indian war veterans still living Is er-
roneoue-the number Will not exceed
2,1o0. There are very good prospects
of pensions being granted to these vet-
Grams
Il wish to emphasize the fact that
to perfect the papers. every man must
have with him at least two witnesses.
and these witnesses must have served
at the same time and in the Same COM
prany with the applicant. This require
ment = obligatory.
Friday we had applicants from Can
ada; from three states. Idaho. Wy
oming and Utah. and 10 Utah counties
&C ioiioNS w washington, Muidru. JubD,
Utah. Sanpete. Summit Wasatch, Da-
Wis. Weber and Cache"
Francis Marion Hancock of Payson
Utah, Is one OF the old Utah Indian
war veterans who still has vivid
remembrances OF the trying days OF tho
SOS and SOS. He is 72 years old and
came to Utah in 1s4s Speaking OF
those times he says: 1T was the winter
of '65,when was living with my mother
In the Nineteenth ward of Salt Lake
In the middle OF the night was awak-
ened by somebody calling Marion. get
up; Indians have stolen our cattle and
gone to Skull valley; you must be
ready by sun up So up I got my
mother fixed me up and I Joined the
company, and rode Bob Golding's sorrel
mule, We faced bad old blizzard on
our way to Skull valley. To show how
we'll we were equipped to face such
storms. one of the boys wore a straw
hat, the brim torn down and one ear
sticking out through the hole. Ny sorrel
mule was not used to such hard going,
and when VIC reached Skull valley he
looked SO detected / was sent back
That was the ooldest trip l over had in
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