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Show 20 INDIAN DEPKEDATIONS EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OF JUDGE GEORGE W. BEAN. ( Almost a life- long Indian interpreter.) Early in the spring of 1849 a move was made to commence a settlement at Provo, among the power-ful tribe of Timpanodes, ( Timpanogos) John S. and Isaac Higbee and Alex Williams gathered up a com-pany of about thirty families, James Bean among the rest. They reached the river Provo the 1st of April. About three miles out they were met by a young brave Angatewats by name, who placed himself on horseback across the trail in front of the foremost wagon and forbad them from proceeding farther. Interpreter Dimic B. Huntington, who was with the Company, pleaded for them to try the emigrants a while and see if they could not live in peace together, and after about an hour's delay they were allowed to proceed in peace. They located on the south side of the river, near the lower crossing. They built their houses in a paralellogram, about 20 by 30 rods, en-closing an ancient mound near the center. Most of the houses were built of cottonwood logs, in solid continuous line, and where vacancies occurred, the space was filled in with pickets, about 12 feet long, set in the ground close together, for protection in case of attack from hostile Indians. They had a gen-eral stock corral on the East side of the fort outside, beside several private corrals behind the respective houses, with gates or back door openings, the farming was conducted on the east, south and west of the fort, mostly on the west side towards the lake. They got along pretty well with the natives the fore |