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Show INDIAN DEPREDATIONS 21 part of the season, although some of the worst In-dians of this western region belonged to this tribe, and they soon found that Provo was the great an-nual gathering place for all the Ute bands of the val-leys for twq hundred miles, east and south, on ac-count of the wonderful supply of fish, moving up the stream from the lake to their spawning grounds every spring, indeed so great were the number of suckers and mullet passing continuously up stream that often the river would be full from bank to bank as thick as they could swim for hours and sometimes days together, and fish would be taken in all ways and places. The Indians could feast from morning until night for weeks together, free of all cost, ex-cept a little labor catching the Pahgar ( suckers), or Mpahger ( speckled trout, good fish). At the time of their arrival at Provo the Timpanodes were govern-ed by a chief called by the whites, Little Chief, but in about a month after this, he led a party of war-riors to attack Wanship's band, north of Salt Lake City, and was killed in a battle up at Ogden hole, or north Ogden, then Opecarry ( SticJc- in- the- Head). There was also Old Elk, ( Pareyarts), Old Battiste, Tintic, his brother, Portsorvic, Angatewats and other noted ones here, Old Sawiet, old Petnich, Walker and his brother, and old Uinta and his sons, Tabby, Graspero. and Nicquia, old Antero, and some times Kanosh. These with their bands had been accustom-ed to meet at Provo, and have a great good time, horse racing, trading, gambling and eating fish, for several weeks every year. There were some addi-tions made to the population at Provo during the summer, and in the fall when Indian troubles broke out, they were situated in the fort. |
