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Show 96 INDIAN DEPBEDATIONS The threshing of the wheat ( which was done by oxen) and the cleaning occupied all winter. The cleaning was done by a fanning mill, which was con-structed by David Moore and others at the fort. Feb. 28th, 1858, Col. Smith saw the Indians in a hostile attitude; he saddled his horse and called on the men to follow him, and then started to head off the cattle which the red skins were stealing. Many of the men started to follow him, but Col. Moore, fearing that the fort would be left exposed to the foes, organized a company of ten to follow Col. Smith and detained the rest to defend the fort. The In-dians fired on all of the colonists. Geo. McBride and James Miller were killed, and Col. Smith and four others were wounded. Col. Moore detailed men to bring in the dead and wounded. The foresight of David Moore saved the fort, for it was discovered afterwards that the Indians expected that the col-onists would pursue them, when, having some of their tribe in ambush, they would take possession, kill the men and carry off the women and children. An express was sent by B. H. Watts and Ezra Barnard to President Young, informing him of what had occurred. He immediately sent out one hun-dred and fifty mounted men and twenty wagons with provisions, under the command of Col. Cunning-ham, to relieve the colony and escort them to Utah. The fort was vacated March 28th, 1858. The men were sent forward as a van guard. The Indians followed them two hundred miles. They waylaid them. They killed, stripped and scalped Bailey Lake. When the colony left the fort snow was on the ground in many places, and the men had to help the teams with lariats. On April llth, 1858, at 3 |