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Show 130 INDIAN DEPREDATIONS and making demonstrations, trying to persuade the other Indians against making peace. John Lowry and Archibald W. Buchanan were interpreters and leading spokesmen on the peoples ' side. John Lowry, who was said to be under the influ-ence of liquor, demanded of Chief Yene- woods ( Jake Arropeen) that he should keep quit and let him ( Lowry) finish talking, when some one spoke, saying, " Look out, he is getting his arrows." Whereupon Lowry stepped up, caught hold of the Indian and pulled him off his horse, and he was about to abuse him in some way, when some of the by- standers in-terferred. Indian Joe mounted his horse and rode out to an Indian camp at Shumway Springs, where he reported what had happened. This caused a big excitement among the Indians who sent out their runners to distant Indian camps with the informa-tion. In consequence the Indians generally broke camp and moved into the mountains. Those at Rich-field went to Salina to join those from Sanpete. P. LUDVIGSON, BARNEY WARD AND J. P. ANDERSON KILLED. ^ It was reported that the Indians were going to steal stock. Consequently, early in the morning of the 10th, a small party of men from Manti went out to the Indian Farm at Twelve Mile Creek to gather the stock, which was turned out there, to bring them home. On the way they were attacked by a number of Indians, who killed Peter Ludvigsen and put the others to flight. A. W. Buchanan says that he and Fred Cox went out to the Indian camp at Shumway Springs to have a talk with Chief " White |