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Show 132 INDIAN DEPREDATIONS from the savages and giving it to the settlers, help-ed the prospect somewhat, but the situation was very strained, and the witness to the indignity of-fered the Chief at Manti as already noted felt the affront had furnished the spark to kindle the In-dians ' vengeance into full fury. Learning later in the evening that a raid was contemplated upon the cattle of the settlement, a small body of horsemen started for the feeding grounds. Early next day they encountered the Indians who opened fire, killing a young man named Peter Lud-vigsen. and put his comrades to flight, mutilated his body, and then made off with a herd of stock. Hostilities now being formally opened, the vic-torious bands broke for the mountains to the south-east. Near Salina, Sevier County, on the same day they killed and scalped two men, one being the vete-ran Barney Ward, and the other a Mr. Lamson, ( James P. Andersen) and drove off a large number of stock into the adjoining canyon. COL. ALLRED WITH 84 MEN DEFEATED IN SALINA CANYON. A company of cavalry was quickly mustered into service under Colonel Reddick N. Allred and started in pursuit, but having chased the savages ten miles into the mountains, they were compelled April 12th to retire before the deadly fire of the ambushed foe, with the loss of two men killed, Jens Sorensen and William Kearns, and two wounded. Reinforcements having been received, another advance was ordered two or three days later, when |