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Show 268 INDIAN DEPEEDATIONS THE PARAGOONAH RANGE SWEPT BY INDIANS. Indians raided Beaver and captured a herd of stock, June 14, 1867. The Paragoonah range was swept by Indians June 22, 1867. Major Silas S. Smith gave chase and succeeded in cutting the In-dians off from the mountain passes; a maneuver which caused the thieves to leave their booty. At this raid an Indian named Albert Hanks, who had been raised by a brother Hanks at Parowan cap-tured a Spaniard who had been captured by the Navajoes and kept as a prisoner for several years. He was trying to get away from the Indians when captured. He afterwards made a speech at Pa-ragoonah, giving a detailed account of how he had been captured by the Indians. Among other things he said that they burned the bottom of his feet in order to cripple him, so he could not get away; he was kept as a servant or slave by the Navajoes, and he said that this was the first opportunity offered him to escape. RAID ON THE STOCK AT LITTLE CREEK, BEAVER COUNTY. At dusk on July 21, 1867, a descent was made upon the stock at Little Creek near Parowan, Iron County. The guards gave the alarm, the local caval-ry was quickly in motion and headed off the Indians at the mouth of the canyon, charging them and turning back the stock. The savages re- formed and charged twice, but were finally repulsed. The fight-ing lasted nearly all night. |