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Letter from Isaac Higbee and John J. Higbee to Brigham Young, April 12, 1849

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Title Letter from Isaac Higbee and John J. Higbee to Brigham Young, April 12, 1849
Subject Salt Lake City (Utah); Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Latter Day Saints; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; White people--Relations with Indians; Horses; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords One Ship; Goship; Little Chief; Guns; Indian; White hostilities; Native Americans
Publisher Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
File Name Brigham Young Office Files Reel 31 Box 21 Folder 16
Tribe Goshute
Collection Name CR1234 1
Source The Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Language eng
Description This is a letter from Isaac Higbee and John J. Higbee to Brigham Young discussing incidents that occurred betweent different groups of Indian peoples near their settlement. Little Chief's son got shot in the arm. In this letter the Higbee's explained that a member of the Goship's band came to "make peace" with the Indians who resided near the Mormon settlers. According to the letter, after the Indian from Goship's band arrived the Indians who lived near the Mormon settlement attempted to kill the visiting Indian, and did not suceed because the Mormon settlers protected Goship's representative. The letter then explains how the next morning they heard shots down by Little Chief's settment, and upon arrival found that members from One Ship and Goship's band had fired upon Little Chief and his people. Not only did Little Chief's son get shot in the arm, but the One Ship and Goship Indians also killed two horses and drove off the rest of Little Chief's peoples horses. Little Chief offered to return the horses as a token of friendship.
Type Text
Coverage Utah
Format application/pdf
Rights Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the Church History Library for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ARK ark:/87278/s6f798wb
Holding Institution The Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Creator Higbee, John S.; Higbee, Isaac
Date 1849-04-29
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah): Skull Valley (Utah)
Setname uaida_main
ID 390456
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6f798wb
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