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Show 296 died, leaving her husband with the care of their two daughters. Ward l a t er relocated at Fairview and Gunnison in Sanpete County. On April 20, 1865, while looking for some l o s t cattle in Salina Canyon, he was surprised by a band of Ute warriors, and became one of the f i r s t casualties of the Black Hawk War in Utah. Ward's scalped and mutilated body was discovered the next day. The Utes had never forgiven him for his part in a b a t t l e with the Indians near Provo in I85O. He was fifty-two at the time of his death. Barney Ward's two daughters were taken into the home of his beloved friend, Brigham Young. During the 1870s Young t r i ed to locate Barney Ward's unmarked grave so that a suitable monument could be erected over i t . After several years, the site was found, and a monument was erected at the expense of the church. |