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Show I tranoacted business with the storee. 11za y 25 If wife 1,1aa sealed to me today. for }1y .'1"'1"1' illing ... his a: era to be iaken but 'otill aho took tho m.ktt-er a 11 ttle hard. 'c"'l l"ied so be l"Oa®011a"hle but did nof qui to come up '.0 the r.1O,rk at in;e. all "h. wn" o the thl1ater in th{t} e'vening • 1 started home , and bevi11t quite a heavy and bulky July 27. 108.d. I hb.'"(.d. aome hinge 1130 aled.. We arrived home the 6th of Augt1et" J"tme Le u .... s \7!"C · , . . .. . 11 but 1-. .. :rea" :.I: went 0 wO.rk in the store ega:i.l'l. August "!.. During the latte't' part of Sp1;embelfl), laS9 a genera,l muster of the :tron,. COUl.Lty rdli tary uiatrict was held at Hl. roony about fort, , aOl miles of her·. It lasted for throe days and was well attended. : ,vas ndjutt::'.nt of the .:'iro'\I rgin1ent 01: 1n:taniry and was present s.t I took my wj.fe ].Iary with me. tha drill. Three regiments were pra en t, t\70 of infant:y and one of ca.'Ve.lry. VIe had drill, dress parade, and. sham flghtj,ng 51 the 'beat we had oyer had in Southern U"taho General J:.!'aatu5 ...1now wae in command. Twenty one general orders W$r3 issued duz-Li g the three days' en ccrrpmen t , and evcl'ythirlg went off a well a s could be expe c t ed There ;,vas a. little feel:i.ng between tbe younger ones of th diffelent, ae·ttlements, expecially Beaver and Dixie In the ahara f.ght Colonel John l-'earoe had command of the cavlry' and Aij P. Hardy the infantry. Colonel iN. H. Dame '\-'as the ranldng of:tioer, and it v:ra.a hi, place to have taken. command of the I believe a. good infantry, but he was alek and would not go out. pOlrtion of hie aiokmas t'a$ caused freE'! fe!)ar. A mS.mg meting "vas held hel'e i.n arowan toda.y for September 30. th of purpose petitioning Congress to admi t Utah j.nto the union sa ·le sta.te of Deeeret. C. C. Pendleton was chairman and I we seore A short pet! tiC!l was drawn up and signed by tary of the mee tinh The3 meetings we:re held all through the terri nearly all prese11t. It v;a.a tOl"Y. thought by some that e. general movement of the people .tn t,his matter raight induce Congress to acco rd Utah her rights. It we.s of 11 ttle USe!:; for Congress docs not :l.nten1 to ghre Utah o the l\tOJ:'mon8 thoi r rishts § but ro"e trying very means possible to take awf:,\Y the rights of the. people Early 'in the fall of 1869 the Navajo Ind.:tans commenced their depredations in the eou'thern p.rt of Utah, and on the 31st of October they made a general raid ill the southern part of' the county and droT' off' qui te a number of animal.n fl"om Ka119.rl"ah and vicini ty. The breth ren from Ka!larrah followed one party and suceeeded in getting back a portion of the stock. A party of' the Ina"ians oame up by Cedar and. crossed. the mount.af.ne to the east tJ opposl to J-Qrnlaon' 6 fori A pal-.ty of our boys from l'arowan went over to the Sevier by F:tsh Lake. Th®y ove z ·took one partl' of Indians and recovered about thirty head of horses that had been stolen. 'When the party returned we held a n-1ase meeti.ng to see what we should do to protect our et o ck against the Indianfj P rrangemente were made to look a.fter the stook as beat we could and watch the paEH,es in 'the mourrta In e DU'I"ing the latter part of .December, 1869, the Nava.jo Indians made a generel mid on our ",-alley. 'I11ey pae sed our line of settle ments in the night Mel: V{t:mt 011 a. COlH.dde:r:·able distarlCe weat Ther& they camped for sevdral'daYb nd gathered about 600 head or cattle and horoes. · .. . ... 0; I t 0 r ! I ' .... , 1 . ' 0 (I ... ' 0 .. ' , As. am the a.larm was gi ven e, company stal ted ou't t a,.."I'Hl on January' 1, 1870 came to one Illd1anf whom they killed. He app.eared to b Q straggler I.ng back. The company dt not suc cecd in fil'ldins soon .. i , , J . l I'l I t I' i' .' |
