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Show 308 John Tanner and His Family Shelton, who had been trying to break up this ancient practice among the Indians, had Little Singer's plural wives rounded wives. Mr. what has up and brought into the agency. This act touched off been called "The Beautiful Mountain Rebellion." Some of the clan who supported Little Singer made a raid on the agency and "rescued" the wives. The group, afraid of the conse Mountain quences, fled to a sanctuary on the height of Beauiful and prepared for a siege. (Beautiful Mountain is thirty or forty miles southwest of Shiprock, near the Arizona-New Mexico border). Mr. Shelton notified Washington, D. C., and asked for troops. protested the use of troops and requested the privi visiting the Indians to talk things over. Mr Shelton, thinking this was too dangerous, at first hesitated, but after three or four meetings finally gave his consent. As Joe proceeded up the mount ain, Indian sentries flashed warning signals to him, but he ignored the warnings, and proceeded on into the camp of the hostile Indians. Joe Tanner lege of Because of his brave averted, and his thrilling stature and determined effort bloodshed was The story of the even more. increased by Will Evans, encounter has been written up old settlers of the one of the area. Joseph Baldwin's family together with a large crop of nearly sixty grandchildren, makes this family one of the fastest growing among the large Tanner Family, and the prominence of his descend ants in both civic and religious affairs makes it a family to be reckoned with. Chapter Twenty-Five - Notes IMyroll Tanner Biography. :lIbido :IIbid. 4Ibid. 5A number of Maria's letters are in HDC. Some are lacking in neatness. BJenson, Biographical Encyclopedia, vol. 2, p. 802. ';"Joseph Smith Tanner, "Reminiscences." (Copy in possession of author). 8The gold mines which were near Sacramento were about three-fourths as far from San Bernardino as Salt Lake was. 9Letter to George A. Smith. HOC. |
