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Show HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. 32 When cleared the away tirst the warm days snow and the of March, 1867, had settlers at Richfield were contemplating beginning farm work, the Indians dashed through the town and on toward Glenwood. They found a company traveling with an ox team and murdered Jens Peter Peterson and wife and Mary Smith. The citizens of Glenwood gave battle and a sharp engagement resulted, in which the Indians were victorious and succeeded in getting possession of about one hundred head of stock and driving the herd into their mountain retreat. April 1st President Young counselled the settlers to abandon their homes and remove north for safety. Teams were sent from Sanpete and a company of minute men assisted in removing all the inhabitants of The removal ocRichfield and Glenw ood to this county. curred about May 1st, and the homes and farms of that T empty and deserted. At this time Gen. D. H. Wells released Gen. Warren Snow from his command and placed Gen. W. B. Pace section were S. in charge of the entire Sanpete military district, then comprising all of southeastern Utah. He inaugurated a new policy and placed all the stock of the several settlements under heavy guard day and night. This foiled the Indians in their stealing operations and checked their ravages for a time. But, on June 1st, Louis Lund was killed and Jasper Robertson wounded while herding stock near Fountain Green, and about forty horses were taken iron* them and driven away. The next day Major J. W. Vance and Sergeant Heber Houtz were killed by Indians at Twelve-Mile creek, and Capt. Miles and Private Tanner narrowly escaped. After defeating the troops and dispersing the small guard then stationed on the herding ground the Indians made their escape, taking about tifty head of cattle belonging to the people of Gunnison. August 13th another |
