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Show 17 Chapter III. EARLY RELATIONS OF THE UTAH HJDIANG WITH THE U0RIS3IIS. Spreading north and south, the Mormons aoon began to encroach on lands which the Indiana uood for fishing and hunting. The Shoshonee threatened an attack, but 1 made none. Hot BO the Uteo. In April came the f irat reports of hostilities, Taaques and Bridger, tr?. dera of the Amerloan Fur Company, who for five years had been proprietors of Fort Bridger, wrote Young that the Utes were badly diepoaed toward Americans, and that chiefs Elk and Walker were urging the Utes to attack the settle-cento in Utah Valley. The brethren were advised to protect theraeelvea but if the Indiana were friendly to ieaoh them to raise grain and " order them to quit ateal- 3 ing." 1 Littell, Living Age, p. 550. 2 House Executive Documents, 32 Cong., 1 Coaa., vol. 2, pt. 3, p. 1002 ( 636) 3 Bancroft, Hubert Kowe, History of Utah, p. 309. |