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Show 21 " I knew the leader of the Indiana to be a crafty ana blood- thirsty aav& ge who h~& been already guilty of several Burdera, and h,* d openly threatened ho would kill every white nan ho found alone upon the prairies. In addition to this I vs » convinced that the completion of the yet unfinished ourvoy of the Utah Valley, suet cther^ ieo be attended with serious difficulty, and would involve the necessity of a largely increased and armed eacort for its proteo-tlon." Lieutenant Rowland of Stenebury'a oosasand with aid in the way of irms, aicisunition, tents, and c& ssp tquipage ecsoom-panied the Morson force of one hundred men. Mormon Defensive Policy. Before proceeding further in the narrative of events, legislative evidences of a defenite Indian policy of ft defensive character on the p^ rt of the Kormon government ere to be noted at this time. An © rdinsmce approved Jfcrch. £ gth, 1S50, prohibited the eali without a license of arse, tusEunition, or 1 Otsnsbury, Howard, " Exploration & c" , p. 14- S, et eeQ. 2 Utah Territory, lets, Resolutions and Ke& orialB... .1855 P. " 63. |