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Show 52 Walker and his tribesmen, and a treaty was entered 1 into, by which the Walker War was ended. In January, 1855, the leading spirit of the Utahs, Chief Walker, died, at peace with the Mormons. He was succeeded by three brothers in turn, Arapeen, San- 2 pitch, and later Tabby. The Disposition of the Indians. The Walker War was in no sense a real war, and depredations notwithstanding, the Indians were pliant and approachable. On the condition of the Indians in Utah, the following account of Agent Holeman, dated September 26th, 1252, furnishes firsthand testimony: " The Indians in this section of the Territory ( the Humboldt Valley) although they appear to be in a savage and wild st'te, seem to have a very correct idea of the power and importance of our government .... I think it important that government should establish posts on this route: one on the Humboldt .... and one at the Mormon station in Carson Valley There are white men who are more desperate and who commit more I Whitney, Orson F., Popular History of Utah, p. 106. 2 Bancroft, Hubert Howe, History of Utah, p. 476. |