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Show 34 INDIAN DEPREDATIONS darkness withdrew. The log- house had previously been vacated by Kiniball ' s men, a circumstance whicL enabled the Indians to depart unobserved, after help-ing themselves to a supply of horse- beef from the dead cavalry animals lying near. General Wells, who had been sent for to take charge of further operations, arrived next moming, Feb. 10th, but on preparing to attack the Indians it was discovered that they had gone. One party, the smaller band, had retreated in the direction of Rock Canyon, a rough and difficult gorge a little north- east of Provo, while the main party had fled southward in the direction of Spanish Fork. A dead squaw the one killed by a cannon shot was found in the Indian encampment; also two or three warriors, dead or dying. . Elk, the chief, subse-quently died of wounds received during the siege. His being wounded had probably disheartened the savages and caused the retreat quite as much as Lieutenant Rowland's battery. The lieutenant had returned to Salt Lake City after the second day's skirpnish. Some of the Indians, more friendly than their fellows, had deserted their ranks before the fighting began, taking refuge with the white fami-lies in the fort. Detailing certain men to garrison the stockade, and others to pursue the Eock Canyon refugees, Gen - eral Wells, with the main body of the cavalry, set out upon the trail of the Indians who had gone south-ward. At Spanish Fork and Pe- teet- neet ( now Pay-son) short skirmishes occurred, and eventually, on Feb. llth the Indians were overtaken near Table Mountain, at the south end of Utah Lake. Another battle ensued, and the Indians were practically an- |
