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Show 56 INDIAN DEPEEDATIONS kill, were to be summarily punished. These instruc-tions Colonel Smith executed with his usual fidelity, and though it entailed much labor upon the settlers to put themselves in a proper state of defense, the wisdom of the policy, evident at the outset, was speedily confirmed. Those who failed to follow the instructions suffered heavily from the raids of the Indians. ATTACK ON WILLOW CEEEK, ( MONA). ISAAC DUFFIN WOUNDED. August 10th. Lieutenant R. Burns and a com-pany of ten men, encamped at a small settlement on Willow Creek Mona in Juab County, were attack-ed by Indians, and during the fight that followed, Isaac Duffin was slightly wounded in the knee. Two of the soldiers had their horses killed, and one In-dian was sent to the " happy hunting grounds. " About this time Colonel Conover was ordered back from Sanpete to guard the settlements of Utah County and assist in putting them in better condi-tion of defense. AT PARLEY'S PARE, TWO MEN KILLED, ONE WOUNDED. On the 17th of August, four men John Dixon, John Quayle, John Hoagland and John Knight, were hauling lumber from Snyder's saw- mill in Par-ley's Park, when they were fired upon by Indians in ambush and two of them instantly killed. These were John Quayle and John Dixon. Hoagland was wounded in the arm, but was able to help Knight detach two of their horses, upon which they rode with |