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Show INDIAN DEPREDATIONS 83 November 9th The Indians burned six houses in Summit Creek ( Santaquin) Utaji County, which had been vacated during the summer. THE ALLRED SETTLEMENT, ( SPRING CITY) BURNED BY INDIANS. 1854, Jan. 6th Allred's settlement ( Spring City) Sanpete County, which had been deserted the pre-vious summer because of Indian troubles, was burned to the ground by Indians. April. A number of Elders was called on a mis-sion to the Indians in southern Utah. This more directly resulted in opening up that part of Utah south of the rim of the great basin to settlement. TREATY WITH CHIEF WALKER AND KANOSH. END OF UTE WAR. In May, 1854, after a " talk" with President Brigham Young, the Indian chief Walker ( Surround-ed by his braves) and Kanosh, chief of the Pahvant Indians, entered into a formal treaty of peace at Chicken Creek, Juab County. This ended the Ute war, during which nineteen white persons and many Indians had been killed. During the war a number of the smaller settle-ments had been broken up, and their inhabitants moved to larger towns. WILLIAM AND WARREN WEEKS KILLED IN CEDAR VALLEY. August 8th William and Warren Weeks, sons of Bishop Allen Weeks, were killed by Indians in Cedar Valley. |
