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Show 144 INDIAN DEPKEDATIONS tion was that the Indians, fearing that the calves would be a hindrance in driving off the stock into the mountains, had thus crippled the poor animals to prevent them from following their mothers. The massacre of the Given family in Thistle Valley represents one of the most horrible deeds committed by the Indians during the Black Hawk war. DAVID H. JONES KILLED NEAR FAIBVIEW On Friday, May 29, 1865, three days after the massacre of the Given family in Thistle Valley, David H. Jones, a member of the Mormon Battalion and a resident of Fairview, was killed by Indians about three miles northwest of Fairview. This kill-ing was supposed to be done by the same band of Indians that had murdered the Given family. Comrade James M. Allred says that ten persons killed by Indians are buried in the Fairview ceme-tery, namely, John Given, wife and four children, Thomas Jones, David H. Jones, Jens Larsen and Nathan Stewart. INDIANS KILLED AT CIRCLEVILLE Although the Indian depredations were raging in all directions and many murders had been com-mitted by Black Hawk and his band the year before, the Piute Indians still remained in Circle Valley professing friendship, although they were mis-trusted by many of the settlers. Some of their actions were so suggestive that the whites felt themselves in danger every moment, not knowing when a break would be made by these savages on the settlement. On Monday, April 21, 1866, an ex- |
