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Show INDIAN DEPREDATIONS 147 ment took place June 20, 1866, most of them going north to Sevier and Sanpete Counties, while a few crossed the mountains on the west to Beaver and other places, leaving their fields of promising grain behind unharvested, about 700 acres of land was un-der cultivation at the time. About fifteen families constituted the population at Marysvale, but it is not known how much land they had under cultivation when they left their settlement, first to seek refuge in Circleville and afterwards to vacate that place again for other parts. The fields thus left with growing wheat and vegetables were afterwards harvested by people from Beaver who came over the mountains for that purpose. Circleville and Marysvale were the only two settlements in Piute Co. at that time. ABOUT 150 HEAD OF STOCK STOLEN FROM RICHFIELD. The following is from the pen of the author, Peter Gottfredson: In 1865, the Richfield Canal was completed and the water turned into it and the people had got some grain planted. It was customary to driva the stock down on the river bottom to feed. One Saturday evening about one hundred and fifty head were driven down to the sand knolls, about a mile north of the Glenwood Ford. Together with two other boys I was down there all day ( Sunday) watching them and fishing, and when we left after sundown the stock was all right. On Monday morning, about daylight, I went down after some oxen belonging to myself and my father to finisn putting in grain. When I reached the place I could not find any of |
