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Show INDIAN DEPREDATIONS 153 ' IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII- IIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII forty whites, including women and children. Black Hawk's own numbers in the beginning had not ez-ceeded two or three score warriors ; but his success gave prestige to his name and strength to his follow-ing, so that although he lost about forty of his braves during the campaign, his force at the end of the year exceeded a hundred men, and when he retired for the winter toward the Colorado River he had beef and horses for all who wished to join him. Other raids during the year 1865, besides those mentioned were made near Salina, Sevier County. On Wednesday, June 7th, 1865, President Brig-ham Young and party accompanied Col. 0. H. Irish to the Indian Farm where a treaty was made with the Indians. Dimick B. Huntington and George W. Bean were interpreters. Col. Irish referred to some good acts performed by a few of them and bestowed presents upon them. He then read an abstract of a treaty which is quite liberal in its provisions, and talked to them. He recalled his council and advice to them. Kanosh led off on the part of the Indians. He was a boy, but Sau- e- ett was an old man and could speak; he couldn't, yet he kept trying and made quite a speech before he got through. Col. Irish talked with one tongue but others had talked with two ; they had lied to the Indians ; would Col. Irish always talk one way? Brigham Young had always talked with one tongue, they knew him, and he had never lied to them but had always spoken the truth and been their friend. What did he say about it? They did not want to sell their land and go away ; they wanted to live around the graves of their fathers. Sanpitch followed him, and spoke rather bitterly, manifesting a strong desire to exert his in- |