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Show INDIAN DEPKEDATIONS 205 minium i ii in n iiiiiiimmmimi lllllllllllllilii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii swept forward. This maneuver was made several times and the ride made in safety. During the five-irile race Noakes shot one Indian off his horse and Stewart shot a horse. In the meantime news of the light was received by General Snow at Manti. Col-onel Kimball with his cavalry, then stationed at Fountain Green, was ordered to report at once at headquarters. In thirty minutes the command was in the saddle, and before daylight next morning was at Manti, where it remained most of the day under waiting orders until reinforcements should arrive from Mount Pleasant. That night a short march was made, and the combined forces now under per-sonal command of General Snow went into camp. The impatience of the men who wanted to overtake the Indians by forced march and engage them could hardly be restrained by the cautious commander, who, taught by experience had no relish for rushing recklessly into a possible ambuscade. The march was resumed the next morning, and at noon the troops came upon the previous night's camping ground of the Indians in a canyon at the western edge of Castle Valley. A council of war was called, and though the young officers and the majority of the men were in favor of an advance at the best pos-sible speed, the General decided that without heavy reinforcements it would be imprudent to continue the case. GEN. WELLS AND MILITIA LEAVE GREAT SALT LAKE CITY FOR SANPETE. GEN. WELLS TAKES COMMAND OF THE MILITIA IN SANPETE. In the meantime Lieutenant- General Wells ( leaving Salt Lake on the llth), reached Gun- |
