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Show 124 FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. some amount, so the old lady had no trouble in making the exchange. She went back feeling indignant at " Jones" for robbing her daughters. She was a great tea- party woman and never missed a chance to tell of my cruel conduct, sometimes shedding tears over it. One man who had married a daugher became a little suspicious, so he went to the city and visited the furniture dealer, and soon found the linen. He told me of the circumstance and asked me what I wished done, as he considered it an outrage. I told him it was not worth noticing, as there were so many similar things ; to let the old woman and her daughters settle their own affairs, that would be punishment enough. I could tell of many more but this will suffice. Some of these sto-ries were related during the investigation. CHAPTER XXI. The Echo Canyon War An Invading Foe Plans for checking its Progress Peace declared Pardon granted The true Cause of the Trouble I work at Saddlery The unjustifiable Killing of Yates Visit from Indians. [ WILL not attempt to give a full account of the Echo Canyon war but will give only sufficient to connect this history. Word reached Utah on the twenty- fourth of July, 1857, while the people were celebrating Pioneer day in Big Cottonwood canyon that U. S. troops were on the road to Utah. As soon as this report was confirmed, and the intentions of the invaders fully learned which |