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Title |
Western wilds |
Subject |
Salt Lake City (Utah); Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Latter Day Saints; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; White people--Relations with Indians; Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857; ; Bridger, Jim, 1804-1881; Missionaries; Federal government; Adventure and adventurers; Arizona; Maps; Indigenous peoples--North America |
Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City (Utah); North America; Nevada; California; Washington (D.C.).; Tooele (Utah); Oklahoma; Colorado; Arizona; Kanab (Utah); New Mexico; Wyoming |
Keywords |
Narrative; Far West; Wild life; perils; Canyon; Desert; Custer's defeat; life and death of Brigham Young; "savages"; Native Americans |
Tribe |
Navajo; Shoshone |
Creator |
Beadle, J. H. (John Hanson), 1840-1897 |
Description |
J.H. Beadle provides his account of life west of the Mississippi River. Beadle discusses Mormon settlement of Utah, including Mormon lifestyles, Brigham Young's leadership style, conflicts between Mormons and the federal government, and relations between the Mormons and Utah's Indians; Beadle is critical of the LDS Church and its policies. Beadle also gives an account of Indian lifestyles in other Western states, and along the Colorado and Rio Grand Rivers and the Pacific Coast |
Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Date |
1879 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
File Name |
1of2-1850s-SS006.pdf |
Source |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Language |
eng |
Coverage |
Utah |
Rights |
Digital Image Copyright University of Utah |
Holding Institution |
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6fn42mh |
Setname |
uaida_main |
ID |
355210 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fn42mh |
Title |
Western wilds and the men who redeem them. An authentic narrative, embracing an account of seven years travel and adventure in the far West; wild life in Arizona; perils of the plains; life in the canon and death on the desert ... adventures among the red - Page 541 |
Format |
application/pdf |
OCR Text |
Show 536 WESTERN WILDS. whole proceeding was but a well- played ruse to enable the Indians to get their women and children to a place of safety, and leave the war-riors free for contingencies. The accomplished commanders of the American army had been tricked by a lot of dirty savages. Custer in the lead, pushed on with all possible speed after the Indians, but in vain. They had struck the stage stations on the Smoky Hill route, and murdered several persons; and the war was begun. It ended decidedly to the advantage of the Indians. OUSTER'S FIRST INDIAN FIGHT. Ouster's first experience in actual Indian fighting was while escort-ing a wagon- train loaded with supplies from Fort Ellis. The Indians had selected for the fight a piece of ground well cut up with gullies an admirable system of " covered ways" by which they hoped to get close up to the wagons without being discovered, and then make a charge. But the watchful eye of a scout discovered their plan, and brought on the conflict on ground more favorable to the whites. The train was simultaneously attacked on all sides by six or seven hundred well- mounted Indians, outnumbering Ouster's party twelve to one. The savages attacked in the manner known as " circling" that is, riding round and round the whites, hanging on the opposite side of their horses so as to be shielded, and firing over the animal's back and under his breast. The scout Comstock had predicted a long and obstinate battle : " Six hundred red devils ain't a goin' to let fifty men stop them from getting the sugar and coffee that's in these wagons." And they did not yield the prize as long as there was hopo. The ioldiers were located around the wagons in skirmish order. The |
Setname |
uaida_main |
ID |
355115 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fn42mh/355115 |