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Show JL'fi Sho^ ly afuor this they " both mounted horses and roue away Ax t h i s time I believe xhax several shots were exchanged bex.. o n xhe Indians and so mo of the bystanders but no one was injured. ' 2hc 3nerlfi got a car inmedi? t e l y arid with three or four other men pursued the 30 Indians " towards Bluff. V.' hen they were about eighx miles ouxside of Blanding xhe Indians opened f i r e on xhe automobile, one shox passing through- the rear of the car and missing one of the occupants by less than an inch. The sheriffs posse returned to Blanding and after consulting with the citizens i t was determined that a larger posse should De formed to pursue these prisoners and bring them back. There were several Indians in Blanding at this time and these were held oy the local a u t h o r i t i e s to prevent them joining with the others and increasing trouble. During the pursuit of the Indians many shots were exchanged, three of the white men having horses shot from under them. Joe Bishop's Boy, the Indian v/ ho was k i l l e d , had been shooting at the 3 u r suing officers and ax the time he was shot was in the act of shooting at a white man. Joe Bishop's Boy, one of the escaped prisoners, was the only . Indian k i l l e d or injured during the whole a f f a i r. ' 2he Indians took refuge on a high, narrow plateau, which was very d i f f i c u l t to reach. They laid several traps to catch the possee but the s h e r i f f ' s men seemed to be familiar with t h e i r mothods and i t was on this account xhax no whixe men were shot during t h i s pursuit. The posse surrounded xhe plateau and after considerable d i f f i c u l t y made their'way to the top and during the night of second day 01 the pursuit the Indians surrendered to them and were brought back xo Blanding. Posey, however, made h i s escape and up to the present has not been captured. The Indians themselves say that Posey ht^ c. planned t h i s outbreak for xhe pasx two months and xhe provisions ana supplies which xhe Indians had on xhis xable land, t h e i r strong hold, would indicate that the affair had ceen planned before hand, llever before had the s e t t l e r s pursued the Indians beyond the boundaries of their own ranches, and i t was due to the surprise oh the part of the Indians as well as the over whelming number of white men that caused them to surrender without considerable blood shed Many of the Indians h?? ve always realized that the Mormons were very reluctant to fi^ ht them. One of their doctrines, l a i d down' by Brigham Young, was to feed the Indians instead of fighting them. The Mormon also believes that the Indian race . i s one of xhe xen losx t r i b e s of I s r a e l . I st£ te these two f a c t s to show that general public, which believes the Mormons ere .- always attaching the Indians and are to blame for t h e i r uprising, are not familiar with the real Mormon character. |