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Show 85 had under cultivation when they left their settlement, first to seek refuge in Circleville, and afterwards to vacate that place again for other parts. The fields thus left with growing wheat and vegetables were afterwards harvested by people from Beaver who came over the mountains for that purpose. Circleville and Marysvale „ were the only two settlements in Piute Co. at that time. The above should not be construed as indicative of the policy of the civil or religious leaders of the territory of Utah; the incident should be viewed as reaction to the fury of the attacks, and the hysteria of isolated and fearful folk. As an incident, it fits into the pattern of Indian-white relations throughout the history of the United States. As the war ended, the pressing matter of controlling and keeping the Indians on their reservation became the matter most urgent in Utah. The Mormon settlers justly felt that the great burden they had carried for several years should be transferred to federal officials and federal budgets, just as it had been in neighboring territories. The government in Washington, D.C did not move with great eagerness to take up its burden. 18 Ibid., pp. 144-147. |