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Title Letter from Aaron Johnson to Brigham Young dated January 15, 1851
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; Hobble Creek (Utah); Violence; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords Utes; Indian Farms; Native Americans
Publisher Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
File Name Brigham Young Office Files Reel 31 Box 22 Folder 7
Tribe Ute
Collection Name CR1234 1
Source The Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Language eng
Description In this letter, Aaron Johnson wrote to Brigham Young to inform him about the "accidental" shooting and death of an Indian man. Johnson claims that an Indian man had killed a duck, and a settler assumed that the Indian was a wolf and therefore shot at him. He said that they prepared a coffin for the Indian, and when they went to bury him a group of Indians accompanied him and the other settlers to the grave. After the burial the local settlers fed the Indians, who Johnson claimed said that they have no ill feelings toward the settlers that they wanted to retain friendly relations with the Mormon settlers. Johnson told Young he was writing to tell him this because he had heard reports that Indians in the area were hostile, and he wanted Young to know that they were not, and that he and the other settlers had no fear of them.
Type Text
Coverage Utah
Format application/pdf
Rights Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the Church History Library for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ARK ark:/87278/s62c1vgx
Holding Institution The Church History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Creator Johnson, Aaron
Date 1851-01-15
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Hobble Creek (Utah)
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ID 391637
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62c1vgx

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