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CHAPTER X
THE WALKER WAR
1853
W
hen the Mormons were colonizing the Utah Territory, they went out of their way to keep on fiiendly terms with the Indians. The Mormon people kept a fiiendly attitude towards the redmen and continued to give them giRs and encouraged them to leam the Mormon culture. Thus, the Indians eventually began to know the difference between Mormons and other white men. This, as a nile, produced an imrnunity fiom attack by the Indians. Nevertheless, the settlers were constantly on the lookout and careful not to antagonize or cause any problems with the local tribes.' When the pioneers carne into the valley of the Great Salt Lake in 1847, a large number of Indians were encarnped in Spanish Fork Canyon. As soon as the news reached them of the arrival of the pioneers, the Indians held a council to determine what course they should pursue in relationship to the whites. Soweitte, an older chef of one of the tribes, was known to be fiiendly with the whites. He advised the council to let the Mormon pioneers done and pursue a policy of peace toward them saying that they, perhaps like the Ute nation, had been driven to the Rocky Mountains for security. Actually the Indians of Utah were wandering tribes of the ~hoshones. Soweitte had obtained this view of the pioneers fiom his scouts who had already had contact with the travelers. Chief Walker, who was the
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| Title | Henry Lunt: biography and history of the development of Southern Utah and settling of Colonia Pacheco, Mexico |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Subject | Lunt, Henry, 1824-1902; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Biography of Henry Lunt, including the early settlement of Cedar City, Utah and establishment of the Iron Works. |
| Source | Henry Lunt |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1996 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Contributors | Researched by: Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Publisher | Published by the author: Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lunt.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1072.cpd |
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