Ute Indians -- Wars -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
William Bench letter
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232489358]
Identifier: MSS 547
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten letter dated 1 Feb. 1908 and addressed to "Son & Daughter." The item was written in Manti, Utah. Bench writes about his early life in Utah. He tells about settling in Manti early in the 1850s and about the hardships he faced at that time. He talks about encounters with Ute Indians stating that during "the first engagement we had with the Indians 5 balls passed through my clothing but I was unharmed" and about the preparations made to meet the Utah Expedition of...
Dates:
1908 February 1
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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William Bench letter
Peter Wilson Conover autobiography
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244359]
Identifier: MSS SC 664
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript of an autobiography. The date of composition of the item is uncertain. Conover writes about the persecutions of Mormons before their emigration to Utah, his service in the Utah Militia against the Utes and in the Utah War from 1857 to 1858, and his family.
Dates:
approximately 1860
Short history of Abraham Hunsaker
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330885]
Identifier: MSS SC 3217
Scope and Contents
Phtocopy of a micrifilm copy of a handwritten autobiography. Hunsaker was born in Illinois and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1840. Hunsaker lived in Utah County, Utah, and writes about troubles with Indians. He was sent to settle in Carson Valley, Nevada, and returned to Brigham City, Utah. He metions the "Utah War" in 1857 and 1858.
Dates:
approximately 1860