Day in the Life
Journal Entry
July 27, 1860 ~ Friday
27 I called upon President Young in the forenoon all the Presidency
were in the office President Young read me a letter from Bishop
Maughn stating that there had been a fracas with the Indian
the Brethren had taken a one eyed Indian prisioner for stealing
and several Indians came down to liberate him the Indian started
to run & the guard shot him dead the other Indians shot at the guard
& killed a Brother Reed & mortally wounded Samuel Cousins
through the lungs. the Indians then took to the mountains & found
two Merrils getting wood they shot Ira Merrill dead & his
Brother badly wounded they took some Indians prisioners the
rest gathered their forces & came down to liberate them & they
met 100 rifles they then held a council the Indians then
agreed to go & get those who had shot the white men & bring the[m]
in & put them to death & make pease I spent the day in the office
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3441 mentions
Apostle, Family
Merrill, Ira Elias
1835-1860
1 mention
Read, John Brimley
abt. 1831-1860
1 mention
Maughan, Peter
7 May 1811 - 24 Apr 1871
32 mentions
Cousins, Samuel
1839-1891
3 mentions
Merrill, Solyman Sylvanus
7 Dec 1840 - 23 Mar 1913
1 mention
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