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Day in the Life

Jul 27, 1860

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 Elias 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 them
in & put them to death & make pease I spent the day in the office

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3299 mentions
Apostle, Family
1 mention
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Maughan, Peter
7 May 1811 - 24 Apr 1871
32 mentions
2 mentions
Merrill, Solyman Sylvanus
7 Dec 1840 - 23 Mar 1913
1 mention

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Historian's Office, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory

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Jul 27, 1860