S&P
12-31-2005, 01:31 AM
James R. Ivie saw the small party of Utes approach his cabin. He knew they were in the area and had done some previous trading with them. They were camped on what the mormons called Hobble Creek and James figured they probably had some nice fat cutthroat trout or maybe some suckers. He alerted his wife who took inventory and decided she had some extra flour to trade.
The Utes arrived and James' wife began bartering with the Ute woman while the men hung back. When the trading was done, the Ute woman walked over to her husband and showed him the flour she had procured. "Stupid woman" he shouted at her. "Thats all the flour you get for two fat cutthroat?" He jumped off his horse and began hitting her with his riding quirt. James observed the confrontation escalate and ran over to intervein. The Ute men were furious at the white man meddling in their business and one of them pointed an old trade rifle at James. James grabbed onto the rife and the two men fought over it. The old trade piece was no match for this kind of abuse and broke in two pieces, leaving James with the barrel in his hands. The two men then began swinging at eachother with the stock and barrel and James hit the Ute man on the head with deadly force.
The Utes were shaken up by this turn of events and quickly loaded the mans body on a horse. They returned to their camp, packed up and travelled up Peteetneet (Payson) canyon to see the powerfull chief Walkara. Walkara sent notice to the Mormons that if they sent him a white man to execute it would pay for their loss af a warrior. The Mormons refused to do this and the 'Walker War' had begun, taking many Mormon and Ute lives and destroying several small central and southern Utah towns that never got around to building a stocade like Brigham Young suggested.
As we all know, there are no more Utah Lake Cutthroat left. The cutts and suckers were a staple of the Timponogots Utes for centuries. Many bands would gather at the Provo inlet in the spring and catch suckers and spawning cutts that went in excess of 20 pounds. It took little more than half a century for the new settlers to wipe them out and replace them with common carp, permanently altering the lakes ecosystem.
The Utes arrived and James' wife began bartering with the Ute woman while the men hung back. When the trading was done, the Ute woman walked over to her husband and showed him the flour she had procured. "Stupid woman" he shouted at her. "Thats all the flour you get for two fat cutthroat?" He jumped off his horse and began hitting her with his riding quirt. James observed the confrontation escalate and ran over to intervein. The Ute men were furious at the white man meddling in their business and one of them pointed an old trade rifle at James. James grabbed onto the rife and the two men fought over it. The old trade piece was no match for this kind of abuse and broke in two pieces, leaving James with the barrel in his hands. The two men then began swinging at eachother with the stock and barrel and James hit the Ute man on the head with deadly force.
The Utes were shaken up by this turn of events and quickly loaded the mans body on a horse. They returned to their camp, packed up and travelled up Peteetneet (Payson) canyon to see the powerfull chief Walkara. Walkara sent notice to the Mormons that if they sent him a white man to execute it would pay for their loss af a warrior. The Mormons refused to do this and the 'Walker War' had begun, taking many Mormon and Ute lives and destroying several small central and southern Utah towns that never got around to building a stocade like Brigham Young suggested.
As we all know, there are no more Utah Lake Cutthroat left. The cutts and suckers were a staple of the Timponogots Utes for centuries. Many bands would gather at the Provo inlet in the spring and catch suckers and spawning cutts that went in excess of 20 pounds. It took little more than half a century for the new settlers to wipe them out and replace them with common carp, permanently altering the lakes ecosystem.