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- Settlers in Fort Utah petitioned leaders in Salt Lake City to go to war with the group. Isaac Higbee, Parley P. Pratt and Willard Richards convinced Brigham Young to exterminate any Timpanogos hostile to the Mormon settlement. Young sent the Nauvoo Legion down with Captain George D. Grant and later sent General Daniel H. Wells to lead the army.
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Fort Utah (also known as Fort Provo) was the original European American settlement at modern-day Provo, Utah, United States. The settlement was established March 12, 1849 by President John S. Higbee with approximately 150 persons sent from Salt Lake City to Provo by President Brigham Young.
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Feb 23, 1999 · The settlers and natives of central and southern Utah gradually entered a state of open warfare. Settlers built forts across the territory, abandoned dangerous settlements and formed small militias that chased Black Hawk's men through the wilderness -- almost entirely without success.
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Feb 25, 2021 · The earliest settlers in modern Utah were, of course, the Indigenous Americans. The Ancestral Puebloans lived in the vicinity of Utah from 500-1300 AD. They were commonly known as ‘Anasazi,’ an exonym coined by the Navajos, and not preferred by the Puebloans, which means ancient enemies.
In general, the Native Americans reticently accepted or tolerated the new settlers, under a presumption that they would allow them to live their lives as before. Within two years, the fort grew from its original ten acres to some forty or forty-five acres.
Aug 11, 2008 · The slave law [passed by the territorial legislature in 1852 to allow settlers to buy Indian women and children out of slavery and assign them to Mormon homes] angered the Indians, who saw it as interference with a profitable business.
A group of the Indians surrendered and were offered asylum inside Fort Utah; another group went South to Spanish Fork and the remainder fled up the hill towards Rock Canyon where they were pursued and shot down, raising Indian casualties to between 40 and 100.
Jan 10, 1995 · In the period from 300 to 1300 A.D. a more advanced Indian civilization flourished in the eastern and southern portions of what became Utah. The Anasazi had mastered the rudiments of agriculture, which allowed them the luxury of settling in one location.
