~ Utah Black Hawk War Timeline ~ 
Phillip B Gottfredson Author/Historian Pre-Mormon Colonization of Utah Territory
1493 The Doctrine of Discovery "Indian nations have been denied their most basic rights simply because, at the time of Christendom's arrival in the Americas, they did not believe in the God of the Bible, and did not believe that Jesus Christ was the true Messiah. Therefore they were declared "heathens, infidels, and savages."
VIDEO: CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY: by Steve Newcomb Published on Feb. 2, 2016, Steven Newcomb, Author of Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery" addresses the Spotlight of Indigenous Peoples plenary at the 2015 Parliament of the World's Religions in Salt Lake City, Utah on Oct. 19.
1830 Indian Removal Act was signed into law by Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. Its purpose to remove all Native peoples east of the Mississippi to the western regions of the Mississippi. Virtually the entire Native population in the southeastern section of the United States were forced to relocate to the west known as "The Trail of Tears." It gave birth to Settler Colonialism.
1831 Letters of Ezra Booth: Mormonism Though their plans had hitherto failed, they were unwilling to abandon the Indian enterprize; and in a commandment it was stated, that Cowdery and others should receive a written recommendation, signed by the Elders, for the purpose of presenting it to the Indian agent, in order to obtain permission from him, to visit the Indians in their settlements.
1832 Manifest Destiny The 1832 Supreme Court declared the Indian Removal Act unconstitutional, but the damage already caused to First Nations was irreversible. In time, the Doctrine of Discovery would become Manifest Destiny to empower Settler-Colonialism. "With a bible in one hand, and a gun in the other they came to save the heathans from hell... and get rich."
1847 Mormon Colonists Enter Utah Territory Home of the Timpanogos Nation
Mormon colonists, led by Brigham Young and a party of 130 LDS members, peacefully entered the Wasatch Front of the Great Basin on July 24, 1847. The Timpanogos Nation, indigenous to the Great Basin, were camped at nearby hot springs. Kanosh, Tabby, Washakie, Little Wolf, Wanship, Little Chief, Kone, Blue Shirt, Old Elk (Moonch), Opecarry, Old Battiest, Tintic, Portservic, Sowiette, Angatewats, Petnick, Walkara, Graspero, Niequia, and Antero. The Timpanogos were the first Tribe Brigham encountered in the Great Basin. They coexisted harmoniously with the newcomers, helping them through the first winter. "There wasn't a Indian problem in Utah Territory until the Mormons came, then there was a Mormon problem."
The Timpanogos Nation is not Ute The Timpanogos Nation and the Ute Nation are distinctly different Tribes with different origins, bloodlines, and customs. The Timpanogos Nation is Snake-shoshone and was never part of the Ute Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation. The Utes did not live in Utah Territory until 1881 when Congress forced them onto the Uintah Valley Reservation.
Timpanogos Nation Biography: The Black Hawk War , is a detailed synopsis of historical events in Utah beginning in 1776 and the Dominguez and Escalante expedition, the arrival of Mormon colonists in 1847, which led to the Mormon's Black Hawk War starting in 1849, and the forced removal of the Timpanogos Nation to the Uinta Valley Reservation in 1873.
1849 The Murder of Old Bishop Richard A. Ivie, Y. Rufus Stoddard, and Gerome Zabriskie murdered an Indian called Old Bishop at Fort Utah.
1849-50 Battle Creek Canyon & Fort Utah Massacres Pleasant Grove Canyon, and Provo.
1850 The LDS "Extermination Order" of the Timpanogos Nation. Fort Utah, Provo.
1850 Timpanogos Chief Moonch aka Old Elk, was mortally wounded at the Fort Utah massacre in 1850, and hundred more Timpanogos were murdered and decapitated.
1851 Richville Raided Richfield
1851 Porter Rockwell murders 5 Indian prisoners Scull Valley
1851 Death of (Washear) Squash Head Springville
1852 Mormons used slavery as a tool of redemption "The requirement for ownership of Indian slaves was only having to be in possession of one. Utah is unique in that it had an active enslavement of both Africans and Indians." (Wikipedia)
1853 Gunnison Massacre at Hinkley, Millard County
1853 Seven Timpanogos Deaths By Execution Nephi
1853 Ivie kills Indians; begins Walker War Springville
1853 The Walker War Living descendants of Timpanogos Chief Wakara talk about their ancestor in a discussion with Phillip B Gottfredson. They explain "Wakara is misrepresented in Mormon history."
1853 Attack on Willow Creek Mona
1853 Parley's Park John Dixon, John Quayle, John Hoagland John Knight killed.
1853 Uintah Springs 8 Indians and 4 Mormons killed
1853 William Mills and John Warner killed Manti
1853 Fernee Tindrell killed Santiquin
1853 Uintah Springs near Moroni 4 Mormons killed
1853 Sanpete County Chases Sawmill burned
1853 Spring City Allred settlement burned
1854 Brigham Young His "Proper Way To Treat The Indians"
1854 Treaty with Walker and Kanosh ends the Walker War.
1854 William and Warren Weeks killed Cedar Valley
1855 Chief Wakara dies from poisoning
1855 Walkara's brother Arapeen becomes Chief
1856 Salt Creek Massacre During the Utah Black Hawk War, on June 4th 1856. Jens Terklesen and wife Christian E. Kjerluf were massacred by Indians in Salt Creek Canyon while traveling unarmed on their way to Sanpete Valley.
1856 The Tintic War Cedar Valley
1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre near St. George
1858 Chicken Creek On October 15th, 1858, the remains of and Samuel Brown, of Fillmore, Millard County, were found is a state of decomposition near Chicken Creek bridge, Juab County.
1858 Johstons Army Arrives Brigham Young orders Lot Smith to burn US Goverment Army's wagons, take all their supplies, and cattle.
1860 Camp Floyd Peaceable Indian murdered
1860 Chief Arapeen Dies and his brother Tabby becomes Chief of the Timpanogos Nation.
1861 Lincoln set aside land for the Uinta Valley Reservation for the "Indians of Utah," the Timpanogos who are Indigenous to Utah Territory.
1863 Bear River Massacre Cache Valley
1863 Chief Little Soldier attacks a platoon of soldiers at Pleasant Grove
1865 Uintah Valley Reservation was created
1865 Manti John Lowry triggers Black Hawk War "It was a matter of supremacy between the whiteman and the Indian."
1865 War Chief is passed from Arapean's son Jake to Black Hawk who then becomes War Chief
1865 Barney Ward and Peter Ludvigson killed.
1865 INDIANS GO ON THE WAR PATH On the 9th of April, a treaty with the Indians was arranged for at Manti, in Sanpete County. Some horses and cattle had been stolen by the Indians.
1865 Grass Valley Massacre The soldiers then surrounded the camp and opened fire on them, killing women, men, and children.
1865 The Spanish Fork Treaty (Black Hawk War Treaty was never ratified)
1866 June 10 Battle At Gravely Ford, Utah Timpanogos Chief Black Hawk Mortally Wounded near Richfield.
1866 June 18 Chief Sanpitch father of Black Hawk murdered at Birch Creek near Sanpete, Utah
1866 Jun 26 Spanish Fork Diamond Creek Battle Because there are conflicting historical accounts regarding the Diamond Creek Battle, historian Phillip B Gottfredson spent considerable time researching on site where the battle took place to bring clarity to this important event.
1866 Aug The Old Peace Treaty Tree A tribute to Ephraim, Utah preserving the old Peace Treaty Tree. Also, Benjamin Johnson and his Timpanogos friend Guffic.
1866 Chief Sowiette Sowiette was the eldest of the brothers. When the Mormons came to Utah in 1847, Sowiette admonished his brothers not to fight the Mormons.
1867 Black Hawk meets with Indian agent Franklin Taking upon himself the agony of his people, Black Hawk handed Franklin his knife and would ask him to cut off his hair to symbolically demonstrate his sincerity in wanting peace.
1867 Black Hawk Meets With Chief Tabby August 17th, Black Hawk met with his uncle Chief Tabby, who had made preparations to join his warriors with Black Hawk's men.
1867 Heber Treaty Tabby and Joseph Murdock meet This was not a binding treaty, it was an agreement for peace.
1867 Black Hawk begins his Mission of Peace Cedar City
1867 Pine Valley Eleven Indians Killed
1868 Wm. Allred Murders Two Indians
1868 INDIAN GRATITUDE On their return they came across the sick Indian sitting up against a tree smoking a pipe. The men still wanted to kill him, but father wouldn't let them.
*1870 The Burial of Timpanogos Chief Black Hawk had come full circle when, on September 26, 1870, at the age of 35, the Chief's loving kin honorably laid him to rest on a hillside overlooking Spring Lake above Payson, Utah, the place of his birth.
1871 Timpanogos removed from the Wasatch to the Uintah Valley Reservation Approximately 1200 Timpanogos were made to walk 124 miles to the Uintah Valley Reservation. In the first winter 500 died from starvation and disease.
1872 Tabby can't control his warriors
1872 Spring City Daniel Miller Killed Daniel Miller killed, died in Peter Gottfredson's arms.
1873 MEMORIAL OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTAH "Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Utah" was prepared by the Legislature of Utah in 1873 and sent to the United States Congress. It is a bill asking Congress for reimbursement of over one-million dollars in expenses incurred by Brigham Young's private militia and the Nauvoo Legion, to exterminate the Indigenous population in Utah.
The Utah Black Hawk War - Post War Period
Congressional Acts designed to diminish tribal lands, or reservations, the Dawes Allotment Act, the Reorganization Act, the Termination Act, the Self Determination Act, and the American Indian Religious Freedom Act.
*1919 Black Hawk's Gravesite Robbed For Amusement in the window of a hardware store, Spanish Fork, then moved to Temple Square, Salt Lake City.
1937 The Ute Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray agency federally recognized Why is there confusion about the Timpanogos Nation being mistaken for the Ute Tribe when they are distinctly different tribes with unique origins, bloodlines, and customs? The answer is that much of Utah's Indigenous history is more about plausible deniability than factual accuracy. Historically, the Timpanogos Nation is part of the Snake-Shoshone and has never been affiliated with the Ute Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation.
*1996 Repatriation Of Chief Black Hawk's Remains The human remains and associated objects were accessions by the Museum of Latter-Day Saints Church History in 1919. At that time, a local physician attempted to confirm a report that the human remains were those of the Timpanogots' Chief Black Hawk.
Research, Commentary, & Aknowledgements
Source Material for the Utah Black Hawk War.
Phillip B Gottfredson's Books & Videos purchase from a list of more than 50 books & Videos(nonfiction) for historians, educators, students, and history enthusiasts.
Phillip B Gottfredson's Biography Phillip B Gottfredson, author, and historian, is a grassroots advocate for American Indian sovereignty, treaties, and aboriginal rights.
The Back Story Story; Supporters Of The Black Hawk War Project The Black Hawk War Project began over 27 years ago, by Phillip and David Gottfredson. Their objective to bring an accurate and balanced account of the Mormon Black Hawk War in Utah.
UTAH BLACK HAWK WAR FACTS Interesting facts about the Black Hawk War of Utah and the Timpanogos Indians from 1847 to 1873 from Phillip B Gottfredson's research journal.
Native American Protocols and Ethics When I was invited to live with a Shoshone family one of the first things I was taught was Native American protocols.
National Museum of the American Indian where Phillip B Gottfredson began his journey to Understand Black Hawk's Mission of Peace.
Heart of Mayan Country My journey to San Pedro Guatamala in 2012 to research the historical, and spiritual connection between North and South American Indigenous peoples.
Truth In Education True First Nation history needs to be included in Utah's school curriculum, but its not...why?
RUSSEL MEANS "For America to Live, Europe Must Die"
Gold, God, and Glory Native people in Utah suffer from generational trauma because of Mormon settler colonization.
In Remembrance: Black Hawk War Chiefs & Veterans
List of "American Indian" battles in the war of exterminating American Indians.
Congressional Acts Governing First Nations There was a series of congressional acts designed to diminish tribal lands, or reservations.
Public Law 280 which was passed in 1953
The Silent Victims of the Utah Black Hawk War Recently, decedents whose ancestors led in some of the massacres in the Utah Black Hawk War have contacted me, and I feel it necessary to share their perspectives of the Black Hawk War.
James Leonard Pritchett, a great-grandson of Chief Tabby of the Timpanogos Nation of Utah. Timpanogos Chief Tabby's name was not Tabby-To-Kwanah, or Tabiuna, and he was not Chief of the Uintah and Whiteriver Utes. All you need to do is ask Tabby's descendant- James Pritchett.
We Can Forgive But Never Forget We assume that the Native peoples have since been given every opportunity to succeed, that "it's their own damn fault," as some say. Tell a lie often enough and it becomes the truth.
LDS Admit to Mountain Meadows Massacre In an article that appeared in the church's Ensign magazine, church historian Richard E. Turley gives what is said to be the church's official account of the Massacre.
Nathan Chasing Horse is a person I won't forget I can't recall there being a moment in my life when I was so spritually overwhelmed.
I spent a day talking to a Dine' medicine man Well, we carried on a conversation non stop for six hours at a truck stop in the middle of nowhere.
Tribute to an old friend Certain people come along at certain times and greatly influence the trajectory of our lives. (Unrelated to the Black Hawk War)
BOOKS, VIDEOS & PODCASTS
The following video & Podcast collection has been assembled to help further our understanding of the Native American perspective of the Black Hawk War in Utah.
Radio Free Mormon Phillip B Gottfredson and Chief Executive of the Timpanmogos Natin Mary Meyer discuss the Mormon Black Hawk War in Utah.
Sunstone.org Utah Black Hawk War Podcast with Phillip B Gottfredson & Lindsay Hansen Park Join Lindsay as she sits down with Phillip B. Gottfredson to delve into one of the most significant yet often overlooked chapters in Utah’s history—the Black Hawk War of 1865. In this gripping conversation, they explore the complex and brutal conflict that erupted between Mormon settlers and Native American tribes, led by the Timpanogos war Chief Antonga Black Hawk.
The Black Hawk War: Utah's Forgotten Tragedy Researched and produced by Phillip B Gottfredson (video)
Bear River Massacre Memorial 155th Anniversary January 29, 2018 (video)
Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery by Steven Newcomb (video)
PODCAST Mary Murdock Meyer Chief Executive of the Timpanogos Nation, and Phillip B Gottfredson live podacst with host Jay Winter Nightwolf in a candid conversation about the Timpanogos Nation and the Black Hawk War of Utah.
PETER GOTTFREDSON
Much of the material found on this website comes from Peter Gottfredson who lived with the Timpanogos during the Black Hawk War, and a friend of Timpanogos Chief Black Hawk. Peter is a great-grandfather of Phillip B Gottfredson.
Peter Gottfredson's Indian Depredations In Utah
AUGUST, 1871 PIOCHE BURNS In August, 1871 the town Pioche burned. It was caused by a lantern falling on a porch of a boarding house kept by two women. The wind was blowing and it got too much of a start before it was noticed. Nearly the whole town burned and there was no hay left in town.
Peter & his brother Hans In The Indian Camps
EXCERPTS from Peter Gottfredson his book Indian Depredations in Utah, which is one of the oldest firsthand accounts of the Black Hawk War in Utah. He describes the wars between Mormon settlers and the Indians of Utah that occured between the years 1847 to 1872.
Eulogy to Peter Gottfredson 1934
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ARTICLE by historian Will Bagley
Miscellaneous Only In The Land Of The Lamanites The Mormons believe that people of dark skin is a curse. However, by joining the church their skin will turn white.
List of "American Indian" battles in the war of extermination of the Native Americans
BlackHawkproductions.com News Articles Archive past news articles from our News Page.
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