Col. Ivie's providential march to rescue the brethren from Indians
Published October 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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During a conflict with Indians in Utah where a command of brethren under Lieut. A. P. Dewey were losing ground and facing potential defeat, Col. Ivie marched from Mount Pleasant in the afternoon with his command to their aid, despite having no earthly notification of the brothers' dire situation.
In Their Own Words
“On the 24th ult., the Indians made a dash upon a command of the brethren, under Lieut. A. P. Dewey, and ran off 26 horses, killing one man—a brother Brown. A short time afterwards they returned and attacked the camp ; they fought at intervals the balance of the day, and it is said they would have overpowered the brethren, as they were gradually creeping up on them, despite all they could do to prevent them, had not Col. Ivie, with his command, marched from Mount Pleasant in the afternoon, without any intimation from any earthly source of the strait the brethren were in. — Millennial Star 28:33”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 18 August 1866 (Vol. 28, No. 33). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1866-08-18_28_33 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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