Edward H. Anderson's Preservation from Indian Warriors in Ogden Canyon
Published October 22, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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During a move to Huntsville in 1868, Edward H. Anderson, then a boy, and his mother were left at the summit of a steep road in Ogden Canyon to guard half of their household load while his father returned with the team to fetch the rest. They were surrounded by half a dozen hostile, painted Indian warriors who meddled with their possessions and threatened them. The boy was frightened and suggested his mother give the Indians everything, but she refused. Eventually, the Indians rode off, and they were unharmed.
In Their Own Words
“At the lonely summit, this young hopeful, and mother were left to guard the half-load while the other half was being brought up, when half a dozen hostile Indian warriors, in all their paint and ferocity, suddenly surrounded the pair. The savages meddled with everything, and threatened. Was the little boy frightened? So would any boy of his age have been. As matters appeared to be getting intensely critical he exclaimed, “Mother, give them all there is, if they will only go!” But his mother was not of the race that relinquishes rightful possession easily to wrongful demands; finally the Indians rode off, and that danger was past. — The Young Woman's Journal 33:1”
Sources & References
The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 33 no. 1 (January 1922). L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University digital collections. https://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/digital/collection/YWJ/id/21013 (account extracted verbatim from the collection's page-level OCR; research confidence: high)
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