Events that occurred in 1852.
- Ca 1852: A juniper grove in the Uintah area was being used as a gravesite for Indian children, their bodies placed in the trees
- 1852, summer: In Layton, Malinda Adams mistakenly believes that Indians have murdered an old settler woman; she reports this to other Davis County residents, who send in response
- 1852, summer: The Taylor family recalls when Malinda Adams mistakenly reported that Indians were attacking settlers in Davis County
- 1852, summer: This is another account of Malinda Adams’s “stampede” when she mistakenly believed Layton settlers were under attack; however, details are fictionalized and names are changed
- August 1852: Many people are poisoned when emigrants near Fort Boise (near Idaho/Oregon border) deliberately lace cattle carcasses with strychnine, as part of bet to see if Indian people would eat them