Events that occurred in 1850.

• Winter of 1849-50: Many of the Ogden-area settlers’ cattle died, and “Weber Ute” women would harvest the skins and meat; David Moore also remembers an encounter with Little Soldier during this winter
• 1850, undated: In Ogden, an Indian man tries to take a gun from the home of Martha Ann Lewis Bingham
• February 1850: Fort Utah – Mormon militia’s slaughter of Ute people — “Slay them wherever they can be found. Let it be with them, peace or extermination”
• March 6, 1850: Orders given to Lorin Farr to organize Weber precinct military corps
• Spring of 1850: Little Soldier’s band suffers from measles epidemic, with many dying; Ogden-area settlers tried to nurse the ill
• June 27, 1850: Walkara and his warriors attack a Shoshone encampment on Yellow Creek, 11 miles west of Bear River, killing three men and four women, and taking several prisoners
• Circa July 1, 1850: Walkara’s warriors arrive in Sanpete County, force the Shoshone women and children prisoners to “dance with the scalps of their kindred”
• Prior to July 12, 1850: An Indian steals a horse and gun from Salt Lake City, sells them to an emigrant
• September 16, 1850: Northwestern Shoshone leader Terikee is killed by Urban Van Stewart in Harrisville, supposedly by accident. In retaliation, his band begin destroying gardens, fields, etc; they’re joined by “a small company or band of Utes” led by Little Soldier
• September 17, 1850: A millwright named Campbell is killed by Northwestern Shoshone men in retaliation for Terikee’s death; Little Soldier’s men have burned/destroyed Stewart’s belongings, and killed his cat and dog; Nauvoo Legion deploys a response; “Those of the Utah tribe should be directed to return to this vicinity where they can live in peace…We wish them to understand that we are their friends and not their enemies. We did all that we could to hinder the Utes of Walkers Band from going against them the past summer, but they would not listen to us”
• September 18, 1850: : Terikee’s band has fled to Spring Creek north of Box Elder, while Little Soldier’s band has fled to Weber Canyon; Captain McBride and his company are ordered to go up the Weber River and detain Little Soldier’s band and any others in the vicinity
• September 19, 1850: Lieutenant Green and party take 32 “Weber Ute” people prisoner; “The Indians we have taken are friendly”
• September 21, 1850: “The Utah Indians now in custody of this garrison will be set at liberty with counsel to move South and behave themselves”; Bowery Concert to raise money for Perpetual Emigration Fund for this date was cancelled due to performers responding to Terikee situation in Ogden
• September 22, 1850: Militia returns to Salt Lake City at around noon; “All was peace when they left Ogden. It was known that the Shoshones had fled to considerable distance, and no further attacks are apprehended at present”
• Fall of 1850: Ogden’s first Mormon settlers get serviceberries, segos from Indians in the fall of 1850, supplementing flour shortage
• Fall of 1850: Slaterville’s first Mormon families arrive
• October 10-12, 1850: A general muster of the Nauvoo Legion planned for this date — Captain Canfield is supposed to go up Weber Canyon to “thoroughly acquaint” himself with “the resorts of the Indians in that vicinity”