Indian man throws bread and molasses back in Ann Hunt Doxey's face after he had asked for meat

Copied from the Life of Mary Ann Doxey Watkins, found here.

When Mary Ann [Doxey] was eight years of age, she was baptized by Robert McQuarrie on July 6, 1865. When she was a small child, an Indian came to the door of their cabin. Without knocking, he walked in and demanded food. He asked for the meat that they had stored for winter, but as this was scarce she, her mother [Ann Elizabeth Hunt Doxey], gave him some bread and molasses. He was angry and threw it into her face. President Young always advised the people to feed the Indians and not fight them, and this they tried to do. At one time, Mary Ann was present when five hundred Indians smoked the Pipe of Peace with the Latter-day Saints on the Square, which is now where the city and county building stands in Ogden City.

Documenting the Weber Utes

Indian man throws bread and molasses back in Ann Hunt Doxey’s face after he had asked for meat

A collection of documents, excerpts, and photographs relevant to the so-called Weber Ute people of Northern Utah. Not a complete history — research aid only.