As a youth, James Bronson and other boys would get into fist-fights with Indians who'd try to take their lunches

As copied from pg 186 of Ancestors and Descendants of Leman Bronson, 1640-1963, compiled by Sarah Bronson Boden, 1963

Just how long the Clint Bronson family lived in Ogden Valley I am unable to say, but it must have been quite some time. My uncle Jim (James, 1855-1954) told me that he and some of the other boys herded cows out on the mountain slopes near Huntsville. He said sometimes the Indians would steal their lunches and eat them before their eyes and that they had to learn to scrap (fist-fight) the Indians. He said they had been taught not to pick fights with the Indians but to stick up for their rights in the event the Indians tried to take their lunches by force.

Documenting the Weber Utes

As a youth, James Bronson and other boys would get into fist-fights with Indians who’d try to take their lunches

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.