Malinda Adams would scald dishes and scrub furniture after her husband Elias invited Indian people to eat at the table

Copied from Elias Adams: A Pioneer Profile, published in 2007. Pg 341.

But [Elias’s] wife Malinda had her apprehensions [about Indians]. Father would invite them in to eat at the table; after they left mother would scrub the chairs and scald the dishes, for fear they had left some of their dirt or lice.

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.