[Hosea Stout Diary] Saturday Sept 11th 1847. Went out on guard with 4 men I & Meeks went South about noon[.] Saw a smoke rise on the North whereupon we came home and found that the Indians were discovered and quite an excitement raised in the city about it. Some Indians were reported to have been seen a mile or so up Mill Creek. We raised a company of horse & foot and went in pursuit of them up Mill Creek & in passing through Bensons & Clapps field in the West grove found the tracks of Indians but saw none[.] They made a decent on the Punckaw camp and took several of their horses; but they were soon retaken by the brethren one horse belonging to a Sister Garner whose husband was in the army was taken today. Her boy was herding with him some two N. W. beyond the prescribed limits and thus lost the horse
We had much difficulty in procuring horses after we reported the need of them immediately to pursue the Indians. The brethren were not willing in many instances to let their horses go or to go themselves which subjected us to many inconveniences and greatly endangered the place
I confess that I was both mortified and chagrined at the penurious disposition of the people and after doubling the police guard for the night went to see President Harris on the subject after which with Elias Gardner we called in Pres Morley & Counr Cox to Harris house and consulted on the subject and concluded to have a council at 8 oclock in the morning on the subject after which I came home at 12 oclock at night.
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
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