155 years ago today - Jul 14, 1863

General Patrick Edward Connor and Federal Indian superintendent James D. Doty meet with the Southern Utes. After the chiefs had expressed some apprehensions, Connor is able to dissuade them from the idea that the army wanted to fight or exterminate them. The Utes had been told this by Mormon leaders.

[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]

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