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White Indians

What would you do if gunshots woke you up in the middle of the night, endangering your family?Bullets whizzed through your tipi dangerously close to your baby son. But who’s attacking you?The Utah War ended without bloodshed. You’re building a new adobe home in peaceful Great Salt Lake City in 1859.Connal Lee and his spouses grabbed their weapons and rushed out to defend their family, camp, and friends from drunken soldiers from Fort Floyd. Other enemies, called Mormon Locusts, continued assaulting their construction camp.The huge Federal Army camped a day’s ride away had made the west wilder rather than more civilized.Criminals escaping the California justice system joined with displaced Indians, disgruntled adventurers, and deserters from Fort Floyd to prey on wagon trains heading to the California gold rush. They disguised themselves as Indians during their marauding, murdering, thieving attacks on travelers crossing the county. Everyone called them White Indians.To discover how Connal Lee defended his family and his neighbors, read all about it today.Read more

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