Kanosh (chief)
Kanosh (1821 – December 24, 1884) was a nineteenth-century leader of the
It is believed Kanosh was born near modern-day Spanish Fork, Utah but this claim is not certain.[3]
Kanosh spoke Spanish,
Kanosh invited the Mormons to come and settle in his area where they founded the town of Kanosh. He "represented the Pahvant Utes at the signing of the treaty with Brigham Young which signalled the end of the Walker War in 1854," and was among the Utes who took up farming.[1]
Kanosh joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1858.[1] In 1874, Kanosh was ordained an elder by Dimick B. Huntington.[5] Kanosh was one of the very earliest Native Americans to receive the endowment, a ceremony in Mormon temples.[6]
Kanosh met with Brigham Young on September 1, 1857, to discuss strategy in relation to the Utah War.[7]
At one time, widely circulating
One of Kanosh's wives was
Kanosh and his fellow Pahvants were the only large group of Utes who did not participate in the
Kanosh died at the town of Kanosh, Utah Territory.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d Paul Padilla. "Kanosh". Utah History Encyclopedia. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
- ^ "1867 Chief Kanosh Memorial 1976 - Community Commemoration". Waymarking.com. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
- ^ Dixon, Madeline Cloward. Peteetneet Town: A History of Payson, Utah (Provo: Free Publishing Ltm., 1974) p. 103
- ^ Young, Levi Edgar. "The Utah Pioneers and the Indians," Young Woman's Journal (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1918) p. 21 (January 1918).
- ^ Jenson, Andrew. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, p. 390
- ^ Peterson, John A. "Kanosh" in Garr, Arnold K., Donald Q. Cannon and Richard O. Cowan, Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 2000) p. 600.
- ^ A Trial Lawyer Reviews Will Bagley's Blood of the Prophets - FARMS Review Archived 2009-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Garr. LDS History. p. 600–01
- ^ a b c Dixon. Peteetneet Town. p. 103
- ^ Garr. LDS History. p. 601
External links
- "1867 Chief Kanosh Memorial 1976 - Community Commemoration". Waymarking.com. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
- Richard E. Turley. "The Mountain Meadows Massacre". Ensign. Retrieved September 11, 2007.