1. Paiute Tribe

3. Paiute Food
The Paiute civilization centered around water sources such as springs
Mainly hunters and gatherers
Practiced limited irrigation from the Virgin, Santa Clara, and Muddy Rivers
Raised corn, squash, melons, gourds, sunflowers, and winter wheat

4. Paiute Culture
The Paiute culture is based around the family, extended families would form loose bands
Dance culture here as well
Monogamy, Polygamy, and polyandry

5. Paiute Homes
Because they are nomadic herdsman they live in moveable homes
Wickiups

6. The Paiute Tribe isn’t just located in Utah

7. Paiute Tribe in Utah There are 5 bands, totaling 918 members
Cedar Paiutes
Indian Peaks Paiutes
Kanosh Paiutes
Koosharem Paiutes
Shivwits Paiutes

8. European Contact
The first recorded contact between Utah Paiutes and Europeans happens in 1776 with father Escalante’s mission party
In 1826 Jedediah Smith meets the Paiute
Continually raided by Utes and Navajos for the European Slave trade
Mormon’s move in and cause problems with foraging

9. European Contact
Due to the large amounts of Europeans moving into their territory conflicts arose
Pyramid Lake War

10. Pyramid Lake War Largest conflict in Nevada to date
Rag tag gang of Nevada militia men are destroyed, roughly 100 casualties
Actual regular army come back
Battle ensues
Whites win

11. The Massacre at Mountain Meadows
Parley P. Pratt is killed
Apparently there’s a “Mormon Rebellion” that needs to be put down
A year before the massacre the mormon’s hear of a traveling army coming to kill them
Brigham Young’s “Scorched Earth” speech

12. Buchanan’s Blunder James Buchanan sends Johnston’s army to Utah
Enter the Baker-Fancher Party

13. The Baker Fancher Party
Mistakes
Alienating the populace
Claims that they had killed Joseph and Hyrum Smith, as well as Parley P. Pratt

14. Cedar City
On September 8 the party reaches Cedar City and continues to be disrespectful and claim that they are a scouting party for the Army
Isaac Haight, the stake president and mayor, sends a rider to Salt Lake to see what he was to do
John Doyle Lee takes militia men to “scout” the area

15. John D. Lee Recruits the Paiute in the area
Watches the Emigrant train for a few days
Convinces the Paiutes to attack
The party “spots” John Doyle Lee with the Paiutes
John decides it’s time to kill the train

16. September 11, 1857 John Doyle Lee rides in under the flag of truce
Tells the party if they leave their weapons they won’t be harmed
Mormon’s ride up and pretend to give protection
Separate the men from the women and children
“Every man do his duty”

17. Aftermath
“Vengeance is mine, and here I have taken a little” –Brigham Young, according to the journal of Wilford Woodruff
Paiutes are blamed for the massacre for a long time
Mormon’s eventually take the blame
Conspiracy theorists