160 years ago today - Mar 8, 1858

[Wilford Woodruff]
We had an express in this morning from salmon River bringing sorrowful news. The Snakes and Bannocks made a break upon the Brethren at the fort and drove off nearly all ther stock. Left them but 4 Horses and a few Yoke of Cattle. They killed two or three of the Brethren and wounded several more. They wounded Capt Smith. The Indians were lead by a white man named Powell.

[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]

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