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Dimick Baker Huntington

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Dimick Baker Huntington

Birth
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Death
1 Feb 1879 (aged 70)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
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Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Shoemaker, blacksmith. Best known among the earlier settlers of Utah as an Indian interpreter. Baptized into LDS Church August 1, 1835 by Hyrum Smith. Constable at Far West, Missouri. Coroner and constable at Nauvoo, Illinois. Ordained as a patriarch by Hyrum Smith, January 22, 1843. Drum major in the Nauvoo Legion Band. Among those arrested for destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor, 1844. Endowed in Nauvoo Temple, January 20, 1846. Enlisted with the Mormon Battalion (company "D") in the Mexican War. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Helped establish settlements in Utah and Sanpete counties. Accompanied Parley Pratt on exploring expedition to southern Utah, 1850. Participated in Indian fights at Battle Creek and Provo; served as interpreter among Great Basin Indians. In 1868 was prominent at the famous conference between Indians and white officials and settlers at which a treaty of peace was entered into, terminating the Black Hawk war.

Shoemaker, blacksmith. Best known among the earlier settlers of Utah as an Indian interpreter. Baptized into LDS Church August 1, 1835 by Hyrum Smith. Constable at Far West, Missouri. Coroner and constable at Nauvoo, Illinois. Ordained as a patriarch by Hyrum Smith, January 22, 1843. Drum major in the Nauvoo Legion Band. Among those arrested for destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor, 1844. Endowed in Nauvoo Temple, January 20, 1846. Enlisted with the Mormon Battalion (company "D") in the Mexican War. Arrived in Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Helped establish settlements in Utah and Sanpete counties. Accompanied Parley Pratt on exploring expedition to southern Utah, 1850. Participated in Indian fights at Battle Creek and Provo; served as interpreter among Great Basin Indians. In 1868 was prominent at the famous conference between Indians and white officials and settlers at which a treaty of peace was entered into, terminating the Black Hawk war.

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