Salt Creek Canyon Massacre

Salt Creek Canyon Massacre

On June 4, 1858, four Danish immigrants were ambushed and killed by Indians in Salt Creek Canyon, a winding canyon east of Nephi, Utah. This event became known as the Salt Creek Canyon Massacre.

In early June, 1858, Danish immigrants Jens Jorgensen [Due to Danish Patronymics and possibly other factors converting Danish names to English, he is also known as Jens Jergensen.] and his wife, Jens Terklesen, Christian I. Kjerluf, and John Ericksen were journeying unarmed to settle with other Scandinavian immigrants in the Sanpete Valley. On the afternoon of June 4, they came within a mile and a half of the canyon's opening into the Sanpete Valley when some Indians emerged from hiding places and attacked them.

The group was travelling with an ox team hitched to a wagon and another ox hitched to a handcart.

Two of the men were killed and burned with their wagon. Another was killed after running about 50 yards. The woman, who was pregnant, was killed near the wagon. The brutal methods used to kill her and her unborn baby with a tomahawk have received special note from historians. ["Killed by the Indians at Salt Creek Canyon". Sorensen Family History Organization. www.sorensenfamilyhistory.org. http://www.sorensenfamilyhistory.org/utah/killed_by_indians.htm. Accessed 16 May 2007.] John Ericksen, who had been walking some distance ahead of the others, escaped and made it to Ephraim around dark. The attack frightened the ox attached to the handcart, and it fled back to Nephi."Salt Creek Canyon Massacre". Jensen Family Genealogy. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sjensen/jensen/photowrappers/photowrap374.htm. Accessed 16 May 2007.] The victims' bodies were brought to Ephraim for burial.

There is a Daughters of Utah Pioneers monument (number 11) ["Salt Creek Canyon Massacre". Markers and Monuments. history.utah.gov. http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1008. Accessed 16 May 2007.] marking the site of the massacre, between Nephi and Fountain Green, Utah.

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