HARRISVILLE (AP) â The smell of burning sage wafted over a crowd of around 100 people gathered on Harrisville Road as Darren Parry, the former chairman of the Northwestern Band of Shoshone, invoked a blessing: âOh Great Spirit . let us speak to each other today and always with medicine words.â
Representing his tribe, Parry was charged with unveiling a refurbished monument to slain Northwestern Shoshone Chief Terikee alongside a descendant of the man who is said to have killed him, the Standard-Examiner reported.
Over 170 years ago, in a cornfield near what is now Highway 89, Urban Stewart, a pioneer settler, shot Terikee. The chief was returning home from a visit with Lorrin Farr, another Mormon pioneer and the first mayor of Ogden. The rest of the story is unclear, though there are conflicting accounts describing the moments that led up to the killing.
Monument to slain Shoshone chief rededicated in Harrisville
Chief Terikee was shot to death by a pioneer settler in a cornfield; conflicting accounts describe what led to the killing.
(Emily Anderson | Standard-Examiner via AP) Former Northwestern Band of Shoshone Chairman Darren Parry, right, is shown in Harrisville on Saturday, May 1, 2021, unveiling a monument. The monument marked the spot Shoshone Chief Terikee was killed by a pioneer settler in Harrisville.
By Emily Anderson | Standard-Examiner | Updated: 6:02 p.m.
Harrisville • The smell of burning sage wafted over a crowd of around 100 people gathered on Harrisville Road as Darren Parry, the former chairman of the Northwestern Band of Shoshone, invoked a blessing: “Oh Great Spirit . let us speak to each other today and always with medicine words.”
Monument to slain Shoshone chief re-dedicated in Harrisville
EMILY ANDERSON, Standard-Examiner
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1of3Former Northwestern Band of Shoshone Chairman Darren Parry, right, is shown in Harrisville, Utah, on Saturday, May 1, 2021, unveiling a monument. The monument marked the spot Shoshone Chief Terikee was killed by a pioneer settler in Harrisville along with Stewart Cowley, a descendent of a pioneer who killed him. (Emily Anderson/Standard-Examiner via AP)Emily Anderson/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Former Northwestern Band of Shoshone Chairman Darren Parry gives a blessing during the rededication of a monument marking the spot Chief Terikee was killed by a pioneer settler in Harrisville, Utah, on Saturday, May 1, 2021. (Emily Anderson/Standard-Examiner via AP)Emily Anderson/APShow MoreShow Less