Chief Terikee

On the evening of September 16, 1850, Shoshone Chief Terikee, known for being friendly, was returning to his camp on Four Mile Creek after paying respects to Lorin Farr in Ogden when, as he was driving his ponies out of Urban Stewart's unfenced cornfield, Stewart armed himself and fired randomly toward the rustling sound, killing him. The killing forced Stewart to leave the area, and Shoshone tribes demanded that he be turned over to them or they would massacre the inhabitants of Ogden and burn the settlement. One hundred fifty men were sent from Salt Lake City to the rescue. After learning of the approaching troops, Terikee's band retaliated by killing a man named Campbell, who was gathering cattle into Farr's Fort, then took their chief's body and retreated northward. Terikee was killed at a site approximately 200 feet west of this monument.

Harrisville, Utah · United States