Brigham Young sent the Utah Militia, also known as the Nauvoo Legion, to harass Federal troops and delay their approach. In the early hours of October 4th, Major Lot Smith and 40 men captured and burned two supply trains totaling 52 wagons west of here near the Green River. The next day, Smith and his men struck again near here, where militiaman Newton Tuttle recorded in his journal that they found 24 wagons and burned 22 of them while taking 7 mules and 2 saddles. Wagonmaster Lewis Simpson led the supply train, and since the wagon burning episode the little valley has been called Simpson's Hollow. Wagon train owners Russell, Majors, and Waddell valued the damage at more than $85,000. The only casualty in both incidents occurred when one of Lot Smith's men was wounded after Smith's pistol discharged accidentally. The loss of three months' rations and livestock, together with an early bitter winter, stalled the army at Fort Bridger, and the severe weather kept the militia and the army apart. During this lull, intermediary Thomas Kane negotiated a peaceful settlement of the conflict. In the spring of 1858, the army peacefully entered Salt Lake City and Alfred Cumming was installed as Utah Territorial Governor.