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The Black Hawk Indian War was the longest and most destructive conflict between pioneer immigrants and Native Americans in Utah History.

The years 1865 to 1867 were by far the most intense of the conflict. Latter-day Saints considered themselves in a state of open warfare. In the fall of 1867 Black Hawk made peace with the Mormons.

Intermittent raiding and killing, however, continued until 1872 when 200 federal troops were finally ordered to step in.

The Black Hawk War was unique among the era's western Indian wars in that the antipathy that existed between the United States government and the LDS Church provided Utah's natives with the opportunity to pursue their hostile activities for an extended period of time without incurring the swift and destructive military reprisals suffered by other groups.

External links

• Utah History to Go Utah History Encyclopedia