Kanosh (chief)

Portrait from ca. 1870.

Kanosh (1821 – December 24, 1884) was a nineteenth century leader of the Pahvant band of the Ute Indians.

It is believed Kanosh was born in Spanish Fork Canyon, but this is not certain.^[1]

"Kanosh learned to speak good English for an Indian. William Black, one of the pioneers of the Sevier and San Pete valleys, was a lifelong friend of this chief."^[2]

Kanosh invited the Mormons to come and settle in his area where they founded the town of Kanosh.

Kanosh joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1874 Kanosh was ordained an elder by Dimick B. Huntington.^[3] He was one of the very earliest Native Americans to receive the endowment.^[4]

Kanosh met with Brigham Young on September 1, 1857 to discuss strategy in relation to the Utah War.^[5]

One of Kanosh's wives was Sally, a Southern Paiute who had been raised in Young's household. This relationship is a key part of why Kanosh's band worked so closely with the Latter-day Saints.^[6] Another of Kanosh's wives was a Piute named Mary who had been raised by Latter-day Saints in Payson, Utah Territory.^[7] Kanosh built a regular cabin for her, whereas his other three wives lived in wikiups.^[7]

Kanosh and his fellow Pahvant's were the only large group of Utes who did not participate in the Black Hawk War.^[8]

Kanosh died at the town of Kanosh, Utah Territory.^[7]

Notes

1. ^ Dixon, Madeline Cloward. Peteetneet Town: A History of Payson, Utah (Provo: Free Publishing Ltm., 1974) p. 103
2. ^ Young, Levi Edgar. "The Utah Pioneers and the Indians," The Young Women's Journal (Salt Lake City: The Deseret News, 1918) p. 21 (January, 1918 issue of the journal).
3. ^ Jenson, Andrew. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, p. 390
4. ^ Peterson, John A. "Kanosh" in Garr, Arnold K., Donald Q. Cannon and Richard O. Cowan, Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 2000) p. 600
5. ^ A Trial Lawyer Reviews Will Bagley's Blood of the Prophets - FARMS Review
6. ^ Garr. LDS History. p. 600-601
7. ^ ^{a b c} Dixon. Peteetneet Town. p. 103
8. ^ Garr. LDS History. p. 601

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Name	Kanosh
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Date of birth	1821
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Date of death	December 24, 1884
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