She was 103 years old when she died!
From Volume seven of "An Induring Legacy" about, Native Pioneers
Hannah Caroline Daniels and the boys accepted Rose into the family as a daughter and sister. After being at Fort Bridger for some time they returned to Utah where they lived at Wanship for several years. Later when Hannah left Aaron because of his heavy drinking, and went to Wyoming to live, Rose was sent to Provo to live with Caroline and her children.
Caroline was a fine, cultured lady who accepted Rose as her own and taught her the rudiments of homemaking, cooking, cleaning, weaving, spinning, sewing and all the tasks necessary make a comfortable pioneer home. She had already learned to do beautiful beadwork while she was living with the Indians. Caroline, an educated woman, gave Rose the opportunity for an education in the Provo public schools along with the rest of the Daniels children. After many years of marital difficulties, Caroline divorced Aaron
Aaron took Rose with him to the Black Hills of South Dakota on a gold mining expedition where they stayed for about a year but were then driven from the area by the Sioux Indians. They then went to the Tintic district in Utah Territory where he worked for several years in the mines. They then returned to Provo for a short time, but eventually settled at Ashley (now Vernal) in the Uintah Basin. When Rose was eighteen years old she and Aaron were married at Blue Mountain, north of Vernal, by Captain Pardon Dodds, acting Indian Agent. They made their home in Jensen, building a house there that is still (1981) standing. It was here that their first two sons, Hal Albert and Walter, were born. About this time the United States government determined to place each Indian tribe on a reservation. They were never again permitted to roam free to hunt and fish on what had been their land. Land which they had called home for countless generations was taken from them and they were herded en masse to an area where government officials decided they could live as the white man did and grow their own food. This, of course, was entirely contrary to their way of life. Because the reservation area chosen was usually dry and barren, many Indians perished from despair, skirmishes with the settlers and lack of food. The head of each family was given acreage within the reservation boundaries and though Rose was a Navajo, she had been adopted by the Utes, so applied for her portion and was given 160 acres on the Whiterocks reservation. Whiterocks had the only agency in early times (1868-1912), as it had been moved from Tabiona in 1867. Rose and Aaron cleared the land, built a home and began raising their family. Two girls were born there, making a family of four children. Their names were Walter, Albert, Ethel and Mentora. They became some of the better educated young Indians on the reservation. To Rose the never-ending hard life of trying to establish a home on the barren reservation was a challenge which she gladly met and conquered. In 1861 the Mormon Church sent an official exploration party to the Uintah Basin in search of a region where pioneers could be sent to establish homes and further the program of the Church. The report taken back to Church headquarters read: "Uintah Basin is measurably valueless, except to hold the world together." But to Rose it was home at last and she set to work to make the land productive so they could survive the blasting winds, drifting sands, grasshoppers and drought. Aaron taught her the art of gardening and food preservation, and helped her with the planting. Because the area was so dry, she managed to invent her own method of irrigation by making little furrows among her plants and guiding the water down to them from the Uintah and White rivers. Soon others on the reservation wanted to have food like Rose Daniels raised and saved for winter eating, so with Rose to help and guide them, they too planted and were not hungry. In 1896, eight years after they went to the reservation, Aaron died, leaving Rose to care for the children and keep the ranch producing. He was buried on the ranch in a plot of ground east of the house and above the river. Year after year Rose planted her seeds. She raised cabbage, onions, carrots, turnips, tomatoes, peas, cucumber, melons, beans and squash. Each year she cared for her plants, then at harvest time she set aside the best seeds to be used at planting time the next year. She saved the seeds in little glass jars or in paper bags or cans. As the years went by, she cared for her home and children and made sure they had schooling until they all married and had families of their own. She was able to live alone on the ranch in the home she had helped Aaron build. Since the old road ran through their property, she was kind to people traveling through the reservation. She often fed them, gave them shelter for the night and cared for their horses. She loved horses and would ride over the reservation taking care of the sick with her own medicine, a combination of Indian and pioneer remedies. Since she could speak both the Indian and English languages, Rose was invaluable as an interpreter. Everyone loved this small, brown Indian woman with the sparkling eyes. Known as "Grandma Daniels," she was a familiar sight on her old grey horse. When Rose was about ninety years old, A. C. Hildreth of the Horticultural Field Station at Cheyenne, Wyoming, accompanied by an Indian Service agent, visited her. Mr. Hildreth was shown her garden and the seeds she had saved in the little seed house that had been built near her home. Among these seeds he found three beans that were different from the others, and he asked if he could take them. With her consent, he wrapped them carefully and took them back to the experiment station in Cheyenne where they were subsequently planted. From these three beans came a newly developed lima bean that was soon placed on the market. It is the only known lima bean which can be successfully grown in the short dry seasons of Utah, Wyoming and South Dakota. Grandma Daniels may very well be the only Indian who has given to the world a kind of Luther Burbank contribution. Rose lived alone in her little home, which was filled with articles of her handwork and the very special beadwork for which she was well known. She took care of her horse and her children and, of course, her plants. She died of cancer July 4, 1943. Funeral services were held July 6, 1943, in the LaPoint Ward chapel of the Mormon Church, Bishop George Hacking presiding. She was buried next to her husband in the family plot at the ranch. On the tombstone is the inscription "Rose Daniels 1840-1943." This wonderful Indian woman, during her long, full life of 103 years, was busy doing good for her fellowmen and was loved wherever she went. She was the mother of four children, twenty-five grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. No, the gold mine was never found. Aaron had never revealed its location, but upon his deathbed he gave Rose a map to the mine along with others he had found or had knowledge of, telling her that these were for the benefit of the family. Rose, with her gentle Indian wisdom, destroyed these maps, because she was fearful that the gold would cause problems.
From Volume seven of "An Induring Legacy" about, Native Pioneers
Hannah Caroline Daniels and the boys accepted Rose into the family as a daughter and sister. After being at Fort Bridger for some time they returned to Utah where they lived at Wanship for several years. Later when Hannah left Aaron because of his heavy drinking, and went to Wyoming to live, Rose was sent to Provo to live with Caroline and her children.
Caroline was a fine, cultured lady who accepted Rose as her own and taught her the rudiments of homemaking, cooking, cleaning, weaving, spinning, sewing and all the tasks necessary make a comfortable pioneer home. She had already learned to do beautiful beadwork while she was living with the Indians. Caroline, an educated woman, gave Rose the opportunity for an education in the Provo public schools along with the rest of the Daniels children. After many years of marital difficulties, Caroline divorced Aaron
Aaron took Rose with him to the Black Hills of South Dakota on a gold mining expedition where they stayed for about a year but were then driven from the area by the Sioux Indians. They then went to the Tintic district in Utah Territory where he worked for several years in the mines. They then returned to Provo for a short time, but eventually settled at Ashley (now Vernal) in the Uintah Basin. When Rose was eighteen years old she and Aaron were married at Blue Mountain, north of Vernal, by Captain Pardon Dodds, acting Indian Agent. They made their home in Jensen, building a house there that is still (1981) standing. It was here that their first two sons, Hal Albert and Walter, were born. About this time the United States government determined to place each Indian tribe on a reservation. They were never again permitted to roam free to hunt and fish on what had been their land. Land which they had called home for countless generations was taken from them and they were herded en masse to an area where government officials decided they could live as the white man did and grow their own food. This, of course, was entirely contrary to their way of life. Because the reservation area chosen was usually dry and barren, many Indians perished from despair, skirmishes with the settlers and lack of food. The head of each family was given acreage within the reservation boundaries and though Rose was a Navajo, she had been adopted by the Utes, so applied for her portion and was given 160 acres on the Whiterocks reservation. Whiterocks had the only agency in early times (1868-1912), as it had been moved from Tabiona in 1867. Rose and Aaron cleared the land, built a home and began raising their family. Two girls were born there, making a family of four children. Their names were Walter, Albert, Ethel and Mentora. They became some of the better educated young Indians on the reservation. To Rose the never-ending hard life of trying to establish a home on the barren reservation was a challenge which she gladly met and conquered. In 1861 the Mormon Church sent an official exploration party to the Uintah Basin in search of a region where pioneers could be sent to establish homes and further the program of the Church. The report taken back to Church headquarters read: "Uintah Basin is measurably valueless, except to hold the world together." But to Rose it was home at last and she set to work to make the land productive so they could survive the blasting winds, drifting sands, grasshoppers and drought. Aaron taught her the art of gardening and food preservation, and helped her with the planting. Because the area was so dry, she managed to invent her own method of irrigation by making little furrows among her plants and guiding the water down to them from the Uintah and White rivers. Soon others on the reservation wanted to have food like Rose Daniels raised and saved for winter eating, so with Rose to help and guide them, they too planted and were not hungry. In 1896, eight years after they went to the reservation, Aaron died, leaving Rose to care for the children and keep the ranch producing. He was buried on the ranch in a plot of ground east of the house and above the river. Year after year Rose planted her seeds. She raised cabbage, onions, carrots, turnips, tomatoes, peas, cucumber, melons, beans and squash. Each year she cared for her plants, then at harvest time she set aside the best seeds to be used at planting time the next year. She saved the seeds in little glass jars or in paper bags or cans. As the years went by, she cared for her home and children and made sure they had schooling until they all married and had families of their own. She was able to live alone on the ranch in the home she had helped Aaron build. Since the old road ran through their property, she was kind to people traveling through the reservation. She often fed them, gave them shelter for the night and cared for their horses. She loved horses and would ride over the reservation taking care of the sick with her own medicine, a combination of Indian and pioneer remedies. Since she could speak both the Indian and English languages, Rose was invaluable as an interpreter. Everyone loved this small, brown Indian woman with the sparkling eyes. Known as "Grandma Daniels," she was a familiar sight on her old grey horse. When Rose was about ninety years old, A. C. Hildreth of the Horticultural Field Station at Cheyenne, Wyoming, accompanied by an Indian Service agent, visited her. Mr. Hildreth was shown her garden and the seeds she had saved in the little seed house that had been built near her home. Among these seeds he found three beans that were different from the others, and he asked if he could take them. With her consent, he wrapped them carefully and took them back to the experiment station in Cheyenne where they were subsequently planted. From these three beans came a newly developed lima bean that was soon placed on the market. It is the only known lima bean which can be successfully grown in the short dry seasons of Utah, Wyoming and South Dakota. Grandma Daniels may very well be the only Indian who has given to the world a kind of Luther Burbank contribution. Rose lived alone in her little home, which was filled with articles of her handwork and the very special beadwork for which she was well known. She took care of her horse and her children and, of course, her plants. She died of cancer July 4, 1943. Funeral services were held July 6, 1943, in the LaPoint Ward chapel of the Mormon Church, Bishop George Hacking presiding. She was buried next to her husband in the family plot at the ranch. On the tombstone is the inscription "Rose Daniels 1840-1943." This wonderful Indian woman, during her long, full life of 103 years, was busy doing good for her fellowmen and was loved wherever she went. She was the mother of four children, twenty-five grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. No, the gold mine was never found. Aaron had never revealed its location, but upon his deathbed he gave Rose a map to the mine along with others he had found or had knowledge of, telling her that these were for the benefit of the family. Rose, with her gentle Indian wisdom, destroyed these maps, because she was fearful that the gold would cause problems.
She was 103 years old when she died!
From Volume seven of "An Induring Legacy" about, Native Pioneers
Hannah Caroline Daniels and the boys accepted Rose into the family as a daughter and sister. After being at Fort Bridger for some time they returned to Utah where they lived at Wanship for several years. Later when Hannah left Aaron because of his heavy drinking, and went to Wyoming to live, Rose was sent to Provo to live with Caroline and her children.
Caroline was a fine, cultured lady who accepted Rose as her own and taught her the rudiments of homemaking, cooking, cleaning, weaving, spinning, sewing and all the tasks necessary make a comfortable pioneer home. She had already learned to do beautiful beadwork while she was living with the Indians. Caroline, an educated woman, gave Rose the opportunity for an education in the Provo public schools along with the rest of the Daniels children. After many years of marital difficulties, Caroline divorced Aaron
Aaron took Rose with him to the Black Hills of South Dakota on a gold mining expedition where they stayed for about a year but were then driven from the area by the Sioux Indians. They then went to the Tintic district in Utah Territory where he worked for several years in the mines. They then returned to Provo for a short time, but eventually settled at Ashley (now Vernal) in the Uintah Basin. When Rose was eighteen years old she and Aaron were married at Blue Mountain, north of Vernal, by Captain Pardon Dodds, acting Indian Agent. They made their home in Jensen, building a house there that is still (1981) standing. It was here that their first two sons, Hal Albert and Walter, were born. About this time the United States government determined to place each Indian tribe on a reservation. They were never again permitted to roam free to hunt and fish on what had been their land. Land which they had called home for countless generations was taken from them and they were herded en masse to an area where government officials decided they could live as the white man did and grow their own food. This, of course, was entirely contrary to their way of life. Because the reservation area chosen was usually dry and barren, many Indians perished from despair, skirmishes with the settlers and lack of food. The head of each family was given acreage within the reservation boundaries and though Rose was a Navajo, she had been adopted by the Utes, so applied for her portion and was given 160 acres on the Whiterocks reservation. Whiterocks had the only agency in early times (1868-1912), as it had been moved from Tabiona in 1867. Rose and Aaron cleared the land, built a home and began raising their family. Two girls were born there, making a family of four children. Their names were Walter, Albert, Ethel and Mentora. They became some of the better educated young Indians on the reservation. To Rose the never-ending hard life of trying to establish a home on the barren reservation was a challenge which she gladly met and conquered. In 1861 the Mormon Church sent an official exploration party to the Uintah Basin in search of a region where pioneers could be sent to establish homes and further the program of the Church. The report taken back to Church headquarters read: "Uintah Basin is measurably valueless, except to hold the world together." But to Rose it was home at last and she set to work to make the land productive so they could survive the blasting winds, drifting sands, grasshoppers and drought. Aaron taught her the art of gardening and food preservation, and helped her with the planting. Because the area was so dry, she managed to invent her own method of irrigation by making little furrows among her plants and guiding the water down to them from the Uintah and White rivers. Soon others on the reservation wanted to have food like Rose Daniels raised and saved for winter eating, so with Rose to help and guide them, they too planted and were not hungry. In 1896, eight years after they went to the reservation, Aaron died, leaving Rose to care for the children and keep the ranch producing. He was buried on the ranch in a plot of ground east of the house and above the river. Year after year Rose planted her seeds. She raised cabbage, onions, carrots, turnips, tomatoes, peas, cucumber, melons, beans and squash. Each year she cared for her plants, then at harvest time she set aside the best seeds to be used at planting time the next year. She saved the seeds in little glass jars or in paper bags or cans. As the years went by, she cared for her home and children and made sure they had schooling until they all married and had families of their own. She was able to live alone on the ranch in the home she had helped Aaron build. Since the old road ran through their property, she was kind to people traveling through the reservation. She often fed them, gave them shelter for the night and cared for their horses. She loved horses and would ride over the reservation taking care of the sick with her own medicine, a combination of Indian and pioneer remedies. Since she could speak both the Indian and English languages, Rose was invaluable as an interpreter. Everyone loved this small, brown Indian woman with the sparkling eyes. Known as "Grandma Daniels," she was a familiar sight on her old grey horse. When Rose was about ninety years old, A. C. Hildreth of the Horticultural Field Station at Cheyenne, Wyoming, accompanied by an Indian Service agent, visited her. Mr. Hildreth was shown her garden and the seeds she had saved in the little seed house that had been built near her home. Among these seeds he found three beans that were different from the others, and he asked if he could take them. With her consent, he wrapped them carefully and took them back to the experiment station in Cheyenne where they were subsequently planted. From these three beans came a newly developed lima bean that was soon placed on the market. It is the only known lima bean which can be successfully grown in the short dry seasons of Utah, Wyoming and South Dakota. Grandma Daniels may very well be the only Indian who has given to the world a kind of Luther Burbank contribution. Rose lived alone in her little home, which was filled with articles of her handwork and the very special beadwork for which she was well known. She took care of her horse and her children and, of course, her plants. She died of cancer July 4, 1943. Funeral services were held July 6, 1943, in the LaPoint Ward chapel of the Mormon Church, Bishop George Hacking presiding. She was buried next to her husband in the family plot at the ranch. On the tombstone is the inscription "Rose Daniels 1840-1943." This wonderful Indian woman, during her long, full life of 103 years, was busy doing good for her fellowmen and was loved wherever she went. She was the mother of four children, twenty-five grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. No, the gold mine was never found. Aaron had never revealed its location, but upon his deathbed he gave Rose a map to the mine along with others he had found or had knowledge of, telling her that these were for the benefit of the family. Rose, with her gentle Indian wisdom, destroyed these maps, because she was fearful that the gold would cause problems.
From Volume seven of "An Induring Legacy" about, Native Pioneers
Hannah Caroline Daniels and the boys accepted Rose into the family as a daughter and sister. After being at Fort Bridger for some time they returned to Utah where they lived at Wanship for several years. Later when Hannah left Aaron because of his heavy drinking, and went to Wyoming to live, Rose was sent to Provo to live with Caroline and her children.
Caroline was a fine, cultured lady who accepted Rose as her own and taught her the rudiments of homemaking, cooking, cleaning, weaving, spinning, sewing and all the tasks necessary make a comfortable pioneer home. She had already learned to do beautiful beadwork while she was living with the Indians. Caroline, an educated woman, gave Rose the opportunity for an education in the Provo public schools along with the rest of the Daniels children. After many years of marital difficulties, Caroline divorced Aaron
Aaron took Rose with him to the Black Hills of South Dakota on a gold mining expedition where they stayed for about a year but were then driven from the area by the Sioux Indians. They then went to the Tintic district in Utah Territory where he worked for several years in the mines. They then returned to Provo for a short time, but eventually settled at Ashley (now Vernal) in the Uintah Basin. When Rose was eighteen years old she and Aaron were married at Blue Mountain, north of Vernal, by Captain Pardon Dodds, acting Indian Agent. They made their home in Jensen, building a house there that is still (1981) standing. It was here that their first two sons, Hal Albert and Walter, were born. About this time the United States government determined to place each Indian tribe on a reservation. They were never again permitted to roam free to hunt and fish on what had been their land. Land which they had called home for countless generations was taken from them and they were herded en masse to an area where government officials decided they could live as the white man did and grow their own food. This, of course, was entirely contrary to their way of life. Because the reservation area chosen was usually dry and barren, many Indians perished from despair, skirmishes with the settlers and lack of food. The head of each family was given acreage within the reservation boundaries and though Rose was a Navajo, she had been adopted by the Utes, so applied for her portion and was given 160 acres on the Whiterocks reservation. Whiterocks had the only agency in early times (1868-1912), as it had been moved from Tabiona in 1867. Rose and Aaron cleared the land, built a home and began raising their family. Two girls were born there, making a family of four children. Their names were Walter, Albert, Ethel and Mentora. They became some of the better educated young Indians on the reservation. To Rose the never-ending hard life of trying to establish a home on the barren reservation was a challenge which she gladly met and conquered. In 1861 the Mormon Church sent an official exploration party to the Uintah Basin in search of a region where pioneers could be sent to establish homes and further the program of the Church. The report taken back to Church headquarters read: "Uintah Basin is measurably valueless, except to hold the world together." But to Rose it was home at last and she set to work to make the land productive so they could survive the blasting winds, drifting sands, grasshoppers and drought. Aaron taught her the art of gardening and food preservation, and helped her with the planting. Because the area was so dry, she managed to invent her own method of irrigation by making little furrows among her plants and guiding the water down to them from the Uintah and White rivers. Soon others on the reservation wanted to have food like Rose Daniels raised and saved for winter eating, so with Rose to help and guide them, they too planted and were not hungry. In 1896, eight years after they went to the reservation, Aaron died, leaving Rose to care for the children and keep the ranch producing. He was buried on the ranch in a plot of ground east of the house and above the river. Year after year Rose planted her seeds. She raised cabbage, onions, carrots, turnips, tomatoes, peas, cucumber, melons, beans and squash. Each year she cared for her plants, then at harvest time she set aside the best seeds to be used at planting time the next year. She saved the seeds in little glass jars or in paper bags or cans. As the years went by, she cared for her home and children and made sure they had schooling until they all married and had families of their own. She was able to live alone on the ranch in the home she had helped Aaron build. Since the old road ran through their property, she was kind to people traveling through the reservation. She often fed them, gave them shelter for the night and cared for their horses. She loved horses and would ride over the reservation taking care of the sick with her own medicine, a combination of Indian and pioneer remedies. Since she could speak both the Indian and English languages, Rose was invaluable as an interpreter. Everyone loved this small, brown Indian woman with the sparkling eyes. Known as "Grandma Daniels," she was a familiar sight on her old grey horse. When Rose was about ninety years old, A. C. Hildreth of the Horticultural Field Station at Cheyenne, Wyoming, accompanied by an Indian Service agent, visited her. Mr. Hildreth was shown her garden and the seeds she had saved in the little seed house that had been built near her home. Among these seeds he found three beans that were different from the others, and he asked if he could take them. With her consent, he wrapped them carefully and took them back to the experiment station in Cheyenne where they were subsequently planted. From these three beans came a newly developed lima bean that was soon placed on the market. It is the only known lima bean which can be successfully grown in the short dry seasons of Utah, Wyoming and South Dakota. Grandma Daniels may very well be the only Indian who has given to the world a kind of Luther Burbank contribution. Rose lived alone in her little home, which was filled with articles of her handwork and the very special beadwork for which she was well known. She took care of her horse and her children and, of course, her plants. She died of cancer July 4, 1943. Funeral services were held July 6, 1943, in the LaPoint Ward chapel of the Mormon Church, Bishop George Hacking presiding. She was buried next to her husband in the family plot at the ranch. On the tombstone is the inscription "Rose Daniels 1840-1943." This wonderful Indian woman, during her long, full life of 103 years, was busy doing good for her fellowmen and was loved wherever she went. She was the mother of four children, twenty-five grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. No, the gold mine was never found. Aaron had never revealed its location, but upon his deathbed he gave Rose a map to the mine along with others he had found or had knowledge of, telling her that these were for the benefit of the family. Rose, with her gentle Indian wisdom, destroyed these maps, because she was fearful that the gold would cause problems.
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