In the fall of 1861 or spring of 1862 an Indian interpreter, named Amos Warren, entered the Ute Camp near the clay-beds, southwest of Springville, Utah. He noticed a group of Ute tribesmen around the body of a dead woman and an 18 month old baby girl sitting on her breast. One of the tribesmen shot an arrow into the neck of the baby where it seemed impossible that it did not cut the jugular vein. The child cried and with it’s tiny hands grabbed and took hold of the arrow. Almost immediately, another tribesman shot an arrow into the baby's leg. Amos, now standing with the circle of men around the baby, caught the arm of a man who was about to shoot the next arrow and asked, "What's going on here?"
The men told him that the toddler was the daughter of the late Chief Tintic, and his wife, the baby's mother, had died. They explained that if the baby was left to live she would inherit the Chief's wealth. Amos, thinking quickly, asked the tribe members if he could take the baby and raise her. He gave the warriors nine dollars worth of robes and blankets and a solemn promise that the child would never return to claim her father’s property.
Amos removed the arrows, bound the wounds, and took the baby to Springville. He came to Mary Ann Darrow Richardson with the little one and said, "Sister Richardson, I have looked over the town to see who would be a mother to this child and can think of no one but you. Will you take her?" He was in hard circumstances, and felt he could not give her what he had paid to get her. Mary Ann told him she had a piece of cloth worth between eight and nine dollars, which was the amount he had put on the robe and things he had paid. She had just finished weaving the cloth, and he gladly took it. The bargain completed, he rode away and she began to nurse the arrow wounds.
How grateful Mary Ann was for this little daughter and every day, as she dressed her wounds, her love increased. Sullie (Mary Ann’s youngest son) says: “Kate had the care and love of a mother as we had; shared our home, wore her homespun dresses, and went to school with us. We loved her as a very dear sister.” Sullie continued, “My earliest recollections are of following a red headed brother and a black-headed sister around, trying to do what they did, to yell as they did, and do what they did. Kate was a very modest girl who, though popular at parties; fruit cutting bees, corn shucking and rag bees, held her aloof from everything that was not ideal in every way. She took her own route to school asking odds of none. She loved our mother and did all she could to show it.”
Kate feared the Indians would come and take her back and kill her so when any Indians came to Springville, Kate would run and hide. At times during her life, she would be seen feeling the scar on her neck from the arrow wound. In 1880, Kate, then 20, went to work at the home of the Lyman S. Wood family in Springville. Living next door was a boarder by the name of Charles Leroy Parrish, 30 years old and a laborer. On July 13, 1881, Kate gave birth to a baby girl named Edith Leroy Richardson in Springville. Charles had promised to marry Kate, but instead ran away and left Kate to raise her daughter alone. As was pointed out in writings of the day, Kate was betrayed by a scoundrel. That's why she did not give Edith the last name of Parrish.
Kate was known for her devotion to children, so when the government provided responsible positions for staff and their children at the reservation schools, she would accept those jobs. Thanks to her education, rare privileges came to Kate and her daughter. For a number of years she was a Matron for girls at the White Rocks Indian School, then at the Teller Institute in Grand Junction, Colorado until 1909, followed by the Hopi Reservation in Arizona until 1914, and then at Ft. Duchesne, Utah. She was refined and attractive and particular with her personal appearance. She taught the girls in the school dormitories to
live on a higher plane by strictly observing decency, cleanliness and neat appearance in dress.
In 1883, Kate Richardson, in an effort to recover the thousands of acres of land owned by her natural father, Chief Tintic, made an application for the lands. But the government stated in a letter that the ownership of the land in question was settled by the Ute Treaty of 1868. Kate's birthright was sold by the
tribe who tried to kill her so many years before.
Kate Aldura Richardson died January 30, 1927, at age 67, and is buried in the Randlett Cemetery near Ft. Duchesne, Utah. Edith was present at her mother's death and noted that the scars on her mother's neck and leg were still visible. She said of her mother, “She was a very wonderful person and now it really hurts me that she had so few pleasures. She was most deserving.”
Thus lived and died Kate, the princess daughter of Chief Tintic, and his wife, Copperfield, and her parents
via adoption, Charles Edmund and Mary Ann Darrow Richardson.
The men told him that the toddler was the daughter of the late Chief Tintic, and his wife, the baby's mother, had died. They explained that if the baby was left to live she would inherit the Chief's wealth. Amos, thinking quickly, asked the tribe members if he could take the baby and raise her. He gave the warriors nine dollars worth of robes and blankets and a solemn promise that the child would never return to claim her father’s property.
Amos removed the arrows, bound the wounds, and took the baby to Springville. He came to Mary Ann Darrow Richardson with the little one and said, "Sister Richardson, I have looked over the town to see who would be a mother to this child and can think of no one but you. Will you take her?" He was in hard circumstances, and felt he could not give her what he had paid to get her. Mary Ann told him she had a piece of cloth worth between eight and nine dollars, which was the amount he had put on the robe and things he had paid. She had just finished weaving the cloth, and he gladly took it. The bargain completed, he rode away and she began to nurse the arrow wounds.
How grateful Mary Ann was for this little daughter and every day, as she dressed her wounds, her love increased. Sullie (Mary Ann’s youngest son) says: “Kate had the care and love of a mother as we had; shared our home, wore her homespun dresses, and went to school with us. We loved her as a very dear sister.” Sullie continued, “My earliest recollections are of following a red headed brother and a black-headed sister around, trying to do what they did, to yell as they did, and do what they did. Kate was a very modest girl who, though popular at parties; fruit cutting bees, corn shucking and rag bees, held her aloof from everything that was not ideal in every way. She took her own route to school asking odds of none. She loved our mother and did all she could to show it.”
Kate feared the Indians would come and take her back and kill her so when any Indians came to Springville, Kate would run and hide. At times during her life, she would be seen feeling the scar on her neck from the arrow wound. In 1880, Kate, then 20, went to work at the home of the Lyman S. Wood family in Springville. Living next door was a boarder by the name of Charles Leroy Parrish, 30 years old and a laborer. On July 13, 1881, Kate gave birth to a baby girl named Edith Leroy Richardson in Springville. Charles had promised to marry Kate, but instead ran away and left Kate to raise her daughter alone. As was pointed out in writings of the day, Kate was betrayed by a scoundrel. That's why she did not give Edith the last name of Parrish.
Kate was known for her devotion to children, so when the government provided responsible positions for staff and their children at the reservation schools, she would accept those jobs. Thanks to her education, rare privileges came to Kate and her daughter. For a number of years she was a Matron for girls at the White Rocks Indian School, then at the Teller Institute in Grand Junction, Colorado until 1909, followed by the Hopi Reservation in Arizona until 1914, and then at Ft. Duchesne, Utah. She was refined and attractive and particular with her personal appearance. She taught the girls in the school dormitories to
live on a higher plane by strictly observing decency, cleanliness and neat appearance in dress.
In 1883, Kate Richardson, in an effort to recover the thousands of acres of land owned by her natural father, Chief Tintic, made an application for the lands. But the government stated in a letter that the ownership of the land in question was settled by the Ute Treaty of 1868. Kate's birthright was sold by the
tribe who tried to kill her so many years before.
Kate Aldura Richardson died January 30, 1927, at age 67, and is buried in the Randlett Cemetery near Ft. Duchesne, Utah. Edith was present at her mother's death and noted that the scars on her mother's neck and leg were still visible. She said of her mother, “She was a very wonderful person and now it really hurts me that she had so few pleasures. She was most deserving.”
Thus lived and died Kate, the princess daughter of Chief Tintic, and his wife, Copperfield, and her parents
via adoption, Charles Edmund and Mary Ann Darrow Richardson.
In the fall of 1861 or spring of 1862 an Indian interpreter, named Amos Warren, entered the Ute Camp near the clay-beds, southwest of Springville, Utah. He noticed a group of Ute tribesmen around the body of a dead woman and an 18 month old baby girl sitting on her breast. One of the tribesmen shot an arrow into the neck of the baby where it seemed impossible that it did not cut the jugular vein. The child cried and with it’s tiny hands grabbed and took hold of the arrow. Almost immediately, another tribesman shot an arrow into the baby's leg. Amos, now standing with the circle of men around the baby, caught the arm of a man who was about to shoot the next arrow and asked, "What's going on here?"
The men told him that the toddler was the daughter of the late Chief Tintic, and his wife, the baby's mother, had died. They explained that if the baby was left to live she would inherit the Chief's wealth. Amos, thinking quickly, asked the tribe members if he could take the baby and raise her. He gave the warriors nine dollars worth of robes and blankets and a solemn promise that the child would never return to claim her father’s property.
Amos removed the arrows, bound the wounds, and took the baby to Springville. He came to Mary Ann Darrow Richardson with the little one and said, "Sister Richardson, I have looked over the town to see who would be a mother to this child and can think of no one but you. Will you take her?" He was in hard circumstances, and felt he could not give her what he had paid to get her. Mary Ann told him she had a piece of cloth worth between eight and nine dollars, which was the amount he had put on the robe and things he had paid. She had just finished weaving the cloth, and he gladly took it. The bargain completed, he rode away and she began to nurse the arrow wounds.
How grateful Mary Ann was for this little daughter and every day, as she dressed her wounds, her love increased. Sullie (Mary Ann’s youngest son) says: “Kate had the care and love of a mother as we had; shared our home, wore her homespun dresses, and went to school with us. We loved her as a very dear sister.” Sullie continued, “My earliest recollections are of following a red headed brother and a black-headed sister around, trying to do what they did, to yell as they did, and do what they did. Kate was a very modest girl who, though popular at parties; fruit cutting bees, corn shucking and rag bees, held her aloof from everything that was not ideal in every way. She took her own route to school asking odds of none. She loved our mother and did all she could to show it.”
Kate feared the Indians would come and take her back and kill her so when any Indians came to Springville, Kate would run and hide. At times during her life, she would be seen feeling the scar on her neck from the arrow wound. In 1880, Kate, then 20, went to work at the home of the Lyman S. Wood family in Springville. Living next door was a boarder by the name of Charles Leroy Parrish, 30 years old and a laborer. On July 13, 1881, Kate gave birth to a baby girl named Edith Leroy Richardson in Springville. Charles had promised to marry Kate, but instead ran away and left Kate to raise her daughter alone. As was pointed out in writings of the day, Kate was betrayed by a scoundrel. That's why she did not give Edith the last name of Parrish.
Kate was known for her devotion to children, so when the government provided responsible positions for staff and their children at the reservation schools, she would accept those jobs. Thanks to her education, rare privileges came to Kate and her daughter. For a number of years she was a Matron for girls at the White Rocks Indian School, then at the Teller Institute in Grand Junction, Colorado until 1909, followed by the Hopi Reservation in Arizona until 1914, and then at Ft. Duchesne, Utah. She was refined and attractive and particular with her personal appearance. She taught the girls in the school dormitories to
live on a higher plane by strictly observing decency, cleanliness and neat appearance in dress.
In 1883, Kate Richardson, in an effort to recover the thousands of acres of land owned by her natural father, Chief Tintic, made an application for the lands. But the government stated in a letter that the ownership of the land in question was settled by the Ute Treaty of 1868. Kate's birthright was sold by the
tribe who tried to kill her so many years before.
Kate Aldura Richardson died January 30, 1927, at age 67, and is buried in the Randlett Cemetery near Ft. Duchesne, Utah. Edith was present at her mother's death and noted that the scars on her mother's neck and leg were still visible. She said of her mother, “She was a very wonderful person and now it really hurts me that she had so few pleasures. She was most deserving.”
Thus lived and died Kate, the princess daughter of Chief Tintic, and his wife, Copperfield, and her parents
via adoption, Charles Edmund and Mary Ann Darrow Richardson.
The men told him that the toddler was the daughter of the late Chief Tintic, and his wife, the baby's mother, had died. They explained that if the baby was left to live she would inherit the Chief's wealth. Amos, thinking quickly, asked the tribe members if he could take the baby and raise her. He gave the warriors nine dollars worth of robes and blankets and a solemn promise that the child would never return to claim her father’s property.
Amos removed the arrows, bound the wounds, and took the baby to Springville. He came to Mary Ann Darrow Richardson with the little one and said, "Sister Richardson, I have looked over the town to see who would be a mother to this child and can think of no one but you. Will you take her?" He was in hard circumstances, and felt he could not give her what he had paid to get her. Mary Ann told him she had a piece of cloth worth between eight and nine dollars, which was the amount he had put on the robe and things he had paid. She had just finished weaving the cloth, and he gladly took it. The bargain completed, he rode away and she began to nurse the arrow wounds.
How grateful Mary Ann was for this little daughter and every day, as she dressed her wounds, her love increased. Sullie (Mary Ann’s youngest son) says: “Kate had the care and love of a mother as we had; shared our home, wore her homespun dresses, and went to school with us. We loved her as a very dear sister.” Sullie continued, “My earliest recollections are of following a red headed brother and a black-headed sister around, trying to do what they did, to yell as they did, and do what they did. Kate was a very modest girl who, though popular at parties; fruit cutting bees, corn shucking and rag bees, held her aloof from everything that was not ideal in every way. She took her own route to school asking odds of none. She loved our mother and did all she could to show it.”
Kate feared the Indians would come and take her back and kill her so when any Indians came to Springville, Kate would run and hide. At times during her life, she would be seen feeling the scar on her neck from the arrow wound. In 1880, Kate, then 20, went to work at the home of the Lyman S. Wood family in Springville. Living next door was a boarder by the name of Charles Leroy Parrish, 30 years old and a laborer. On July 13, 1881, Kate gave birth to a baby girl named Edith Leroy Richardson in Springville. Charles had promised to marry Kate, but instead ran away and left Kate to raise her daughter alone. As was pointed out in writings of the day, Kate was betrayed by a scoundrel. That's why she did not give Edith the last name of Parrish.
Kate was known for her devotion to children, so when the government provided responsible positions for staff and their children at the reservation schools, she would accept those jobs. Thanks to her education, rare privileges came to Kate and her daughter. For a number of years she was a Matron for girls at the White Rocks Indian School, then at the Teller Institute in Grand Junction, Colorado until 1909, followed by the Hopi Reservation in Arizona until 1914, and then at Ft. Duchesne, Utah. She was refined and attractive and particular with her personal appearance. She taught the girls in the school dormitories to
live on a higher plane by strictly observing decency, cleanliness and neat appearance in dress.
In 1883, Kate Richardson, in an effort to recover the thousands of acres of land owned by her natural father, Chief Tintic, made an application for the lands. But the government stated in a letter that the ownership of the land in question was settled by the Ute Treaty of 1868. Kate's birthright was sold by the
tribe who tried to kill her so many years before.
Kate Aldura Richardson died January 30, 1927, at age 67, and is buried in the Randlett Cemetery near Ft. Duchesne, Utah. Edith was present at her mother's death and noted that the scars on her mother's neck and leg were still visible. She said of her mother, “She was a very wonderful person and now it really hurts me that she had so few pleasures. She was most deserving.”
Thus lived and died Kate, the princess daughter of Chief Tintic, and his wife, Copperfield, and her parents
via adoption, Charles Edmund and Mary Ann Darrow Richardson.
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