Editing Manti, Utah (section)

==History==
[[Image:Manti Valley.jpg|thumb|left|A view of Manti Cemetery from Temple Hill, August 2006]]
Manti was one of the first communities settled in what was to become Utah. Chief [[Walkara]] (or Walker), a [[Ute Tribe]] leader, invited [[Brigham Young]] to send pioneers to the area to teach his people the techniques of successful farming. In 1849, Brigham Young dispatched a company of about 225 settlers, consisting of several families, to the Sanpitch (now Sanpete) Valley.<ref>{{Citation | last = Antrei | first = Albert | title = Utah History Encyclopedia | publisher = University of Utah Press | year = 1994 | chapter = Manti | chapter-url = https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/m/MANTI.shtml | url = https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/ | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240305050304/https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/m/MANTI.shtml | archive-date = March 5, 2024 | isbn =9780874804256 | access-date = August 19, 2024 | quote = Manti was settled in late November 1849 by 224 men, women, and children. … This, the first settlement south of Provo, Utah, resulted from a personal invitation from the Ute chief Walker in June 1849. He invited President Brigham Young of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) to send a colony of his people to join the encampments of Chief Sanpeetch's people already in the valley.}}</ref> Under the direction of [[Isaac Morley]] and George Washington Bradley (1813-1891), the settlers arrived at the present location of Manti in November. They endured a severe winter by living in temporary shelters dug into the south side of the hill on which the Manti Temple now stands. Brigham Young named the new community Manti, after a city mentioned in the [[Book of Mormon]]. Manti was incorporated in 1851. The first mayor of Manti was [[Dan Jones (Mormon)|Dan Jones]]. Manti served as a hub city for the settlement of other communities in the valley.

Relations with the local Native Americans deteriorated rapidly, and the [[Walker War|Wakara’s War]] soon ensued. The war consisted primarily of various raids conducted by the Native Americans against Mormon outposts in Central and Southern Utah. The Walker War ended in the mid-1850s in an understanding negotiated between Brigham Young and Wakara. Shortly after that, [[Welcome Chapman]] and Wakara oversaw the baptism of scores of Wakara's tribe members. Although immediate hostilities ended, none of the underlying conflicts were resolved.<ref name="Findlay2">[[Linnie Findlay|Findlay, Linnie T.M.]] "Welcome Chapman". ''[[Saga of the Sanpitch]].'' 1989. Vol. 21, pp. 111–118.</ref>

In 1865 [[Black Hawk War (Utah)|Utah's Black Hawk War]] erupted when an incident between a Manti resident and a young chieftain exploded into open warfare between the Mormon settlers and the local Native Americans. Forts were built in Manti and other nearby communities. Smaller settlements in the area were temporarily abandoned for the duration of the war. In the fall of 1867, [[Antonga Black Hawk|Chief Black Hawk]] made peace with the settlers, but sporadic violence occurred until 1872, when federal troops intervened. Many Mormon settlers who fought and died in the wars are buried in the Manti Cemetery. Most of the Utes were eventually relocated to the [[Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation]] in Eastern Utah.