The Gosiute Indians in Pioneer Utah BY J A M E S
B. A L L E N A N D TED J .
WARNER
T H E HISTORY OF T H E INDIAN in the Territory of U t a h was, in some ways, a microhistory of the Indian in America. It was the story of confrontation between two cultures and the inevitable giving way of one to the other. T h e difference between the two was partly expressed in opposing concepts of land ownership. T h e communal system of the Indian, with its indefinite boundaries and its assumption that the land was for the use of all, could not long withstand the onslaught of those who believed in private ownership of land. T h e clash of civilizations resulted James B. Allen and Ted J. Warner are associate professors of history at Brigham Young University. "Go-Shoot Habitation, Pleasant Valley" by H . V. A. von Breckh with 1859 Simpson expedition. J. J. Young made the finished watercolor. Courtesy National Archives,
