Trivia – I had been told the story of the nutty meal, but had no idea it was a story of one of my ancestors. I thank Sam Taylor for writing that down in his book on John Taylor (‘The Last Pioneer’, aka ‘Militant Mormon’). I also came across a contemporary account from 1850 [http://www.hollowtop.com/finl_html/amerindians.htm] that expands the understanding of what was going on.