Third wife of Chief Kanosh. The second, Betsykin, seemed happy in her marriage until Kanosh brought home a third wife, Mary. When Mary was expecting a baby, a jealous Betsykin lured her away from the camp, ostensibly to flush out squirrels, and then cut her throat. She buried Mary's body under a pile of rocks.
Kanosh mounted a huge hunt for the missing Mary, even calling on the whites in nearby communities for help. When the body was found, Betsykin confessed and was subjected to tribal justice. She was tried and found guilty and then required to choose her own method of execution. Weeping, with only a jar full of water, she plodded in front of the jury and into a wickiup, where she was allowed to starve to death.
Source Kate B Carter Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
Desert News March 12 1996
Kanosh mounted a huge hunt for the missing Mary, even calling on the whites in nearby communities for help. When the body was found, Betsykin confessed and was subjected to tribal justice. She was tried and found guilty and then required to choose her own method of execution. Weeping, with only a jar full of water, she plodded in front of the jury and into a wickiup, where she was allowed to starve to death.
Source Kate B Carter Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
Desert News March 12 1996
Third wife of Chief Kanosh. The second, Betsykin, seemed happy in her marriage until Kanosh brought home a third wife, Mary. When Mary was expecting a baby, a jealous Betsykin lured her away from the camp, ostensibly to flush out squirrels, and then cut her throat. She buried Mary's body under a pile of rocks.
Kanosh mounted a huge hunt for the missing Mary, even calling on the whites in nearby communities for help. When the body was found, Betsykin confessed and was subjected to tribal justice. She was tried and found guilty and then required to choose her own method of execution. Weeping, with only a jar full of water, she plodded in front of the jury and into a wickiup, where she was allowed to starve to death.
Source Kate B Carter Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
Desert News March 12 1996
Kanosh mounted a huge hunt for the missing Mary, even calling on the whites in nearby communities for help. When the body was found, Betsykin confessed and was subjected to tribal justice. She was tried and found guilty and then required to choose her own method of execution. Weeping, with only a jar full of water, she plodded in front of the jury and into a wickiup, where she was allowed to starve to death.
Source Kate B Carter Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
Desert News March 12 1996
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