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 * Utes Social History **

It has been said that the Utes were brought here from the south in a magic sack carried by Sinauf, a god who was thought to be half wolf half man. The Utes lived in several groups or bands. All bands were independent, but they were all bound by a common language. They had close trade relationships, intermarriage, temporary military alliances and many social religious events.

They also developed trade relations with the spanish. This contact with the spanish also brought on violent slave trade

They had many problems when the mormon settlers came to the Salt Lake Valley.