Sally was born in the Bannock tribe in or near 1840. Some
historians list her birth name as Kahpeputz. When she was around seven, she was
abducted and tortured. A slave trader called Batiste took her and a boy to sell
to the pioneers who’d just arrived in the Salt Lake valley. When they refused
to buy, Batiste killed the boy and threatened to kill the girl, too. One of the
men traded a rifle for the child, and gave her to his sister who was married to
Brigham Young. They named her Sally Young, and she grew up in the Lion House. The
1860 census lists her as a household servant. In 1877 a Ute leader named Kanosh
met Sally during a meeting with Brother Brigham. He offered several ponies for
her. As the story goes, she initially refused, but later changed her mind. She
lived with Kanosh as one of his wives until her death about decade later.
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