Some time ago, a friend told me that as a youngster, she enjoyed roaming a nearby cemetery where she lived in Beaver, Utah. She clearly remembers seeing this tombstone and asking folks who this was? Here's what Google taught us:
"The "Indian princess" story associated with Beaver, Utah, is a family legend about an East Indian woman who converted to the LDS faith and moved to Beaver. The narrative is a specific family tale and there is no historical record of an "Indian princess" of this kind in Native American history or in the founding of Beaver, Utah. The concept of an "Indian princess" is often a romanticized and inaccurate portrayal of Native American nobility which didn't exist in the European sense."
Just for fun, I did some sleuthing on FindAGrave. Entering "King" in the first name box yielded 15,958 hits. Entering "unknown" showed 307,472 hits. What really was sad was the entries for "baby" as the first name: 786,412. This one really was awfully sad.
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