CHIEF POCATELLO STRUGGLED TO SURVIVE ON UTAH’S NORTHERN FRONTIERW. Paul ReeveHistory Blazer, February 1995 Chief Pocatello came to be known in the 1860s among Mormon leaders, Indian agents, and army officers headquartered in the Salt Lake area for his exploits as the head of a so-called outlaw band of Indians. Although the Shoshones under Pocatello’s lead did terrorize settlers and …