Sally Young Kanosh (originally known as Kahpeputz or Sally Indian) was a Bannock woman who was kidnapped from her home and sold by a slave-trader named Batiste to Charles Decker, Brigham Young's brother-in-law.

She converted to Mormonism and worked in Brigham Young's house as either an indentured servant, adoptive daughter or plural wife.

[5] A slave trader by the name of Batiste took her and another boy to sell to the Salt Lake Valley Fort, where Mormon pioneers had recently arrived.

She worked long hours alongside other servants preparing food for the rest of Young's family.

[9] The 1860 census gave her the name Sally Indian and listed her among the servants to the Young family.

Gates indicates that Sally was given a choice, and after an initial rejection changed her mind when Kanosh rescued her from Walkara.

He believes she was married to strengthen the alliance between Kanosh and Brigham Young, and that Sally was either unwilling or reluctant.