Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-10-31
BY DIP. PALMER.
NauYao ANb .EaE7 MoRMoNs.


bly, know, is about 20 miles above this
town, on the Mississippi; Walsaw lying
at9he foot Of the D as AIeines ,sand
Nau2oo at the head There ne gwot
roads 2orie nv tie riVerlbank and one byl
the prairie. We took the latter, although
tits some four Of five miles tGFtherA |
Nauvoo lies. about north of this p0int, t,but |
we first took due east course N order
to gel on the prairie. as the bluff which 1
divides The prailie from the river, all
through this fepiun, consists o. wooded
hills and raVines, generally from thfeAstol
FIVE miles wtdo.e Our read, therefore, |
for the first A miles was very rough, alter
which we GOT oli' on the open, iilimi'abIe
= prairie. when we altered our course 'to'I
the north, and stretched away forNauyoo
over one or the finest roads in the world.
I~was much SURPRISED, on arriving at the
prairie, 10 witness the great changes. that
had taken place within three yeats
Three years before, on prairie some is
mills across, Immediately east Of Warsaw
scarcely a house was to be seen; now the
whole prairie appeared TO be setrled, pre-
senting the appearance Of an old inliabitt-1
ed country, with the exceptiOnthat not 'a4
tree was 10 be seen. was ihformed
that twenty Eve farms could be counted
fron, one little hilIock on this prairie =
But our course north soon tooki 0s from
this settled country, and we Travelled over
va3t prairies, extending ia every direc-
ton as far as the eve could reaeh, ext'
capt on our right, where lay the sblhif
which inieryened between us and the
liver. Herds Of cattle could occasionally
he seen dotling The. surface of the eafth'
and wanted but a small stretch of the
imagination to fancy these the zpTioeval
lords of the prairie, the fierce bhHlto' mat
a few years ago roamed in solitude, and
security over these inland oceans. As
we approached the Kingdom as Nauyoo
is denominsied here, the country again
beaan to be settled, while the lnxu:tant
berbsge of the prairie was cropped quite
short by the herds of cattle belonging to
me Mormons. Most ofthe prairie, near
Nauyo6. IS fenced with turf. a ditch
some two feet deep il dug on each SIDE
oftSe fence, and the turf piled up be-
tween, making very good and durable !.
tence. These fences ar9 broad enougn
on The io, for foot path Quite a NUN
her Of the houses or huts in which the
iahabltants on the prairies live, are also
made Of tdrfand covered with clapbfoafds'
As shis turf is black, as is all the soil on
The prairies, these huts present very
sombre appearance, and as there y not "a
tree and scarcely hihock 70 ward otl y,
the scorching sun Of summer'or the eosd
blast of winter, they present very bleak
ana desolaie appearance. AS we1neaf
Id d4ha citg, aboutG o'clock ip the evening
We passed an immense herd ot cows
which we're being driven into the cIlY
fr,m the prairier to supply the Inhabitants
with milk. We also passed a large nun
ber of wagons ltaied with kays the pro
duce Of the natural grass Of the prairie
AboutthFee miles from the river !. we e en-
terAd the .kingdom Of Nauyoo,' i belnt
/. about fur miles long, up and down th'
river and three miles broad The nar
near The prairie, about mile and 2 bal
from the. river, is quite broken up WI WI
raviaes; nevertheless i is all lald oNs 7
acre lots, and more or less settled. "
dove down near The river, and pnt ". a
verv respectable tavern, kept BY one 9
.he eldegs--a temperance house Ate
VA Va walked out pastthe house OF thI
proGhei, who had az gopd garden
nontainina about an acre, " u VII
fine fence around il, painted white, as
also his bonse,ia moderate slzea I ah
humble looking frame dwelling Nes
aha pToDballs, on the other bank ot Y
liver. iia tFe size of the NNauvoo House
building byrevelstion. The basemer
i inis6ed. tits built Of a good, ;har
white stone. The front on the river ]
about lao feet, and is entirely aboV
arouad OF cut stone II has &. = W'qgsFqt
Sino hack about 100 f.. All this Wol
ls,og he bsst and most substantial cAa
aataF. TV.en lhis building is hpiishee
II willbe equal to any hotel g the ives
evn country: BY special rely9aiaiIottq, y, Y
psouhal and his heirs are 70 have 2 q. sun y q
ICONS ID this house forever. g
The next morning, after breaktast,y
paid yisia 10 the prophet. We were
ceivad common sitting room, Ye
plainls ashed where the prophet a.
he oIas ambers Of the family bad j.
been and bis numerous ca
slFenaaid 4 dants were then sitgIlg
the table, ITe received ns ID qtlsa
a0od h1moFsd friendly manneri asked
Is Iii down,and said be hoped for afb
tst aequsihsAaces On ahe gentlemenrN
acc0FnpaHisd guls asking hinl1how y