The Kanzas news., 1858-02-13
ENfPORTA, KANZAss FEBRUARY 13,. 1853.

+ In eleven days from San Bernardino the
tparty arrived at Coal Greek settlement, and
left the next morning for Great Salt Lake
City, passing through Parowan Fort, small
settlement on the Beaver river, Fillmore
City, Lehi, Sennitt Greek, Petenete, Span
Iish Fork, Provo City and other small VII
lagos, arriving at the city on the 5th of De
cember, having made the Journey in twenty
days. From the time they entered on the
Santa Clara river, (about eighty miles from
the first Mormon settlement, they met nu-
merous bands of the Pintos Indians, who
were well armed, pretty comfortably attired,
and apparently on very good terms with
the Mormons They likewise passed through
bands of the Utes, who were living close to
the settlements. Mary of the Indians spoke
tolerably good English. 3. r" -
There is no question that the Mormons
in all the settlements are fully posted on the
war question, and the Indians seem quite as
much interested as they are. They hasss
rubbed up their firearms, cleaned their locks,
and are particularly spaiing in the use of
powder and lead. -H.i - '''a. sd
In the settlements south of Great Salt Lake
CITY, the Mormons are united, and very busy
| great abundance from the last harvest. ''s+
On the 9th of December, the day after
arriving in this city, our informant attended
at the preaching in the tabernacle, and heard
several of the leading men. Allusion was
made by all the speakers to their peculiar
position, in being besieged by the troops on
the east, but the gist of all was, particular
ly, the necessity of the people being united
and exercising faith. From the preaching,
and from conversations with several persons,
it was easy to perceive that they all had
great confidence in ultimate success. There
were strong exhortatiOns to trustin the Lord,
but at the same time there was no lack of
effort to keep the powder dry. Nothing of
importance had occurred very recently, so
far as the Mormons were concerned, but
the couriers were daily entering the city
with reports from the eastern expedition
which caused considerable excitement every
day. They have regular postal communi
cations between the camp and the city, so
that the absent lords were continually cheer
ing their families with news.
The suffering among the United States
troops was, naturally enough, subject of
congratulation in the city, when friends
met The people believe in the entire de-
struction of the troops now at the foot of
the mountains, and as many more as may
Join them in the spring not by the supe
rior human force which may be brought to
oppose their entrance into the valleys, but
by the exercise of ''the Almighty power"
The Mormons see no possibility of the
troops ever getting in, though the valleys
should be besieged on every side. The mar
row defiles must be passed, in which bodies
of men can be awfully harrassed by guer-
lila parties, and for that business they
seemed ready and well skilled. They have
strongly fortified Echo Canon, as the troops
are now in that direction; but every other
entrance will be made place of defence be-
fore the summer. Every able bodied man
will Re under arms as soon as they have put
in the spring crops, and they say that in the
time of harvest-if the men cannot return
the women and the rising generation, to-
gether with ''the fathers in Israel" will lend
their aid Many of the women are not
over delicate in frame. Many of them, ma
tives of Europe, have been accustomed to
the work of the field and factory, so that,
under the actual supervision of Brigham,
there is little doubt that much of the har-
vest, if not all, will be secured.
n
every other means of crippling the army
will be resorted to, if once it becomes a
matter Of life and death. There is, how
ever, hope prevailing among the Mormons,
that the Administration will yet call off the
army. They count somewhat on popular
feeling for arresting the President in the
course he has taken against them. They
believe that however pre-induced the people
may be against Mormonism and its peculiar
Institutions, Congress would not sanction
extreme measures against them without
their being heard in defence of the course
they have taken. The majority of the men
are for war In fact, their leaders had great
difficulty to keep some down who were rest
i've and painting for fight. Brigham Told
them that che would exercise faith that the
troops should be kept away, and he wished
all to do the same, instead of wishing them
to advance" His orders were imperative
not to shed blood, SO that if another course
should be adopted by the Administration
towards them, the feeling of revenge should
not hinder the establishment of peace
While our informant remained In the city,
he heard of no dissensions.
The party left the city on the 10th of De
cember, at 10 in the morning, crossed the
Little Mountain, and camped in the snow at
the foot of the Big Mountain, about twenty
miles from the city There was no grass,
so hat they had to depend on oals for the
cattle during the. FIRST day out. The next
day they. crossed the Big Mountain. and
went to the Weber river, where there was
grass and abundance of wood for campfire I
then travelled up the Weber Eve miles, and
came upon Mormon camp of rangers at
the mouth of Echo Canon. They had q
permit to go through the canon, and con
ciuded that If the Mormons continue the |
labors they have commenced there, it viii
be fine stpath 10 gloryp in the SPRING