American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-05-13
ESTABLISHED IN 1926
ne pTermoa Hand cart Train

Frederick LSba. ef.liigh Priest Of the
MsrmSGs. ;shs escaped Gsm Salt Lake
With his family. is now Ia Kansas. He
teIIs som terrible stories of Sat Like,
or the Mormon hand cart train that
suffered so severely. he gives the following
az cunt.
Young sent Franklin and Samuel D.
Richards, ,--twS Of bis mos. INSCRIPTIONS
minions,--io Liverpool to. superintend
the emigration thence to Salt L-ke,so the
numerous proselyies male TO Europe.---
These men collected q large suTp,ol monrey
from the faithful. 10 sums Of f63 each,
which was to purchase wagons and other
outfit for the passage frpm New York to
Unh.- each sun Of f5S providing for =
family. or il the man hal none. Tor himself
aud associa'es. A party OF about 7,bOO
souls, collected under this arEanonent.
set sail with their faces towards ''ZioR."
On their arrival 10 this country hoEsVers
theV we're informed that Brother Brigham
had reeeived rrvslation from God. direct.
ing that In order to try their faith. and
thus test who among them we're worthy
the honors Of the faithful they. should
Journey to Salt Like ~ hand cart trainsl
Accordingly. their pilots and leaaers--
filIed with the grace aeq1ifed At the 'eet
OF thAir Propaet Brigham-kindIy .puE.
chased hand-csrts for them at . cost o.
eight dollars each, generously put them at
the disposal Of the newly arrived brethren
at exactly douhle that sum, or course
the entire party were compslled to 60 on
foot SIX 70 each band-ear. which they
dragged along with It's ronients, con.
sistine Of seventy pounds Of Luggage to
each person. All the property OF the en-.
Ierants over anh aroVe this. they we're
&C mpeIIod to throw sWay, OF course
thuI lOosing the little remnant Of their
savings after having been mostly rsliEiously
robbed Of ell their cash. Now discussions
rose among them, and the result was that
they did not reash the banks Of the Mis-
souri, from whence to start westward, un-
Ill the let Of September. f,
Here then they stood with twelve huh-
dred. miles Of weary travel on foot before
them, and the merciless figors Of Northerh
Winter staring thsti in the face. The
conmouest bumsaiiy would have inspired
the leaders Of the delaJed band to stay
their steps until the, opening Of spring =
But they seemed to have been obvious 70
any such sentiment. They got another
revelation from high on which the trsve.
lers we're hidden 6nFTard. aud. assured that
the ANGLES Of the Lord would be upon
their right hand and their left shedding
them from harm
Tins iysnty I've hundred honest. sins
pie souls. fun of honest faith and ssalTT
old men and young. genilsWomen and
tender children plunged into the wilder
{ ness. never doubling the result. Sad to
, r,late. Of that entire band. only about
. two hundred frost bitten. starving and
euiathciited heinga. lived to tell the story
: or tbei, sulferiIgi Mr. Loba, himself.
Witnessed Tie shtraHce Of the survivors
I many OF whom even were compelled to
!, lhe rudest kind OF surgery from the ampu'
+ tatio6 of liIibs already irosen TO- dsethl-7-
T. Twenty three hundred Of the devoted 'aHd
g had fallen bJ the way. tortured victims O
d hunger and cold. some Of taem indesd tori
u by the hungry wolves, while life struggled
y Tor victory over tanisbTeht and frost
4 The nictuis is to horrible too contemplate
d bdt Ihy informant states that It's tfiiitb L
v well atl-sted.