The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-06-16
TTIEoUTWARDsB0U ND MISSION
ARIES.

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The following items Of news from the
plains hare been addressed 10 us from the
missionaries camp, near Fort Laramie,
May 2lst, 1sGOi
Having m opportunity 10 write, I Thought
II would not be Misunderstanding to,yourgcIves and
readers 20 receive few items Of news concern.
ing the mule train iinderI direction Of Messts.
kiclTatid Lyman. Iaec0fnpanicd the OK train.
under direction Of Captain jos M. Young, for
the first week OUT along the Chalk Ofeelt road;
supposed TO have some advantages over Echo
kanyou, which We fully realized and appreeiat-
ed. We found abundance Of grass aud good
wafer all along this road Wo encountered
some pretty steep hills, especially near The coal
mines on the Weber; but tho ground was all
hard without gravel, and met mono of those
miry spring holes 50 frequently recurring 10
Echo KanyoD @
On Saturday afternoon, rho 5th inst Messrs.
Lyman and Rich camel UP With the or train
We had an interesting meeting, and series OF
discourses BIO. Lyman exlIortedthe brethren
not 70 let the dust aud dirty shirts, conseauent
upon such travel as this, 10 overcome too much
their sense Of propriety; 10 preserve tho gospel
missionary spirit rs much Whendlrty tcaInsters
as when clean, washed and dressed, and in the
stand before.a congregation Bro Rich nrred
upon them a kindly and mutually aiding spirit:
that the Experienced brethren Ia tho church
should companion with those that were voting
er In knowledge, IN their jOurneyings To their
several fields Of labor Bros. Brown and Cib-
son being requested, nlsdc some additional
remarks, A warm, zcaioua and fesolutc spirit
seems 70 posscss every one Of the colnpany I; and
there was frequent mention Of the glorious
counsel and promises delivered BY President
ioung at tho time OF blessing the elders on
their departure IS
+ The mule train now pushed on ahead. We
have found feed tolorably good ali the way thus
tar; perhaps tho poorest range Was Id the VII
entity OF Independence Rock
4 At Green River and on tho Sweet vatcr. We
met large bands Of Shoshenes. They are com
Ing out to meet the returning soldiers on tho
road, in the hope Of getting some presents. |
" " also passed large camp Of ATApahoes on |
the Sweetwntor, near DegirsGnte. They; were
eager for trade, and somo good buffalo robes
were bought for xix pint cTps Of -four. The
shoshones and Arapahoes are fighting the /
crows and Sioux. On the Itth inst. party
y bhoshones tsll upon somc Gf0ws ia thc|
wind River mountains and killed five. 0nE
ne 10th inst, we passed a small detachnent I
y soldiers, with mountaineer EuIdes. cora /
handed by Capt; Reynolds They are out on
tour OF Typographical observation, to survey
III the region around the head waters az thal
Missouri and Colorado; and also to observe tbc
IMMORAL resources of L. Utah raotliIfain reoinn 81
they were then directly bound 70 examine the
ourees OF the Sweetwater, and afterwards Of
he Yellow Stone as .a.
We had another meeting With u. s, troona
u the 18th inst a small party Of tragoons.
Inder command OF a sergeant, came 20 our
amp at noon, and claimed two strangers,
Tho had Joined our party, as deseTters
rom tho U. S. army at Camp Floyda4
nd they were also charged with robbery. Ono
allied George Kelley had been employed ash
ook for bros. Rich and I.yman's piesa. Hell.
al shown paper to bro. Rich and others Of +
he party, which was regarded as a diScharre
he other, Alex. Dempstsr represented himself
having been employed ne clerk or secretary
y an officer; and was returning to Lis family
4 tho States; he assisted III driving tlio loosc
ninals They were charged with steaIfrg I,
1000 in gold; and gold watch and IL. s; Te:
Oliver were tiken from Dempster. Tho eer,
cant commanding the arfssting party, an in.
eliigeut Young man, was very polite and
eufteols In his Intercourse with our party
Ie showed us how we had been deceived ~
.eliey=-,lle said that the paper shown was a
lschaTge, but by rS-enlistmerft; mil Eal,cys !
ad seratrhed Oh that portion referring h, ara
e-enlIstment' Tho sergeant took breakfast !
attn rs ihe following morning, bought some
rain for his horses, and hired couple Of anil
aals to GARY his prisoners to Laramie -. :
we nave moved along very satisfactorily .
nd harinoniously thus far without A EinTIr I
ocident. We have had some very cold q
,eaiher' along Sweetwater, and needed all eur ii
lankets, robes, and oyereoats Tho tBer-] :
aometer stood % above zero, ono ruornjn,.l
nj oitentim0s il wns ten and twenty dprysess; o
Glow freezing point We have had n little v
Sknsss N camp, some agne and darrhtpa; but
Il are comparatively web at this time. our !,
aTtY numbers 4S souls among whom i NAV 4
tention, bros Rich, Lyman Wooiley Ilssbs Iii
azzard; James Brown Sd, and John Gibson il
hlte, Dame Eldredge, Adams, RIbbitt. ia. Z,
~ and Samuel johnson, Tobin. 0rson X :
.hitney, who joined us on THE 1877. .hnyinr. n
me from Provo, Joseph and Samuel Smith i
>, Se, Bro. Jas. brown was appointed can, h
inl and bro Dame, chaplain; aud am Off. Il
sNng Es voluntary historian. We send y
oellhga 20 the loved ones in our mountain ~
'ine, ~ ~ Yours frptsrnally, Lie
r., II l'.,.'s-E ,s CAMP CnRosIcLER "a
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