, 1877-04-09
Utah and ldaho-..The Mormons
and the indians.
Some Good Words for the Unpopular
"Latter.Day Saints."
Thrifty Villages and Parns-Shsshones and Ban.
natll...0ld aud New Fort lall.
6pecial Cbrrr,pondencs NJ TAs Tribune.

tafns, md the amount OF labor that has been
done by tho Mormons themselves Ia astonish-
ing. Tho Utah Northern Railroad marrow
gauge) runs along the whole length OF It, and
passcs by several handsome villages, which
have never acon mentioned Ia any book or alti-
Gle. To believe that The whole Of Mormonlom
is located In and around Salt Lake City Is all
wrong; there Is nn Immense deal Of country oc-
cup!ctl by tho s'salnts " 10 tho north a. we'll az
to the south. They go on Increasing In wealth
and strength year by year; and. as ali, or near
" al, Of them arc industrious, they nrs
GAMING H1RA rooruoLD.
THIS ought not to bo regretted, as they haro
mado tho waste places In the interior OF the
Continent productive, md changed barron sago-
brush plains into cultivated fields. Their TO-
ligton docs 10 harget7 any ono, 30 fat Is SEQ;
and II Is now utte2ty out Of tho question to
change their bclict, even II 1t Is wrong.
Ogden, about mile from Tho Union Pacific
and Central Pacific dcpots, Is m oll-fashiunetl.
lookIngp place, andrcmindsa person ofsome finish
Cd village In tho Eastern or Middle States.
istlei', and fruli trees lend an str oi ncatncss @
to all The surroundings. Tho pcae{1' and apttIo
trees are in bloom, and nro haI,d.
some enough. The people arc quiet in their
everything. There "a much magnificent scenery
In tic ncIghborhood OF Ogdcn,-tho WuhsatcF1
Mountains shutting In tho town to the east
ward, and citcliuE Of Granlly to tho south. Tho
Ws sa III sSous II ss iorxyo syes ~ nol1 o
Mormon lady, VITO Occupied tho seat back Of
me, for .sndll[ng 80 very strongly Of anlse-seed
and OGttered mullins, We passed some tlne
fur!ns along The bor,lers Of tho Great Salt Lakc,
brigham City,, The water was full Of Wild
ducts aud Eulls, and good Bportslnan would
find plcmty Of occupation nmoug Them.
Al Hampton Station, whero there Is but
saw some Slloshone or Snakc lnllians, In bright
colorei btahkets, ,-thclr lodges being In view on
the other sdc VI Rear River. We next passed
ly Mcnlnn, q growing town: aud thence across
Ingan,--a plaee containing fully 1900 people.
llylo Park, Bmtth!irll, Richmond; aud Frank
lln wcrc also passed through; and far away VIC
saw the Village of Hiram. Now, Ill Of theso
places denute
rMn1rr BORN or 1NpusTnr;
aud the eniiltng fnrms, laid out With great reg
ulaFity, denote what these people hnvo done.
There arg not many fences, though in somo
wattlcd fences, With considerable suecsss. lrrl.
Cation is the means by which the people w4tcr
Their lautls-brlnE thus III . great degree inde-
pendent Of rains, which falldnfrequently during
The summer months. Neat cabins arc scen lii
stone houses. Whllo our people aro finding
fault with item, they arc building up m eni-
ptro, regardless Of Wh1t may eo though.
no word used by them which might not i,avc
have been used III any )Wly's parlor; nor tlEtl
sc any pretentlous "ays among them. Hoth
old and young preserved = quiet de.ncunor,
Of others they do not tscnch upon. and ! lcar.t
llontiiea TO tho Mormon iastn: Several 81 tiu
lndians hayo Joined thcr, Church, but this
s"os sas' e ssas d ass' sks II
their belief through tho medium OF
his own reason, they DO. not care to
l'ava him embrace their doctrines. There arc
tho most of their peopie being f1o.a uh's tie
etronF Northern nations, who think a great
denl, and arc controlled In their convictions by
thelf reason aloue. That they arc sitecrc,
there can be no doubt.
From Franklin, TIC end Of The railroad, wa
took the COACH to Portncut River. passing over
some rough country. Franklin Is In idabO, but
tho Inhabitants arc oil Mornlone, 20 fur As we
wsse able t0 discover. AT Portneuf We found
which, Is hungry trayclurs, wo were duly
thankful Tho next morning, after 4 breallast
eaten at 5 o'clock, VIC again got In tho coach
and little after noon reached tho -
81osnONE AND HANfACK INDIANS
reservation of Fort Hail, Idaho, on Koss' Fork
Of Snake River. At this place thare are about
loo ln.l!una, who ara dolng so,nctlung in tho
WY OF tar.n!Gg' Sn dsiSrminsd off9tt Is being
heads OF families will this year try thcIr hand at
farming, "a few Of them having succeeded very
well last year. huyu no great faith In tIlfs
kind Of civilization, though Il ia fair to give It
anl, beiuE situated on tho great suake. .Eslysi s
they are by the conlcal tents Of The rcd men. ~
Tho Danaack language IL entirely different
from thns of tho Snakes, mud 10 30 dlticult to
mcguire, on account Of its 1nauy tural sounds,
that no white man l'1s yet been abo 10 master
Il. On thu other hand, the bnnke or Shoshono
lNnguaGo Is comparatively easy, and mauy
whites apeak Il 1uaEtiy. Why these two tribes,
ono has yet been able to tell. That tGcy do llyo
together In peace, Is plain tu every one; and
they tntcrmarry,-thus forming closer alll-
ancc. Like al! Indians, they are great loafcrs,
where they aru industrious enough, and seek il
In duty 6uund.
Several Of these Indians hayo become convert
the otler Christian den denominations. @ Abeut f ayo "
miles from the A9ency buildings, near the juno
lion of rortnenf River With snaks River, arc
OLD FORT uA11,
known stoppiHg-p1ace on tic Old Oregon ron,j,
Nothing now remains oil II but few piles OF
euIi-dried bricks. New Fort Hall Is situated ID
Lincoln Valley. about seventeen miles from the
States soldiers. When / passed through o. t tie
valley In 1859, there was but one settler III
oil that region: but. IN tbs spring Of 1870,
company OF soldiers was acut from California,
pied. The troops arc close II hand ln cass The
lndlans should give any troable on the reaerya-
tloa. t
Tic hcad-msn arnonR tho Indian. arc Tyee,