Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-04-29

eAkin't Then the carts was pore thtng0
made Of unseasoned timber with hearin's
all Of wood, an they broke down am wore
out, but still the host Of the Lord went
alaborln' on'ard into the desert.
There was twenty of the carts to every
hundred folks, the -four am beddin' am
coolnn' fxins fer five folks in every cart,
am five tents fer every hundred hauled IN
wagon with three yoke of steers to it.
Over half Of every hundred was wimmin
an children, an ole folks an puny ones, 80
ye see what the strong ones had afore 'emi
But none of US wasn't stout long. o, what
days them was What tired, long, feverish,
dusty, awful daysl Mile after mile we
dragged on'ard, hour after hour, day after
day, an never seemed one step furder to-
'ards the end. Two of the apostles an
some elders was with US till we got aero
the river at Council Bluffs, then the apos-
ties an most of the elders left US. They
had three er four cerriges amongst 'em,
an two spring wagons with horses to haul
their provisions, an es a squad of cavalry
was goin' to Fort Laramie, they went along,
an was in Salt Lake long afore the snow
few.
''But what had we afore US but work an
sufferin' an the plains stretchln' furever
and furever away in front of usa We
couldn't make fur in a day, not more'n ten
er fifteen mile. Our shoes wore through
onto our feet, an our feet wore into holes,
an our hands was blistered an cracked an
raw from a pullin' on the carts. Then our
provisions begun to run low, fer we didn't
hev enough wen we started, an we TUX to
sufferin' from hunger an most Of the time
from thirst. Most on us prayed an seemed
to keep up faith, but all on us begun to git
holler-eyed and silent. We seed that life
an death was afore us with life the furd-
est away, an we strained forreds day after
day with our teeth set a prayin' under our
breath an sufferin.
"All through August the sun come up
out Of the plain to the east es red es blood
an went blazin' on over our heads es we
toiled on'ard through the sand, an red es
blood sunk into the plain in the west, an it
seemed like we'd scurcely moved. Then
we'd be too wore out to pitch the tents, an
would jest drap down onter blankets er the
bare ground, an lay there tell that burnin'
ball of blood come blazin' onto US agin
from the east, an we'd eat little somethin'
an stagger on. 1t was turrible! Sometimes
one er two of the puny ones d be dead when
mornin' come, an we'd bury 'em In the
sand an leave 'em. 1t seemed like it was
furever a drouth in that desert; dry, dry,
dead-dry, an always the waves Of heat
that seemed a million wrinkles of hot melt
in glass, would hover an hover, an CULVER
an burn an beat, tell ones eyeballs was
red, an some slavered at the mouth an
mumpleo OF water an snaoe an rest, an
wandered IN tnelr minus An sometiines,
away up ~ lne s'aenan: ar we sec 'ue
ashes, an they'd flicker an glimmer an
drap down onto us nothin' but dead shells
like bits of tinsel. An the stream we was
tryin' to foller got to be nothin' more'n a
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