Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-09


between man and 1sh, Elder Day re-.
lstes how another Indian, less strong
and exert than Long Tom, arrived In
the field. aud In spearing y salmon Of
I about thifty.nve pounds was overcome
/ BY the stniycles oi the fl-h and violent.
/ ~ drawn Into the river GLOW
did he extricnie himself from the
.trugg le?"was asked, "Oh, - was The r..
piy, "they ntc almost like iish them.
sclyc.: he came cut all right, tightly
/ clinging 10 the fishing pole and sue.
ressiully captured his victim"
AZ ons time the Indians erected their
/ lodgt. close to the little fort. In a
shorl lime they were severely ATTACHED
/ by sm ill-pOx. Alter passing through
. heavy riego nf this, they suddenly
departed Ia the night, leaving their
I lodge-, hut no wont Of message. soon
u uimor spread that u aIuaw hal died
/ Of the dread disease, aud was left un.
! buTlcd la onr % the lodges. HcrcNyns
u dilemma. Who would volunteer to 20
aud barry Ia, dead aud clear away the
! infected lpfgs2 Most Of the company
declared tiicir own lives too valuable
for such rirk. bat three Of the
/ brethren, Elder Day, Ilichnd
Nihrgott. and James Walker volun-
TERED " do the much needed work. IL
| was carried out successfully aud no
| smallpox ever broke out In the camp.
Spring obenCd with the blue skies,
| bfarlng atmosphere. bird song aud
/ rUariug rivers of this beautiful northern
/ clm.. The seeds aud grain were to he
/ planted for the support of the mission.
/ aries and the 1--we Or ia women aud
accompanying children who formed
/ the society " the fort. Elder Day
I cleared som. willows Ola sunny slopu
l ON the bank OF the Salmon. The land
was rich, irrigation would be easy, and
with taste for gardening already
cultivated by experience, Joyful antici-
/ patiOn was reaching ahpad 10 a time
/ when the mellow autumn should 70.
ward the cheerful planting With a
/ luscious harvest. Tine see,is were plant
ci unsfafingly, the early summer WIS
advancing aud the beautiful green
/ things, 40 rich with promise, were
/ watched with that loving Interest
know only to the gardener who loves
/ his work. Who does not know all
earthly thinga ~. but iireting
aud uncertain: Even beucflccnl.
Natur. n often thwaftoi In her
| generous designs. In this cas-. the
eager, watchiul missionary via startled
one warm summer morning 10 fiud
/ that busy, vOmcinus destroyer, the
grtshOppcr. hari at WORK on the little
| plants. Every effort was made 10 save
| the crops, but without success, and
before night they were totally destroyed.
| By the second sunset there was not n
grrcn spear Ia all the fields tia, had
6ern 80 verdant but forty.eight hours
/ before.
La the meantime another fort had
/ been added 10 the old one for grain
stacks md stock and u small grist mill
/ had heen built.
The crOIa having been lost, and pro.
visions beginning TO show signs Of ap.
preaching exhaustion, II ws- deemed
advisable TO send n committee Of about
/ ten men 10 salt Lake 10 obtain fresh
supplies. President smith placed papers
/ In the hands VI Elder Day, authorizing
him TO canvass the settlements u north.
vrn Utah for n supply OF provisions for
the mission, ami then gave him per-
mission 10 remain al his home In Salt
Lake until he could make an outfit Of
his own with which 10 return.
This WIS close time for the
missionaries. Elder Day had no
breakfast before starting, for his
meal had run out aud he had not
the heart 10 touch the little there was
Ia the fort among those who were Ia
rrnain. But men will not zee their
companions suffer n there can bc
found relief, aud the company shared
the little that was theirs with him.
on tho third day they met n noun
iaineur who, discovering their half
starved condition, directed them to
Fort Han, where he had cached sack
NJ -four. Aflcr obtaining this they
were no longer In need. Fort Hall had
formerly bccn the trading post 0f the
Henderson hay Fur Company, but
was now deserted.
During Elder Days stay In Salt
Lake, according 10 President Smiths
I-rmis-lDn, lac WAS one VI "a party with
Brigham Young which visited Big
Cottonwood LAKE,, ON an excursion, In
July, 1857. While there an express af.
rived informing the President Of the
approach uf Johnston's army. The
news did not shock the people as might
! be supposed. They were Unconscious
" ollensc 10 thu government, and the
/ peace Of an innocent mind Is not easily
disturbed. Nevertheless, the wisdom
was seen Of concentrating the mcaget
strength OF tho people and Of collecting
iutO ilrmer body the little settlements
that were scattered and defcnselcas.
Elder Smith returned To Fort Lemhi
In the fall OF the same yenr,
1851, found that tho people
had raised bounlifil harvcsts, and had
1 divided the farms among themselves
which had hitherto been held In com.
mon. There wasa mOuntaineer named
Powell who had lived with the Indians
"A tough whose aim In life, II he had
any, WAS toward low and sor,iid ends.
In hearing u the approach Of soldiers
to- destroy the "Alormons" he per.
suaded the Indians to believe that they
might ~ well take advantage OF the
situation and steal the stock belonging
10 the fort. In some manner This
design was suspected and cOmmuni.
Gated on February eth, 1865, 10 Elder
Day, who IN turn communicated To
| President Smith his reasons for bell,v.
Ing that the Indians were becoming
dlsafitcted. One man, George Me.
Bride, standing beside the President,
laughed tcorniully at the Idea OF
trouble with the Indians, but Brother
Day adhered 10 his belief. On tho next
| day, February 18th, 1858, while en-.
gagged In repairing house, he uotice.l
that the Indians were moving sus.
piclously toward the cattle. lie imme.
diately gave the alarm. President Smith
and Two other men had taken their
teams ana gone 10 the mountains.
Others had taken advantage Of tbs
flnV, sunny day nnl had gone Ia laul