Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-16

VI 1875 the people commenced IT, fr-
ceivo their blessings. That same fail
had my full endowments, together
with my two vives, Mary NJ. and
Caroline Elizabeth. During the win.
ter aud spring VI 1870 We were prepar.
ing 70 leavJ Nauvor. As We passed
over the Mississippi River Into iowa,
where hau once llvUJ, l was remind
I'd of u dream, or night vision, which
was M follow:
Ia tho YER 1910 I saw tue people
begin to leave Nauvpo and cross lhc
river into lows, aud prepared TO
move west. A percentage seufDtl 70
sta q by myslde nnd explain the OBJECT
OF the move. He said tho people were
going 10 seek a place In which To dwrll
anu thatwhen they found 1t they would
remain tuere uutll they became num-
eruus and strong; aud when this time
came they would rice up Ike a host
and ~ down 20 Jackson county, Mis-
s0uri. ] saw the very course they TOOK
hve Yeas later, ana the percentage
beside me told me She name Ut the
place whore The Saints would ctOsB tho
Missouri River namely, Council
BluiIt | saw The track they took a'tcr
CrOalnF the river, aud they vent out
VI nay uightatOut hall way between the
MilsOuri River and salt Lake valley,
remaining out Of sight 10 teptcseut Inc
time II mirht lake ~ hUromt uumvf'
GUS. The viai0u continued until tnoy
cnne In eight again, sui then l fol.
lowed tuem in The vision ~ thty
tagsvd down the southwest side Of tho
N souri, River until they landed In
Jackson couniy, Missouri. w hen they
reached the state on the west there
WIS no Que there 10 oppose them a.
they took possession OF the iAnu.
IL was about uiX years from Tue time
! SAW the Vision uptil | found myself
with a lanse humber o tue Saints In
salt Lake Valley, having passed over
,he very spois which / plainly saw FIX
yeAff previous.
The Journey between Nauvoo sud
Winter Q1artcra, or Cutl,r's Park.
situate on the bank OF the Missouri
River, was attended with much hard
thlp.
After short rest with our tc,ms,
one company vas sent Oh towards the
West Il. Tar a. pawuee Village, situate
on tho Loop FORK OF Platte River, about
40 miles west OF the Missouri River.
The Pawnee Indiana nj this tims had
all gone west to hunt buffalo. Mean.
time Captain Miller took the main
body OF the company across hecountry
~ me PunCaw nation, on the Missouri,
l10 mllea above Omaha, and I was lefl
Ia charge u ten or twelve sick families,
Ia the midst Of an Indian country. In
their absence, while on the hunt, the
Sioux Indians Ind burned their village
a -
had tlxtogn VI eighteen Of the Indian
children. When the Indians returned
rom their hunt they found their vii.
lagc burned aud The missionaries and
their children gone, aud strangers DC.
cupying tho place. 10 was some
limo before we were able to make
them understand the condition, ana
why we were there, the cause OF their
children being gone, etc. When they
learned how things stood they were
quite friendly. We turned In aud
helped them build W their village and
they paid us la ueat, buffalo robes, etc.
The war was rtlll going on with the
Sioux Indians anu President Brigham
Young thought It unsafe for our little
company 10 remgin with the Gndiaps;
~ lies sent two men (JaclI Reading and
solomon Casr) TO cscort us back to
Winter Quatten. This was late Ia the
fall OF 1915. My wives were both sick,
caused by hardship aud exposure.
The weather was cold and We had no
shelter bssides our wagon. / went 10
work Atonce TO dig q hole In the ground,
aud then took my OK aud team and
repaired to the forest. There | fellcl
trees, cut logs, aud hauled them to the
place where | laid them up In tn,
form OF square around u hold In the
ground, covered II with bush grass
and dirt and thus established my
cabin for the winter, half below and
half above grOunl. In this | placed
my sick wives aud our effects. Here
my wife Elizabeth died, and was buried
while was absent from home, one
hundred Rnd iiay miles In Missouri.
When returned 70 my home 1 found
my wife gone ami her little daughter
lett TO be cared for. She was my only
child and being sickly soon followed
her mother.
In the spring Of 1917 preparations
were made for crossing the plains In
search OF home and "a resting-place
where We could dwell la peace. The
people we.O called together--p President
Brigham Young preriding-and W.
were organized into companies Of ten,
iiity anu ont hundred. | was chosen
u captain OF fiity In Captain Willard
SHOWS hundred. Alter President
Young had started west with tho
Pioneers, T., T.. ffatt, on coming home
from n mission, r,organizsd tho com.
pany aud | WAS made captain OF ten.
ruls uispl,ased President Young.
However, We started on our Journey
westward aud spent the greater part Of
the summer Ia travelling, having LOST
many Of our cattle on the way, anu
reached Salt Lake city tort late In
tho fall OF 1877. Erastus snow had
laid the body ol a log room; 1 covered
IL over with poles, hay anu dirt aud
lived there dufiug the winter and
most OF the next Summer, until hal
built myfelf a Hat TOOiVu auDbp hotlss