Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-25
n Modern Moses.

ominous howl: IL may be Indians for ail
YOU know; they do howl like wolves
when bent on mischief ln the morning
you are hungry and tired. Tor you have
slept but little; the bed, being ON the
ground. was hard. but you hunt up
something to make a fire with. There is
no wood, so you gather some buffalo
chips. make % little coffee. eat crackers
with a little fried bacon. that makes the
neal Hitch UP. hurry the things iu
the wagon, and drive until noon. Turn
out the stock 10 grass; stop a1 hour,
hitch up, drive ON until highland
camp; corral the wagons that Is done
boy driving the wagons AROUND IN q circle
ono behind the other. You camp out.
side. The stock is sent out 20 grass.
with some one To- guard 10 until bed
time. when IL b. brought in and put into
the corral, and t guard is put outside tO
watch for Indians A rain storm comes
on. hut no matter. the guard must go
ON. You take your turnWlCn DO is time
To- change you turn boz wet with your
clothing on. the other, have to turn out
into the cold raining at though au-
other Hood was coming un. sill ain-
ing in the morning. There Is mo- wood.
You hunt around and succeed 100 getting
fire started with SOME buffalo chips
10 you want to know what that H, ask
your parents. biscuits are baked Boo "a
bakc.oytn, OF 0apjacks baked iu the
frying pan. the bacon is lf.cd, liiilu
flour is stirred iu the grease for gravy,
coffee is made and the meal Is ready.
Hitch up. go ON. You soon come 90 90
creek which now has swollen lo rver
a ferry has Co Doe improy scd out OF one
OF the wagon beds. Evcrytmn. IS iCrrigd
over in that The stock is SWAN over.
Night b. coming on. a camp has TO be-
made. An are tired. but guard has TO-
he stood. rain or shine. These storms
rage ON the Platte uyUr often from three
10 four days. When the sun does come
out everything IS dried. By this time
everything that you have on is dirty
Sunday COMES. By this time the Platte
river Is struck, where there D. @ little
wood. You hurry up and wash a few
things ont. but few 90 that II IS
hurry all the time -uight and day. II is
luncsome-nobudy 90 meet nobody TO
see except those you ate with
Under al these circumstances Brig
ham Young was always serene. al.lble
and kind To those around him and with
Nlllls ~ NNN NIf NNH HNANf AN| MNN 10y
his side with a kind and cheerful word.
When the cattle were TO De yukcd he
was there to sec twas well done. When
wagon was stuck Boo the mud be- was
there TO give them lIlt out When
any one was mur0sg and dowucast, he
had a good word of cheer Al night
around the camp fire be could tell his
story to cause the laugh as well as the
BEST one in camp lie was fond OF
music and would ising with the rest
lie possessed happy aud q conlcnicd
mind,
The credit must be given TO his to-.
domiiahlc will Tor the great success Of
building up halfway house Tor the
gold seekers TO rgplcnish their eN.
hausted supplies. After he had found
the promised land, Brigham Young took
all the spare teams and few trIsly
men and returned TO the Missouri river
after the balance OF the Saints. In all
this labor Brigham had many brothers
Aaron, in the persons OF Hghcr G..
Kimblll, Willard Richards, John Tay.
| lor. Ofsou Hyde, OBon and Par.
| ley T.. Pratt, Wiliord Woodruff,
Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow, Franklin
| ID. Richards, Charles {. Rich, Gcorg e
| A. Smith, George o. Cannon, with a
| host OF other good men TO assist him
In the great labor In the transmigrl ion.
| The trains we're organized into large
companies, with captains OF iiiies, and
captains Of tens, these captains assisted
/ their companies In time of iruub'c-as
| in wagon getting stuck IN the mud