Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-20
BlGLERs BIOGRAPHY.


ST hEOltIf OlAilf AI''' 900
When spring opened in 1884 ! made
my way 90 Jackson county, virginia,
where my hdors mostly wers until
the death Of the Prophet and Patriarch
wasin Ripley, the county seaiwhon
LAWYER smith, Of that place, told IN
there was paper In mourning i1r toe
ia the post Nice. u WIS THE Tune
and SEASONS that gave me The snl
news. could have fought Soon feel
ings Of Loneliness came over me. 5.i-
row nllod my bosom, 10 would have
teen n relief 70 me cuuid move '.,H
alone and went The counsel 90 mo
Elders out ON mlfsi1nh was 20 .NI
preaching Tor the time unless invited
and fs,ufn home. / dld no ami i0uuI
my father living ON hi1 uWu llltip lAini
siste,p riiir4 south OF Nauvou.
In the autumn Of 1885, moca began
10 tufn out the Sniuts, driving men,
women and children ifom their hHmrH.
My father was obliged O. pack Wy ana
move into Nauvoo Tor safely. nave
neon the heavens lit upht night ~ sue
namea burning some poor bTcthtif
NMtllANNs u bNAANNA ~. Fh'"
general Conference was held IN me
Nauvoo Temple, lasting thfcoo uhlti
when ii WAS decided that the IhutcI
leave aud 20 10 a county mere u.u
Himself was tho cole proprietor ni thc
,ismrpts.u This motion was made hy
George A. smith, and q zen OF nhnu7
went up in its favor.
Assoen a. the Conference uIlaufucI
d. D.. HHH III
make pfeparati0ns % leave the county
the people not knowing WheIe ~ ~
neither did they care much, only thhl
10 might be whore they ooulu MoIs.ll
ODD Without being m0Dbod Tor " OF Tor
believinp the Book Of Mormon 10 be-
a record brought forth by tho inarlfn'
ton VI the Almighty,
The Book Of Mormon as a divincly
inspired record seems d big bugnuaf t1
tbis generation. When the EllnrH
brought the Book OF Mormon 10 the
county where / lived in 1880, pf1vluE
its authenticity boy the Bible aud
showing that % had come forth iu iul
fllment Of prophecy ~ found Ia holy
writ, and that 10 was n history OF %
people who inhabited THIS contilout, OF
whom the Americans are a remnant,
miles away, for cIpy. Tine was be-
fore be Joined the Church, Alter
reading il 1 remember hearing him
Gay that no rian Ia anu % himself
could write such book. Polly my
eldest sister, then n young woman, tcAl
the book, and she roo believed DO aud
said n made plain % her pnaagc' OF
Scripture that were not plain t0 her
ID. D INIT HHH O IH
time ever saw Lananitu. / could
hot take my eyes away from him, be
calling to mind the Book % Mormon,
the history Of bile race as / then ycfily
believed ID TO be aud do yet
Returning 10 my story, on thu
7lh Of February, 1879, giving oudow-
ments IN the Temple cta'ed. That day
over BJJ went through, 90 / was t1ld.
On the morning u thG0th the Temple
was discovered 20 be- 90 IRE. t0riu.
nHtcly Il was put out before much
damage was done. hiucO then | heard
that man living near WARSAW uy tuo
name VI Agn0r, or some such name,
was oiIerod $500 70 burn the Mormon
Temple. Ia the afternoon VI the 9th
Of February, Ia company with my
father anu Elier drofge A. smiiu's
4
ia, city AMI Temple. Crossing the
Miaaissippi river, W. made eur way 20
10 the place Of general rendezvous on
Sugar CfUuE, ak or eight miles west Of
Nauyoo. There tho Saints remained
Ia camp for several days. My father
and some OF the bfUthruuput up coal.
pit 10 burn charcoal 20 ~ 10 have 10 Tor
shooting horses. While IN camp there
81 Al
inga look dark anu gloomy, after
which II turned severely cold, freezing
the Mississippi river 10 that tho HAintb
crossed over on Ice,
On the l7th of February tho people
began 10 be- organized Into COM auiBs
Of hundreds, Of fiuos aui tens. Ny
father was captain OF ton. Tho follow.
lug are the namoa Of his men. jacob
Blgler, captain George A.. Smith,
Father John Smith, JOhn l.. Sm.lu,
Thomas CallisteE Albert Csriiug. n,
John ID. CLARK, Jesse Is. Martin, john
Harvey and myself Henry W.Mglrfl.
The following was the OuthG Five
wagons, nine horses, two yoke " UNUu,
one thousand pounds OF nluI twelve
bushels " corr meal, two bushels OF
parnhud coru.meal, three hundred aud
my lAuNNn " AlANhNAn VI nNA hlHNAlNH
ono hundred anu nifty pounds OF meat,
two bushels OF seul corn, two bushels
OF wheat, three bushels OF buckwhclt,
two sets OF ploWa, two spades, two
hoes, one iron wedge, iye hugefs, n "
pounds Of soap, one hundred paIefs OF
smoking tobacco for Indians. thrcu
rifles, three muskots, two kegs of
powder ono hundred pounds OF load
Anu garden seeds OF various kinds.
On March let a. . VI m, camp broke
and general move was made. Tho
afternoon was warm, melting thu
snow Ia very little while. The tOai
became muddy and mlTy aui all cui
up with more than i've hundred
wagons. On the moving OF the GsI
the camp was called together when
President Young addressed the broth,
rem aud cautioned them % be- careful
anu not crowd upon each other win
their wagons while driving and gave
instructions 20 the pioneers in regard
20 their duty and likewise o. the guard
that they bring up tho rear aud au,
that nothing was Lost Ur lgiJ behind.
Late In June we reached Council
Bluffs and on the 10Th of July / yUIuu
tecred with 800 brethren, 10 serve 1ui
year la the Mexican war. That saml
day We marched eight mhul 10 tl.
Missouri river, whore there was
French trading post. There C0luug