The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-28


SALT LAKE CITY.
ion How strange it must all seem to the
few survivors OF the great emigration
from Nauvoo, for, according to what they
were told 10y the prophets and most i'm
plicitly believed the American Union was
10 have been dissolved long ago, the Sor-
mons were 70 have been the ruling force
for 20 years, and in 1890 this earthly scene
was 10 have closed in blood and fire and
the New Jerusalem be let down from God
our Of heaven and located in jackson
county, No, as the capital of a new earth,
while the faithful old saints were TO DO
ollarioteering in immortal triumph far
above the clouds. Now the sons of the
original Sinishs, Kimballs, Pratts and
Youngs and the sons Of many of the men
who fought them in Missouri are rejoic-
ing in unison because a Democratic presi-
dent and congress have agreed TO admit
Utah as a state.
Ttah's Foundation.
And vet the dream of the old Mormons
of $4,000 was not so unreasonable as it
now seems. They laid of Che boundaries
Of their intended empire and proceeded to
lay its foundations with a great deal Of
Judgment. II was To extend from British
SUBMITS OF the Rocky mountains TO those
of the Sierra Nevada, while from the
southern end of the latter the line went of
southwest 10 the Pacific So as to include
southern California. As new converts
poured In from Europe at the rate of ,, 900
or 1000 per year, the most hardy and en-
terpTi5ing were organized into half mill
iarv half ecclesiastical commands and
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young men were sent To Lemhi. Ida. with
instructions 10 take wives of all the sur
rounding tribes andcstabiish close relations
with the Indians rs far as the Saskatche-
wan and the Assinihoin. a large colony
went 10 San BerHardino, Cal, and soon
the whole valley Of the Santa Anna WAS
.nade to bloom like a garden by Mormon
Industry. Apostle Orson Hyde led anoth-
er large colony TO what is now the Carson
valley, Nevada, and outposts were planted
all along the western slope of the Rocky
mountains. Thus their lines included a
region some 1900 miles from north TO
south and 500 from east To west, and with
Iheir rapidly increasing numbers they had
good reasons TO believe that they could oc-
cupy all the best valleys in that l. GOO, 600
square miles before the eRcIoaching gem
miles of their border Ii Is needless To re-
count how tho rapid settlement of the gold
regions the Mormon war of 1887 and sub
sequenJ events spoiled this beautiful
scheme
? Long Romance.
The history of Utah is a long romance
spotted here and there with terrible trag-
odies 1t begins like that of all the far
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the Spania-ds soon discovered thar there
was little in such country for them
Eariy in this century the trappers knew
that the valleys opening westward from
the Wasatch runEe were fish of game. ana
that Cache valley. Browns Hole and 9th
er secluded hooks We're splendid places for
winter camps. The names Of Ashley.
Bridger, Hail. Bill Williams and many
Others are stamped upon the stream and
detached mountain pecks as lasting me-
morals Of their presence there, When Cap
tain Bonneville explored ;he country some
90 years age. he found permanent white
settlers IN northeastern Utah and when
Fremont reached the shores of the Great
salt lake ia lS43 there were many white
voyaCcrS who could tell him all about the
lay Of the country. He described particu-
larry the saline character Of the water and
measured its elevation above the sea. ex-
pressing his asJonisblnent that this lake
al the very bottom OF the great basin was
higher than any mountain in pennsvl-
vania. On his return trip he passed the
south end of Utah lake. which hcsupposCd
20 be 4 southern prong OF salt lake. ana
expressed surprise that the south end of a
lake should Doe fresh water while the north
end was pure brine On his last and most
disastrous trip. when his men endured
such suffering in getting through the
mountains from New Mexico. he found
the MormonS already in IOUrishiug settle
msnts III south central UJlh. and his worn