Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-24
AN INTERESTING BIOGRAPHY
Incidents Connected With .lo Ed,.y
Rise Of Tue CBaftl,
iTnrdsntus injured ~ ho nnrmon
battalion waite 90 Their way 60
california nnd pnrinz thsir Atay
thrrI
c1r1I1-I.-- 1lhs Nrws.


CrNluiviIE. Davis Cos Utah.
Feb. 5 No., Noticing b. tue brs.
mrr NEWS some time ago nu Invita-
tiou to $40 veterans Of tue oa.ly Ii'c ui
the Church Of Jesus Chtls; OF Latter.
dny Saiuls aud also the early ruHyru
Of tl.a Territory to giyoan account OF
ihlrgs which happened In those timu,
ihouEbtl would give a bIle. -kuigH
VI my Isy according % my memory.
viii begin with ny parent
sly m,ucE Elijah Cheney was born
ln tho town " Darlington, berkshire
CsuUty. AiAsshchusotts, ON Mu t4,h ut
September l5s5. MY mother uus
born la the town Of Pelham ,u 1901,
same coulty and state. Their uat u.8
moved anu settled In the state OF Sew
York. My father served oIu ycar Zoo tho
war Of 1872; was IA the huilsUi Bla b
Rock AMI saw Buffalo barnet loo 1889.
Jared Carter preached AMI baptized uuu
rgaui4 u % ufaECa Of tuu Church 40
| OnUuda.l county, New York, my
father lulug one ut lnU uumUuL hU
wa ordained nu Elder ~ Jared Garter
In 1883, nuI hu uuJ LgWu iulslprpr
wcat uOr.h on prcat hius wsIIuintU
NlChiAnu county ana were the lrt
. that INTRODUCED the gospel 90 pfrtl.
/ dent Woodruff, who was baptized ly
Israh Puisiyhuri
ln 1885 NY father moved his family
1 10 Kirtlauu, OHIO, where nuts,w
! tue Prophet Joseph. The walls OF tie
irmuiu were finished aud hey were
/ putin on thu roof, / worked several
| da}HUu The Temple and helped *.
/ Cuvnto the foundation forA gTlFt mill,
aud waa paid IN Kirkland mUury, Of
l which hAvuH one dollar ON lu my
/ possession ut tue preIent time. Ia 1888
| I attended tue lltbfcs school held iu
I tIr attic rooms Of the rumplti aud
taught lY Professor 1.XiJE 10 Sew
/ Gulk Clty. Ia 1889 my Father started
wi,h his .tmiil Tor Far W co, Missouri,
/ aitn the kglaud camp. hruyiug ay
| Colts county, liliHOr, We were UUllg i
| O. remain there through ihs winter ON
| ace uut of Hlckuta. In itiI We settled
/ at Camp creek, Hancock unity.
A. tue time when tho pHutlag press
/ aud typu Ul tue EruOS tor wac DEE, fJytI
/ / belonged TO the NAuvoo Legion I'M
drr Captain Lucius bingham. We
/ were called g. 80 10 NAuvJJ under
The Orders " Colonel Mark.
/ ham, aud wute there three
weeks under arms expecting nm attack
| by ths mob wnun We were discharged
/ ny Gen. Joseph anith. lslun alter.
wards he gave himself up prisoner 10
Gov. Ford. Jgseph anu his brother
! Hyrum smith, John laylor anu vii.
! lard iiichufls were confined In Car.
| ihaKU jail when mob with blGekuutl
] fees attacked aud murdered Joseph
aud Hytum uud severely wouuuUd
John Taylor, Willard Richards uscap-
| ing unhafmei. The grand jury Ia.
] diulod sharp aud Wthams for UelBg
accessory 10 the murder OF Joseph anu
Hyum Smith. / was Iuu Of the petit
ufy when the Gaze WastTiUd, anu after
/ considerable talk BY the lawyers tho
/ judge ordered the inIIC .ment quasheJ;
| that ended the trial
was In Nauyoo when The fret com.
| pgny cruascd the Mississippi TivUT on
the iCr And soon amer NnuvOO was
nearly evacuated. 1 crossed the river
at NJ. Madison tho Sol Ut May, 1916,
overlook the company gt Mount Pts.
] gth aud travelled with Brigham Aul
huter's company 10 the AliasJuri river.
We had been Out a short time Ia camp
when Captain Allcu aIl cared la our
midst ma mai" % regulation 10 tho
usme Of tho United STATES for i've
hundred young mul O. enlist IA tho
war with Mexico. There were many
speVgues made urging us TO volunteer.
| President Young bNl 70 Was uoeessaiy
thnt No should comply with thu ~
quisitOn, evuu u % took tue Twelve 10
Iuake up tuo uunuUL
The company was a3Ju made up and
organized, tue day soon arrived Tor our
departure, which was thv l6.h ofJuly,
1870, That was Jay ~ sadness, OF
mourning ana day UtTartiug; iatheTn
snd mothers pafuug fOn their som;
bt0lhrrs itJm their .istorF; husbands
| from their wives, ana maiJens from
their loveTs. tell you, uu tnAt day the
tears foil Ike rain uT1ls; on that day
We commenced cur march Tor Foo.
| LeavenwOrth Hud uu our arrival there
VIZ received our arms anu equipments
anu started Tor Santa Fg, a distance OF
over 100 miles. SuOu nittr leayiug the
/ fort We were appusui OF Colonel
AlleniS death, which was sad news 10
US. Soon after that Lieutenant Smith
| took the command anu marched us 10
| Santa he. From There CUlDuelCOuku took
/ the command audWe marched $50 miles
GOWN tne RIO GTauur, When We left
/ tno river wo were put on half ratlons-
| Ono.hali pouu Of iJuT anu one pound
/ Of beef. Our plIU,s wanted us u 10
down 20 the city ut Sonora and winter
| there, ns they knew oil mo- other route.
/ lho colonel called the cOmmissi0nsu
| oiiicers OF ths battalion 90 hold c1un.
uil, aud they decided ~ 20 by way OF
/ sonora. MohaTlrd the next mOrniug
! IN REGULAR order with music 10 "rhs
] Girl Len Brbild Me-" Tue boys
/ felt dishearteusl and could not keen
step; they Jid not want TO 20 that
route. the colonel called a halt Ruu
with an oath hu -siI, 81 started for
California aud / an aEoing,n and
! ordered M 10 wgTuu. Then our step
WAS qulcl, anu iiyuy
! We travelled over . country that was
uutNplOfod about $40 mllet ani came
10 SPANISH tuwu called luolOn. IL
contained about 500 iuhNhliants nta
/ 200 regular f1iJi,Ia ana large
amount Of guypTum0l. stores, Tho
sllulrIH All lied on 800 approach and
We raised the American Nag. We
/ then marched over au so milu desert
and arrived at tho PeuO Indian vii.
lage, situated ON the qua Hyer We
Byelel down Co the mouth OF the ella
aud crossed The Colorado. We then
hal a 80 mile dessert 10 cross where
We were Required To- Dig wells 10
obtain water. WeWuTe put pn olr'i0ufih
/ TaLlntg nj uour and very moor hpgf INIT