Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-31
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ln company with President VIM. 10
Gibbons and young David O.e.on .lu
ieamstcrl iot So Johns ON ife s.I
lust 10 visit the distant settlement. 1
Ramah, about eighty miles uouhsls, o
ST. Johns, and twenty-five miles south u
Winmic, ON the Atlantic s. pae.u. 1884,
Alter travelling tso days and oampua
In a fine cedar grove over night So,
arrived at Ramlh in the evening OF
The 7ih.
The village OF Rlmah is beautifully
Situated 300 thc extreme northeast end
oi "a fertile valley which extends Boz "a
south westerly direction from the settle.
mcnt about five miles. its average width
s one mile. and Be- is surrounded by low
cedar aud pine covered mountains. The
foot of che higher mountains. known as
The luui range, s about s,x miles north
Of Rlmah. Small grain and corn aic
raised; also potatoes, bui as the altitude
IS nearly s0ll feet, only the hanGier
kinds Of im., arc produced. The pres.
eni strength OF ihe ward IS nIncty.stA
souls, OF eleven families. James b..
Mcneil Is the Bishop.
The FIRST settlers in that part OF the
country where R5mlh is situated were
Indian missionaries. among whom were
Lorenzo II. Hatch. Ernest a. TIetcn.
John Hunt, Luther C. Bunham. VIM
10. Gibbons aud others. who located ii
a little valley diving Immediately north
OF the present Rlmahl called Ccbol.o
pronounced SlyoiaI, and at another
place lying eastward known ls Sayoiet,a.
The irt of these missionaries arrived
in 1871, aud from that time ull 1850
Ccbollo was, like Moan Copy in All.
IONA, an important missionary station.
The present Rlmah was founded ir
1889, and " bids fair 90 become "a lour
isning settlement, 10 more lluef.day
Saints can be induced 20 locate there.
the natural advantages Tor quite
large settlement are excellent. $40 that
is needed is proper deyciopma OF the
tcsources OF the country; but represent
strength OF the settlement Is Inadequate
20 make Improvements ls fast IDS could
be desired. The lower part OF the
CcholIo valley D. already utilized as a
reservoir aud bg asIns tlc dam (which /
Is only = mile from the townsiigI Ten
icct or so. q very large body OF water |
could Doe stored aul used iu the season |
thereof for irrigation purposes. There !
Is plenty OF land. The present iuhab. /
itants uI Rlmih cuc1d q hearty INVITA-.
ton 10 such of their co-rclgionI,t, as |
are in search Of homes to come and |
cast their lot with them.
Yesterday we len our friends at |
Ramah, and travelled twenty-five and a |
halt miles ION our return tfil| % Zuui |
The famous Indian village, which in plst |
yclr has been visited by quite a mum. /
Der of our Indian missiOnafiUs and other |
Elders, among whom was Ammon ~ J
Ienucy, who baptized suite 70 number
Ut the Villagers, By means OF ihc Slln. [
sh language, which b. spoken ly quite |
q number OF The Indians and which Is
also spoken ilugntly by ptst Gibbons.
We have cuuygbud considerably with I
our dussy friends. several of whom.
after being told that We were Nlmous.
'cpiiCd that they also were Murmors. .
md while they went through the yes. I
urcs which were Intended To illustrate
ne ordnance of baptism and the LAYING
in of hands, they would pycllim Eyes.
lmm1n IenBuy did SO and So 90 a."
heir knowledge of llg Gospel aud the
lature of rs ordinances beyond this
ecmed 10 Doe extremely limited.
Among the chiefs 10 whom We were
Introduced was the noted Rcmln Luna.
he present governor of the village. who
featcd as very kindly lie was among
hose baptized hy Elder leunrv. and
.ccauic Of his friendship 10 the Mormon |
mis- ilOnafies, DE was, through certain
Influences brought 20 bear upon the
majority OF his people by Mom0n.hates,
opposed nom Dos Euyruubhip. aud
TODD thus Tor several years. Bat the
eacuon CAME; add when h. was chosen
oycrnur again % was also owing To the
act that he bad been q friend 10 the
lormOns, whose CONSTANT course to
'ard their Indian friends had finally
aimed their utmost confidence. and
llay these Lum villagers look upon ,
ar people as their best and tflusl I
lends. %. d said to the honor of our {
indian missionaries that they have made {
good record among the natives. Z
While other white men who have asso. &
atcd themselyg, with the Indians have h
ecOme notorious tor their immoral cun- h
uct aud betrayal of confidence. our
rcthrgu have invariably acted like men O
nd Saints and lIg fruits Of their Ca. D
mple and prgcepls are now quite ap. "a
lmnt among lHe natives. it
The Llni village is situated uu the d.
lHh bank OF the su.CJllcd LunI wash. . Il
hich in times of high water represents w
large stream, but which BOO Die dry OIL
JASON b. very small so lar as its running th
atrr is concerned The village covers T.
lout five acres OF ground, some OF the 100
rgest buildings are five stories high, bog
At most Of them only one and two ic
Dries Instead Of using inside siu.r- OF
avs, thu upper stories are reached by ca
cans OF ladders, which are placed ON 90
e outside of lhe buildings the inhab. w.,
Ints thus pass from root 10 roof alI lh
e roofs being Hlt From the top OF or
e tallest buildings q fine view Is OBJ, w
ned OF the surrounding country, mD
There are @ number li white Indians als
the village, Wn were introduced 10
O men, one woman and one half Tn
own girl, 100 of these were fully as fair tot
the average white man. and their OF
IL was also quite ligIL Their features ha
d general phy.Uruluy are, however Oar
re- Indian. Elder Baker, formerly Wis
ilor OF the Logan NGl1H, who b. 40 by
.sent teaching sgllU. 10 kdmah has III
INT considerable time 90 this Indian lag
Iage. lie believe, chat these white Ne
Hans are literal descendants of the dl