Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-13

A PREDICTION FULFILLED.
Pioneer Life IN the valley Of the Noun.
talns--Un,old SniIsrings aud
ilsrdships.

efs, Is medium Of communication OF
Incidents aud facts Of interest TO the
general pubic and thus gives au oppor
tunity to man, with his endowment Of
intelligence and his glorious organization
u communicate with bis fellow men. I
can always rely upon the DEsERlr NEWS
as a communication TO bc tustcd. 1t re.
cords among other things the rise AMI
progress OF growing community,
which since is47 has spread out from
salt Lake valley To Canada on the
north and Old Mexico 10 the south. e
IS plainly manifest that from 1877 to
1890, only one shcr, year less than
fifty years, or one hall Of a century, has
elapsed since the feet OF your cores
pendent were planted on McSican soil.
IN the sage brush desert Of the Digg ln.
dams. whose apparel was rabbit skins,
twisted on sticks into rolls, and fastened
together into rude garments, To shield
their nakcdness, hut these luxuries
were more for the tender sex. The buck
Indians sometimes as a luxury used the
skins OF the deer, elk, antelope or bull
slo. which they In their rude ingenuity
tanned and dressed, and shaped into
mockisins or shoes. aud other appaicl
Many Of them only used q britch.eloui,
and sometimes In cold weather a dress.
ed buffalo robe, for at that early date
millions of wild bulIal1cs covered the
wild plains, and herds OF elk, deer and
antelope foamUd through the valleys
and mountains. Shall ! ever forget
those wild and savage like scenes Of
iSi7, iofty.ninc years ago. can stu
gaze, as II were, upon the parchcd
around lull Of cracks aud seams SO
numerous that IA many places IL was
deemed dangerous 10 ride a horse Du
the gallOp, because Vt the dry openings.
/ still recall those Dry dTcary, sage brush
plains, surrounded by SNOW capped
mountains on every side, and IN the
evening the howl vi the cayotcs, and
veil OF Indians, so deeply and indeiiioly
impressed on my mind. ! was then with
my wife aud one Ctild 900 miles away
from civilization IN this Wild. apparently
iorsaktn salt land, uriGhatiiel, except
by Wild Indians, wolves aud Jack fab'
bits. Can forget the mother who bore
me. and nufsel mgs Shall ! forget tie
silent prayers and tears offered up IN
those lonely hours for our safety IN this
lonely place' Never, never can ] forget
the wrongs OF Missouri, the murders o.
Illinois, the scenes at Carthage jail
/ remember the words Of the Prophet
ins, previous to his martytdom-iUr 10
my knowledge he said to - small COM
pany OF his near friends You viii 90
INTO the Rocky mountains where beauti'
IA! valleys exist. But before that time,
the blood Of some will be she'd; others
will lay their bodies down by tue way
side. as matyrs, worn cut for the Cos
pels sake. hut some OF you, my broth
rem, VIII yet 20 beyond the Rocky noun
tilns and see this people become a great
nation aud people"
In the spring oil i647, shortly alter the
one iotty.thtte pioneers, ] Ntndrd my
way westward leaving behind me my
aged mother. a widow. anu others Who
had been driven away from Their homes
by Christians, to mud u home among
heathens or wild Indians. Ga our
arrival here the stars and stripes were
raised by cur little band while this NOW
beautiful and desirable valley (then a
DESERT was still under Mexican DO
minion, and 500 OF our eNilcd Mormon
battalion was aiding our government In
fedeeming these valleys, Il was done
aud the country has now grown from a
place OF sage brush and Indians, 20 the
wonderful State ct Utah, But % cost
untold suileungs andprlyalIons, Official.
ties, tears, a.. o,urcs, sickness and
death. to make Utah what Il Is.
On Utah's pioneers rested the burden
TO clear away the sage brush Of Salt
Lake City, OK the bitches, water the
parched aud cracked ground and make
ifuit and roses 10 grow where sage brush
was lam still among the living witnesses
TO tn, Sc facts and cannot but notice with
amazement statements OF some who are
expected to tell the truth a certain
Methodist preacher left the following on
f,co.d lust before leaving Tor the efst
ON a lectunng Tour:
THE pioneers in 1877 found these
beautiful valleys OF ieftllu soil all ready
to stir up the aluvill soil, cast IN a few
seeds anu reap
A greater ialsehood was never uttered
by any preacher OF his kind, and pity
Aiuht WIZ pan WIN NANN AAeAef w
civiize our Mormon children, who have
proved themselves able to 30 10 the
Worlds Far and compete with the
sweetest singers OF the world.
There are few stubborn facts re-
garding pioneer lie OF 1877. Mrs
Harriet Young expressed herseli thus;
"Neak aud weary as am, would
rather 20 600 ml cs further on than to
remain in such loraken place gs
this is" lanes Bndger, noted noun
tainecr has often bc@p quoted, and Truly
too. lie said he would b. willing TO
pay $1,000 Tor the first ear Of corn that
could be raised in U,sh deserts, ior, said
he, there Is frost every month Ia the
year In these valleys Of Utah. Truly to
M il looked serious Tor a lev year5,and
but ior the intgrposlIion OF Gods aid,
all efforts would have proven a failure.
What with Indians, 'rosts and crlckels
which swarmed down upon cur growing
crops and lett rs with hunger illouT
could .carcely be had az one dollar per
pound. Thirty minutes alter the arrival
OF the pioneers, Wlliorl Woodnii lead
of IN preparation Tor putting seeds into
The ground, hut water had To be turned
out OF city creek first 10 soak the uIY,
parched ground, ba.ore plcW could
move the soil--the first irrigation G. lae
West.
Two weeks after our arrival a girl baby
was horn on what is now the Temple
block. Elizabeth Steel Is the honored
one. Soon alter a school was started By
Mary D.wurth In the OLD Fort Spul
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