Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-15


get come $500 of the gold, and with o
company, in the spring prepared with
| some wagons and pack animals
to 90 through TO Salt Lake.
A sorrowful incident transpired that
l ough, not 10 pass by.
Three OF cur brethren went 10 fnd u
pas over the m Iunt aine, AMI OF soon
returning others were cent aud soou
returned, having found r place where
the first three were supposed to have
been killed anu buried by the Ind ans.
IL have the particulars Written IN my
journal.). OH July 1874 we Travelled
about egnt miles to the place where the
brethren were Killed. Upon opening
the grave we found that all three were
there. We again covered lhom up,
bu III wall AROUND the grave anu
filed 1t up with rock lusile. On
rec close by was engraven by Brother
Hu son, "5acred to the memory u
Daniel Br0wet, Ezra III. Allen and
henderson Cox, who are supposed 10
hava pten murdered and buried by
the Indians, ON the night Oi 27th OF
June, 1913" The fits. two were mar
r.ed me II, but Brother COX was not.
We louni brolhet Allen's purse with
blood upon 1t, nud 1t was brought anu
Niyun to his wife. We fired the car
III on, which made the horses run of, su
that we never got all OF them. We had
a hard tibe 10 break road Through
the mountains, breaking someIO the
wagons; but came with pacR aEi-
mais, and helping the brethren LACK
their load through the canyon my
mule broke his leg, and had 10 leave
aim. L thea Iut my PACK IN The
wagon and helped drive the STOCK,
having some O WIS aud calves with us.
rho Indians bothered us much, steal
ing them and trying TO shoot us, but
by keeping guard we got along very
well.
We had much trouble, crossing
mountains AM rivers and plains, until
we gained our object. We brought
with us TWO caDnon, that we bought
U Suiter.
On September 18th rode aheai,
and about 2 O'cluck arrived NJ Bait
Lake CITY. After riding about some,
found father, mother, sisters anu
brothers all well. liviHg Jour miits
from the city, wnere father had gol Ia
mis- crop, Dut the hoppers hal
destroyed moAt oil IL; only saving
Twelve bushels OF wheat, and some
corn, beans, PEGS, melons, ETC., grow.
ing. But we were all much pleased
10 meet again. 1 had bolt OF hickory
shifting, etc., and also the gold that
brought with me. 1 went to Brother
Brigham and paid my tithing, gave
some 10 the poor, aud one dollar 10
each OF the Twelve. Also bought some
wheat 81 Sl2 per bushel. Father had
been back with recruiting company
TO meet Brother Brigham and Hebur
q. KlmbalPs emlgIating company,
and got mother anu family, bringing
| them to Salt Lake.
Ga the 9Th OF October we had feast
| male by this members OF the Mormon
Battalion, having good music, march,
| ing to the table In gouu order, with
| our wives, children and friends. Over
q thousand partook; after which there
was aaN cling uutii night.
| We soon built an adobe boute, and
moved into 1t, and In one room APP.
| pleton Harmon put turning lathe,
| where we made many bullrusE-b0t.
toned chairs. Salt Lake City was
soon built up considerably, anu crops
got In, but mostly destroyed by the
hoppers.
Ga the 10th of April, 1870, / was mar.
Red to Camilla Augusta Taylor; anu
Cyrenus Henry Tsyltr, her brother,
was married to Emily Smith, my e.sler
by Presidents Brigham Young anu
Heber q. kimDall, at our house. 1
soon dug a cellar, made adobes, get.
ting lumber, etc., Tor a h use, and also
had come farming land, to make ms d
home. But isther, myself, Cyrenus
Iaylor,wi large company OF others,
were called upon 10 20 with Bsnop
Seth TAFT anu Father Morley, south,
to settie In Sanpeie valley. We soon
sold out, as lest we could, getting
teams, eIc., aud started. We mad a
hard time on the way TO make ROAD
south, up Salt creek canyon, and down
Sanpete valley, ~ the settling point,
camping on the south side Of the hill
upon which Msnti Temple Is COW
built, aud living In email huts, oil
duRuuts, through the winter, with
plenty OF gOpneIs anu rattlesnakes fol
comlan And having to shovel
snow If from ihs grass to keep oui
stock from starving. We had much
trouble with the Indians, from time tC
time, having to build snow fort, sist
put our log houses III the form OF q
tort, AMI keeping guard all the time
rhe Indians stole the stock, and somt
OF the bretnren were killed by them;
many OF the Indians also were killed
Mother had another daughter borr
In salt Lake City Nj, y O.. lS49, VINO II
now married 10 +. Ii. Anderson. She
has large family OF children ant
gtandchi ldren, and is now presiden
OF the Rslief Society, South ward
Mantl.
The worst trihl that l had was IN
belug fl eIed with ePilepiic fits, whict
kept mo uuuer the weather. My wifi
leaving me, taking the two children
win ner, mad TO live with father u ut
mother iYF some twenty years. Or
Septemberl7, 1854, mother dled, csus
Ing mucn grleI anu sorrow. Fatbei
aiterwaru married another wife ana
continued liviHg with him until 1870
whenl got pretty gOod health anu " Gu
10 Weber cauyon, working OH the hrs
railroad built In Utah. ALEC WORKED
some on the faIirUad south OF Salt
Lake City. Geltii g good health,
married again, anu buiIt good adobe
house, making me u happy home
My Two chllIIen are now living, tn,
eldest, daughter, Camilla Il. jackson
being III Oklahoma. l have had Gig h
cnilurep, all dead but four. have &
son f0rty-four years ola, owning
rauch at Musselshell, Yellowstone
county, Mont,, lie having ueen justiot
OF the peace ana ALEC road supervisor
I 4. all In. a.