Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-20
"A TOUCHING STORY.
Thrilling Experience Of a Woman
Who Came 10 U ali In i647.
LOST HER 1T sDAND on THE WAY
Barred Him in Lonely spo', Amid
Unlrlendly Indians aud Adverse
LirCumsia,c'
VERNAL, Uintah Co., Utah,
March IL, 1897.


March IL, 1897.
To the Editor.
In reading the NEWS see soms OF
tho Pioneer eislers mentioning some
OF the trials OF early life In Utah, !
will say q few words that bsvn't been
written. l have been through all OF
the mobbings of this Ieople.
crossed the Mississippi on the 9th OF
February on the ice; WAS one OF tho
nrst at Mount Pisrnh, Garden Grove
and Council Blnif Travelled In
Brother Farley Pratt's company. My
husband enllsted Ia the battalion after
many weeks OF hardship. While
travelling up the Arkansas river the
offic re sent all the families to Pueblo,
IN Mexico to winter with a detach-
ment of men for guard with orders
TO meet the main army on certain
date at Santa Fe. We had to travel
through n Wild Indian country. We
travelled under Captain Higgins and
passed through the Arapahoe nation
which was on the warpath. The cap
tain ordered all to load their gune. NJ y
husband being sick ut the time put his
gun with the muZzls to the front OF the
wagon to have Ii handy, and whom he
tooK II out 1t shot him through the
arm. The Indian chief, who came TO
tho camp said he could cure him 10 q
certain Time and the men thought otst
to leave him as they had 10 doctor
- ~ 80. NsV ..
main army at Ger ain time. SO /
atayed with him anu Brother 1bOIilas
WuOlsey anu my little l2-year.
sister Caroline Sargent StOuard. 30
was lett !u that strange land in O deli
cate situation among the wild and
| trtacheIOus Inuihns. My husband
dieu ana Brother Wooisey Jug a grave
anu we put him 10 some snseis anu
lowered him into the grave without a
coli u or board to mark tue lonely
| spot.
The chief told me was safe
while stayed In bis tent II
he was there. 1 had to give him near.
| ly nil had in my wagon. Once he
lett me while | was Ia his tent and two
large Indians came In, took out long
knives and made them sharp and all
tue time looking at nJe. phls was be.
f.Ie my husband diet, "lhey nre
going ~ kill you ard uils.ct you; pray
earnestly to God.n Ana l ulu many
times, anu tho Indians got up and
went away multerlng. The chief
then came and said they were very
Uad Indians.
Alter We Lott this lonely npot We
committed ourselves In the hauus u
God, anu we trave.ed in four days thu
same distance that the company die
In seven. had an OK team. Tn,
hand Of the Lord was over us ant
brought me safely through all. w,
stopped the team many times snC
knelt down in the road and ASKED t.,
l. ri to take cure Of us; anu he surely
did for we saw savage Indians follow
ing US all he time. Brother Woolse J
stood gusrd at night whilo the hungry
wolves howled around 30 close they
scra ched auu threw the dirt ON IN
head, When l overlook the csmpau J
the aisters gathered around me MS II /
hSd been their child aud wept tearB
10y saying they never ex yecled TO &c,
ms again. We started unuer order o
tue government ana got into til,
! valley ON the 2Slh. II was a har,
Tina Tor Tie. All | had In shape o
Tread was 100 pounus OF flour, OIL,
bushel OF corn ana one-hali busnel 0
wheat; the wheat We sowed the san
fail. Ii we had kept 1t we might hay,
eaten 1t. In the spring 1t came up al
; the crickeIs eat 1t of twice. 1t cam
on again anu at harvest we pulled an,
,hrashru 1t and had fifteen busheip
L thought was rich ihoD. Never Cil
uIeau taste 80 sweet and II was groun,
on hand mill, baked without sitting
Many days took my child anu wen