Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-25

States, and declared that he would
never vote one cent to bring the Pacific
coast nearer Boston. II the project OF
colonlking the untrod wastes appeared
IN so hopeless light 20 one OF the
clearest minds OF the time. said the
speaker what must II have been to
the majority, and to those who knew
by actual experience, tho difficulties Of
the task. The picture that Webster
drew was true, though his inference
was not. II was Just such.a picture OF
desolation that he pictured that the
Utah pioneers viewed from the noun
tains when they first caught sight Of
this valley. OF the emigrdnts who
crossed the prairies 10 the coast none
wanted 10 stay in this region, they all
passed II by. There was nothing to
attract any of the swarms OF settlers
travelling to Oregon and California. Yet
In spite of all that had been said
against the place both by those lgnor-
ant OF 1t and those who had viewed
with actual sight, when President
Young laid eyes upon the valley he
hesliated not moment in declaring
that this was the spot where the exiled
people should pitch their tents. fle
quoted those who hearing that Latter
day Saints We're seeking a dwelling
place In the Rocky Mountains declared
that not an ear of corn nor grain Of
wheat could be raised In the region,
and then recited briefly the experience
Of the Pioneers In making the valley fer
tile, He gave interesting details OF those
who had seen this region before the
Pioneers, beginning with General Car
denas, Spanish general dispatched
from Mexico In 1910 with twelve men 10
explore the Moqui villages. and who
reached this locality. In i716 Escalante,
Spanish monk, started from Santa Re
to find Monterey, and on his journey
camped on the shores OF Utah lake. The
Indians told him OF strange dead sea
TO the northward, but he did not see 1t.
The Escalantc desert In southern Utah
is named for the Spanish monk. The
next 80 visit this region probably were
the trapping and hunting parties. Cache
valley takes It's name from the trappers
cachlng furs there Col James Brdger
was probably the first white man to
visit the valley and see the waters OF
the Great Salt Lake. Bonneville crossed
the Rockies In 1882. and the lake was
for long time called Bonneville. He
gave descriptions of the region which
Washington Irving afterward made the
subject OF story. Fremont, called
the Pathfinder" by Fennemore Cooper,
gave the name OF the Great Basin to
the valley--a title which Bancroft calls
a misnomer. Kit Carson, the famoug
scout, was with Fremont's party. A brief
description OF the eroute and fate OF
the Bonner party was given and then
the speaker detailed the events Of the
journey Of the Utah pioneers across the
plains, their entrance 10 the valley. and
the circumstances connected with II.
the planting of crops. naming OF Ensign
Peak. etc. The name Ensign, he stated,
was suggested by the Bible passage re-
lating to an ensign being lifted in the
mountains" The address was conclud-
ed with a quotation from q poem upon
the Pioneers written by Bishop Whit
ney the entire lecture being listened 10
with utmost attention end interest. Az
ter other numbers were given refresh
ments were served and the society adj
journed to meet with Mrs. Sarah 4.
Smith on November a.