Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-21
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q n more pathetic and interesting
N account Of The Mormon exodus
v from Nauyoo has been written
than that O. the late Thomas
Do Kane. He was a friend of Brigham
Young and the Mormons and what he
aN 90 Nauvoo just after the expulsion
sas told IN lecture delivered a few
y..u later before the Historical So
da-y Of Pennsylvania. The following
Is al extract from that lecture.
a few years ago. ascending the up
Dor Mississippi, IN he autumn. when
i's waters were low. ! was compelled
o. travel by land past the region of the
rapids My road lay through tho half
breed tract. hne section OF Iowa
which the unsettled stale ~ ms land
u,les had Appropriated as a sanctuary
Tor coiners. horse thieves, and outlaws.
] had left my steamer az ke0kuk. az
the foot Of the lower fall 20 hire a car.
rage, and 20 contend for some frag-
uCnt Of a dirty meal with the swarm
ilg flies, the only scaVeugeIs ~ the
lo0lity. From this place 10 where the
deep waters n the river return. my eye
Ktared 20 see everywhere sordid vag1-
bonds and idle settlers and q country
married without being improved by
thsi careless hands
Wss descending the last hillside
upon my Journey, when a landscape IN
delightful contrast broke upon my view.
Haf-tUcircled by the bend Of tho river.
o. beautiful city lay gliltering IN the
fresh morning SUM- is bright new
dwellings, SET On cool, green gardens,
ranging up around a stately dome
shaped Hill which was crowned BY A
noble marble edihcc whose high taper
ing spira was radiant with white and
gold The city appeared 10 cover sew
cyal miles and beyond g. IN tho back
ground. there rolled M a fair country,
Chequcrei by the careful lines OF fruit
SOD Husbandry Tho unmistakahle
marks of Industry enterprise aUd cll-
Gated wealth everywhere. made The
scene ono % singular and most striking
beauty
10 uas natural impulse 20 visit this
HN'ng region. / procured "a skin. ana
rowing across the river, landed AZ the
chief wharf OF the city No one met
me- there ! looked and saw no one.
] could hear no one move. though the
Quiet everywhere was such that heard
Do h.es buzz. and the water-ripples
break against the shallow of the beach.
walked through the solitary streets.
lIr town lay as IN a dream. under
some deadening spell Of loneliness from
Nhich / almost feared 20 wake Il. for
plainly it had moi slept long There
was no grass growing up In the paved
ways rains had not entirely washed
away the prints Of dusty footsteps.
Vet ! wen. about unchecked. ] went
INTO empty workshops ro-ewalks AM
mith.es The spinner's wheel was Isle;
u.c carpenter had gor, from his work
ianch ana -havings. HE unfinished sash
and casing Fresh bark was iu the
ltnners va. ana the fresh -choppei
hshiVood stood PILED against the hak-
''S oven. The b'alhs 1ith's shop VAS
cold, but his ccii heap. ana ladlin7
pool. and crooked Naterh0rn we're al
..ere as n he had jus. gene OF for d
holiday ~ work people anywhere
Hoked 20 know my erIaol IL ! wen,
Hic The gardens, climbing M wicket.
.teh after me- 90 pull toe ma Colds
..grtseasc and le'vrir5.rr a1i dras
drink WITH The Natrrs'1-el buck
3 its noisy caaD. r- fnock ng OF
lh my stick ne -el heavy head 4
1lias a-l u-fnW ~ frr ing over
.. lrIs Tor cucu ,ers ruI lose apples,
ono alIei og p 90 f~o- ans open
CO.'S. or dog rr ''-Eatl On bark
cinrfl. crI.. h1 f., supposed the
H0ple hidden iu fhsi- houses. tut Cha
...r1 rcfe ruftr'a~ti. ara shen d
Ht 2 timi'v entered then 7 found
dad ashes white upon tlr toarths
a. had 90 uc.l lF-,oc, "a. it WALTZ
down ihe aisle ar q country church
% avoid f0usUc -rey.r Do echoes from
h naked nlors
ir the outskirts Ol t1a town was the
D.1 graveyard. hu' there was no record
OF plepuC there. nor dli n On anywiss
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