Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03

the Utah mountains before her regular
settlers came and when he concluded by
announcing that he was the last OF the
living mountaineers OF the real mountain
days. and that his wife was an lHolan
81 years of age It was apparent That
the contribution he can make to Titan y
earliest history is important.
HOME is IN DRAPER.
The old veterans name is Joshua
Terry, and his home Is at Draper, where
he settled after giving up the noun
tains. because old age was coming on
and the mountain life was one that nad
gone it's way with the building of rail-
roads and the coming OF 900 many
settlers.
Asked to tell how he became trap
ner and keeper of trading post, Mr..
Terry began by throwing an interesting
side light on the settlement OF SAT-
Lake valley He said that he belonged
to the Church. Joined It In Nauvoo. and
shared In tho prosecutions Then he
came on her with partner in lS4T. ar
irving in September.
WAS STARVED OUT
81 left here because was starved
out" he said. when the winter OF
1s47 came on ! had one peck of wheat
to live on till the next harvest. and
could not get along better through the
winter there. | never got TO CG>'fornia.
Instead | was turned out of doors TO
drift without even my peck or wheat
or a gun, and only little powder ana
lead and n fire flint. James POLLOCK
engaged me TO drive TO Cailiornia we
started. he agreeing to furnish my
board in return for my work in drlV-
ing his team. We got as far as Fort
Hall and then he wanted me TO nero
his cattle as we'll as drive, and tod
him whenever he was ready to roll
west, was ready ia drive. but when
he wanted his cattle ter.ed. that was
not INV work. He told me 1 would
either herd cattle. or never go days
journey farther with him.
AWFUL EXPERIENCE.
Il left and went to FIT. Hail, where !
found Capt. Grant in charge. He told
me he didn't need me and didn't want
me around the fort. so ] had to go
ahead. as couldn't very we'll
turn back to Salt Lake valley
where food was scarcer than any
where else 1 knew Of This was IN
winter, but / struck out afoot ana
alone TO the east. The first day out |
struck the dividing ridge between the
Bear and the Snake rivers and night
found me without any blankets. and
hardly any food | guess this Is
where | started to be 81 real noun
taineer. for / found lots of quaking
asp, and / struck fire with my flint.
and made a warm bed to sleep on by
melting the snow away with the fire.
letting ii burn till it had warmed
the ground for a foot or two down.
and then scraping 1t away until had
warmed and dried ground enough to
lie on. Next day it showed all day,
and eight inches fell upon me. blind
ing the trails, and wetting me through.
That night was one of the most severe
in my life. | spent it on the lava fats,
where no vegetation ever grows. be-
tween the Bear river and the summit
to the east. For several hours l
thought the time had come for me TO
die, but finally ] found a big rock
that was hollow and full of loose dirt
inside. l crawled into the crevice,
covered myself with the dirt inside,
and slept till morning. The next day
l made Soda Springs. and then went
to Telleck's fork. that you call Mont
peier now days,
FOUND PEG LEG" SMITH.
You were asking about Peg Leg