The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-14
cradle of faith. there was made for 1t

before, on the deCayed granite bed
rock Of the tail race at the mill OF
one Suffer- a man had picked up q
few particles Of gold. the largest as
big as grains Of wheat. The news OF
the wnuder had spread to the east
AID now came frenzicd hordcs of gold
/ seekers. The valley Of the mountains
where the Saints had hoped to hide
was directly in their path, and there
they stopped their richly laden trains
to rest and to renew their supplies.
The harvest of 40 was bountiful in
all the valley; and thus was the wild
prophecy of Joel Rae made sober
truth. Many Of the gold seekers had
| loaded their wagons with merchandise
| Tor the mining camps; but in their
haste to be at the golden hills, they
now sold it at a sacrifice in order to
tighten their loads. The movement
across the Sierras became a wild
race; clothing, provisions. tools and
armS-things most needful to the
haIf-clad, halfstaryed community on
the shores of the lakc-were bartered
to them at less than half-price for
r,,. d
The next year the gain to the Saints
soor.or. ra. l'''' 49, o., Wv ','' VI SoIu
tho,, al, aS '''t'I '"'' summer
rions ,an I.,'s. Wv ''+~','''','7 It,
thoin na,. - D-'''' " ''"''u' ''"'"9
,oo1od -, - n,,, ,-'I 9|pi'''' '"tE InoSI
''''''>,'' '''''' o"" 'c''i9'
MS passing u the goa seekers
90 'o', HoNc'eF' DIeSSihS without
"'"" '"CAS' fof me SAINTS mad hoped
~ WA WA 9,'o"s 0no0'er'ed' uhmoIest-
w. '0' 7''',''' III MS mountain retreat.
IT,, ~. AZ" oOsC"II'3 coiIId no longer be
''Il.' IT, Inc naleu NehtIieS mad
's'.,i'' - " '''No"e0 With.
fISI' Inc United States had eX.
panied o. the west to include their
'eFfiloIy--the 1ruit OF the Mexican I
"aT-'he poor bleak desert they were |
making 10 blossom. Next, the gov
efhheht at Washington had sent to
conSIIue ana administer their laws /
men "ho were aliens from the Com /
I ,nU" " '"''Il VI lSIaei. true, AllIIard .
'iiilIoI H"u appointed Brigham gov
eIlIoE Vi 'He new terrltory--but there
were chlel JuSuceS and associate jus-
'tON"' secretaries attorneys, mar
''',iS' In"."H agents from the wicked
""u "I",7HIeu EAST men who frank
y ."i'oeHe'eu that the voice of Brig
lam was DIS 'he voice OF God, and
=" 'io uiu not hesitate TO let their
. ~sIN Oe Known a stream of these
C'Nie anu Observation-Disclosures who
u''piSeu ana IhSulted the Saints, and
. u. i'So " washington with cal
nn,"i vi 'ile'l IlpS' IL was true that
- 7"an h"u continued, as was right,
~ oe 'ne Only power IN the territory;
ou' .He hdrroW-mlnded 2ppointees OF
'ne leuerai government persisted in
ulns 'hlS circumstance; re-
using " look upon 1t as the just
l''' Vi i1ea!eh FAVOR, and declar-
,fviI uSnrnon "'' o7"N'e u d mere
1,naon l,,s,
ona'a N, ,,,s SUN pio'oca''on joel Rae
oH7ou hioie IMAM ever 10 be Lion
ho cbnrcb ond,,naJ 00 tOo'e Lilu III
considered tho indinnt ~ eusily' lie
INF rnon tnon, ~, 60 si' 'n'' were
;entiIe noIiticionS ~ , 1,i,-ini i
elected thom for+b,,it I "ouiu nave
ievpd tho Tord n,a ,,lSi Ill., ID ne De-
n nav oS ~ T %"'i nave nau them
would sooner Or loto,' ,,,,,i,, '4e Ioiu
lot doing He would horo '"e 9hi ~.
hem into the desert and oo1Ioa '',, -"
he Lord for strano+b 70 NV. "p &
torn that wouId doubtloSs WV 1917 'nS
y such a course He was i ~ t"iost
hen the older men caut;onad Zen pposan
ton and the petty wiIes of dinIo
lacy. Yet he was NOT altogetba,
for even tbev 1ost 49,
ence at times, and were almost a.
utspoken as he could have wished
The spring Of '5G found .nou
gain digging roots and roaon,;, 1871
4 the old nttifu, moL" "Ii tns ~
mime. "a
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