The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-20

%, 1856, / find a few errors in mis-
reading the manuscript-ffty years old
and faded by age. In the ninth line OF
the first column, instead of John Par
kins and family, read John Parkinson
and family, one of the first elders or
dained in Preston. Lancashire, Eng
land, by Heber c. Kimball. and who
Travelled and did yeoman service for
several years in the preaching of Nor
monism in Preston, Penwortham, the
birthplace OF William Clayton, one of
the first historians of the church;
Clithowe, Lancaster, and the towns
and villages among the hills and lakes
where Coleridge and WadSworth sang.
He and his wife left Liverpool in the
Horizon with nine children. but the
earnest John and his wife were buried
on the plains, and five of their chill
dren, three children only reaching Salt
Lake Nov. 80, 1856, the oldest son going
back from Red Buttes. Wyo., and
spending the winter at Fort Casper or
Laramie. One or two of his sons have
lived in Cache valley. Utah, for many
years, and two daughters married
years ago in this city.
In the middle of the second column,
instead of Thomas Wood and family,
read Thomas Dodd and family, and
near the close of the same column read
Amelia Jarvis and family, instead of
Sam" and in the last line read Sarah
Wignall and family, instead of Sarah
Mignell and family.
| remember a few names even now
not in the lst-that l pulled handcarts
with. and as soon as ] hear from the
parties their names will be added and
the list made as complete and accurate
possible.
Additional to our voyage over the At
in, W aft a ct
ing anchor in sight of Boston, Mass,
Saturday evening, June %. 1856, we
find:
Sunday morning, June 90, the doctor
came on board and was pleased with
our sanitary and good condition The
government inspector also came on
board this morning"
Monday, June 80, we were towed in
dock"
On July took the cars from Boston
TO Albany. The scenery of the villages,
towns and cities held our CONSTANT at
tention and admiration.
Passing through Buffalo on the glo-
rious Fourth. We reached Cleveland, O.,
on the 5th, passing Kirkland, with its
temple, in the night. Sunday evening,
July 8, we arrived at Chicago. Ill,
where we stayed all night.
Monday, July I, we left Chicago at
$3.50 in the morning and arrived at
Rock Island in the evening.
Tuesday, July s, We crossed the Mis-
sissippi by ferry boat, and then took
the cars from Davenport for Iowa City,
Ia, reaching there the same afternoon.
Wednesday, July 9, was employed IN
unloading and hauling our luggage to
the camping ground on Iowa hill "
three and a half miles northwest of
Iowa City Ia the Quitting point for
that years Mormon emigration.
Here we found hundreds in their
newly-made tents; scores of young
girls others of more mature years
mothers and grandmOthers, busy as
bees sewing on other tents and wagon
covers. In the carpenter shops and
sheds fifteen or twenty were at WORK
on the handcarts, ana SO continued
from break of day till dark of night
from this on till the last cart necessary
was finished for the last company.
Members of the Independent Wagon
companies Hunts and Dodgetts, were
breaking steers, with a rope around
their horns and a log behind, before
being trusted on the lead of a wagon.
The members of the hanocarJ cOmpa-
MES were now advised that their 100
pounds of luggage allowed to eachspas
senger on the sea and on the cars had
10 be cut down to seventeen pounds,
and that this amount they would learn
valley Utah. This necessitated the
selling and disDosing of the mems and
boys Sunday suits, extra clothing and
surplus coats etc, and the women
folks their Sunday dresses and every
other article of wearing apparel that
they could possibly dispense with.
market was found for all this eX-
ira luggage with the residents at Iowa
City. the buyer putting his own price
on the article, the seller having to
take that give ii away or burn it, and
many a hundred dollars worth were
thus bartered for third to half its
value
Iowa City. Ia. was then the capital
of the state, and as | remember now
didn't contain over $500 to 5000 popu-
lation, with probably half a dozen
brick srores-of any size-a score or
Two Of brick houses and the balance
lumber and log houses, but a gOOdly
number of corn and wheat farms sur
rounding.
Flour was $3.50 per hundred: corn
meal. $3.50 TO $3.50, and bacon, TO 10
cents per pound.
Captain J. c.. Willie's handcart COM
pany. consisting of 400 persons, six
wagons, eighty-seven carts, twelve
woke of oxen and five mules, was nearly
ready TO roll out for Florence, Neb.,
when we made our camp here on the
9Th. and though have two good diaries
before me. | am unable to find the eX-
act date that company left this camp
ing ground, but il was not later than
the 10th or 18th Of July, 1856. I am
promised the diary of Captain Willie
as soon as il can be found, but 1 have
a full list of the names of that compa-
nv. which 1 will publish hereafter.
Being detained and delayed here
from at least the 18th of July. three
days after we arrived, till the 26th, cost
the lives of at least One-fOurth to one
third of those that fell by the way
after the first snow struck us-the
night after we left the Platte bridge,
and until we reached Salt Lake, Nov.
80 This was occasioned by the hand
carts having TO be made after we got
there, and the difficulty of obtaining
emigrant ships at Liverpool that year
Cmore than any other), as shown by
letter from the late d. c. Dunbar, then
at Liverpool. England, dated March IS,
1855. to Daniel Mcintosh, Utah. and
printed in the Deseret News of July %,
1855. wherein he says: ships are verys
scarce, indeed, on account of great
number being employed in the war de-
partment-."
Everybody that could handle saw
,,Iane and dra Wknife was nut TO work