Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-26
DEsEREr EVENING NEWS SATURDAY. sEpTEMBER Is 1908

spring. The weather wa s.cold and the
Wind. which raised a terrific dust,
fblowed In our IN ces. all day.
Friday, It'll he unfayorable weather
continued We travelled through the
South pass, messenger 8. q, was SEM
Saturday, 12---We travelled to Little
a '''s snrtlay. ia Travelled to Big sandy.
where. Ne held IL meeting, at which
Brother Peter Hansen, Andrew larson,
and spoke to the saint IN y spirited
manner.
Monday, 14--WeS arrived at Green
liser. While the people crossed in the
ferry boat the wagons We're hauled
y3oyergthrough the water. Several neces-
esary articles were bought and frash
provisions distributed ut this point.
Tuesday,, l5--Wo remained in camp.
in day. A number of the saints, my
SELF Included, suffered With mountain am
fever. b.
Fork over ii heavy road: one deatn
occurred during the night.
Thursday, We reached the Muddy.
our cxen strayed away during the
night ,x,,t
back about noon: We Travelled up the
Muddy and saw large numbers of men
working on tho railroad grade,
Saturday, 19--Our oxen again strayed
away during the night, and IT TOOK US
half the day to find them. We then
Travelled to yellow creek.
sunday. COVE travelled past Carter
and made camp for the night at the.
upper end OF Echo canyon.
ARRIVAL IN SALT Lake.
Monday, Give travelled down Echo
canyon and campel for the night near
Coulville, Summit county utah
Tuesday. 22--We passed through
Coalville, where met !, Bishop W man a.
w. Cluff; camped on Silver creek, FOR
the night.
"Wednesday 23--We travelled by way
Kimballs, or through Parley's park.
Thursday. 24--yye crossed the summit
of the mountains and canpad for the
night at the mouth Of Parley's canyon.
friday, 25--NFe arrived safe and well
in Salt Lake City.
The following Sunday. Sept. 81, Elder
Hans Jensen was called to the stand in
the tabernacle, Salt Lake City, and
+ gave a report of the journey; he recon-
4mended that the saints never cross
the Atlantic with sailing vessels any
more" And they never did
The Historians; office journal con-
tains the following:
Friday, Sept. %, 1865.
Captain John G. Holman's train ar.
rived in Salt Lake City. In this COM
4pany 81 died crossing the sea, y cross
ing tho plains from Benton here. and
two today since their arrival.
NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Deseret Evening News Of Sept.
25, 1868. announces the arrival of Hol-
mans company as follows:
''This morning Capt. ]. G. Holman's
8ox-train of 62 wagons got IN. bringing
8allttle over 600 passengers. He had
with his train the immigrants that
crossed the Atlantic in the Emerald,
Isle, d number of whom had to go into
hospital on reaching New York, and
among whom there had been much
sickness on. the sea voyage. Several
were sick when they left the cars ut
Benton, but the mortality from the
trip from that point&was not high, con-
sideing these circumstances. The pas,
sengers are nearly all in excellent
health now. Accompanying his train
were also six independent wagons and
some SO persons not Included IN the
GOO Immigrants. He Capt. Holman)
left Benton with his train on Sept. l,
and consequently made the trip in
about "a days, although, there were sew
eral detentions on the way. This is tho
last immigrant train Of the season.
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