Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-26
AGAIN THE MACK FAMILY.

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AS another evidence of the profound
spiritual interest taken by all family
lines associated with the House of Is
rael. let us cite the recent pleasant dis
.coyery made by Elder b.. Fl. Roberts.
concerning the Mack family, which wa
published recently in this department.
Almost simultaneously with Elder Rob
erts' findings, another friend OF the
Smith and Mack families was in Boston
and while in the New England Gene
Illogical and Historical library. this
friend asked If there We're any data
there connected with the Mack family
in that library. Three great books
We're at once produced, two Of them be-
Ing companion volumes written by Mrs,
Sophia Smith Martin. This book was
found to contain all the information
given by Elder Roberts book and a
vast deal more: among the long and
interesting items given concerning our
beloved Lucy Mack Smith, and her
prophct-son, Joseph Smith, Jr, was a
fine pcn-portrait OF Donnette Smith
Keslcr clipped from the New York pa
pcrs of 10 years ago The other gene
Smith And now, most singular of all,
while this very article, which was pub
lished in this department only last
week under the family heading of Apos-s
tie Hyrum Smith, came this Identical
Mrs Sophia Smith Martin from her dis
tant eastern home in Vermont to knock
at the door of the Historians office
inGuiring If she could see some of the
descendants of the famous Mack fam
tily, never. so famous as in their one
greatest representative, the Prophet Jo-s
seph Smith, And thus do we not see
the eagerness of spirits behind the veil
to communicate the fact of their readi-
ness to accept the vicarious ordinances
of the gospel? Can we not fancy the
daring and dauntless boy-soldier, Jason
Mack. who calmly picked up the grid
die of frying pancakes and completed
the job left by the frightened woman,
who fled in terror when the English
bullets and cannon-shots crashed
through her roof in those perilous days
of .'17'' which brought us life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness" as our
common heritage under the Stars and
Stripas-can YOU not fancy this splendid
soldier-boy, Jason. bombarding the
ramparts of his cousins hearts away
down in this mundane sphere, trying
to wake them up to the fact that lie
and his fearless Scotch progenitors are
eagerly awaiting the work to be ac-s
complished for them in the temples OF
our Father. We congratulate the de-
scendants of Lucy Mack Smith and
wish them God-speed in this new and
fascinating line of family ancestors.
THE WENDS AND vINLAND.
The following interesting letter ex-
plains itself More In relation to the
origin Of the Winder name and family
line will appear in next weeks depart
ment:
Noticing in the Deseret News some
time ago an article treating upon the
name .Wnder." | trust you will excuse
me for calling your attention to the
following facts which are perfectly att
thentiC:
The ancient name of the "Wends" was
'Nindar and that part of Germany
which they inhabited was called Wind
land The Nindars are referred to oc-
casionaiy in the Icelandic sagas es-
pecially in that famous work of my
own ancestor Snorri Sturluson Helms
lSrlngla. After the battle of Svoldur
A. ID. 1000, in chapter 40, we find this,
in regard TO Windland or Vindland:
AS mentioned before, Earl Sigvald
Joined King Olaf in midland. He had
len ships, and the eleventh whereon
We're the men of Astrid, the kings
daughter, who was the wife of the earl.
But when King Olaf jumped over board
the whole people shouted q shout of
victory Earl Sigvaid and his men
took to their oars. But the ship where
the Princess Astrid and her men were,
went up TO the coast of midland 1t
is the general opinion that King Olaf
who was an expert swimmer pulled his
coat of mail off while diving in the sea,
then swan under the warships till he
reached his Wife, the Princess Astrid,s
ship. where he was taken on boa rd and
brought safe and sound ashore in Wind