The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-26
PIONEER DAY IS
AGAIN OBSERVED
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Their bleeding feet red-hued each frozen
ridge;
A path OF pain. trail of nameless
graves;
see them die
On barren wilds beneath a brazen sky.
would cen the coldest heart forbeOr
Good cause had gratitude to weep that
day?
Or censure for flow of many tears,
That brave-souied band-Immortal Pio-
neerS."
Tribute to Day.
Continuing. Mr. Smoot said:
My friends and countrymen, this Is
| Pioneer day-the day that makes the
heart OF every true Utahn beat with price
enjoy the untold blessings vouchsaied TO
him partially through the suirerings RTi~
| vations and courage of the pioneers. re
| have come this day TO pay homage TO tne
pioneer fathers and mothers OF this our
| beloved Utah, to recall their sufferinSs, TO
express our gratitude for their iaoors'
| our admiration for their virtues, our ven
Grafton for their piety, and our attaeh-
ment TO the principle of religious liberty,
TO establish which they endured so mqch
| ''It Is fitting TO give public expression
| feeble though ~ may be. 10 our estimate
of their work and 10 consider what we
in our day may be bequeath!ns TO the
| generations that are rapidly arising 10 MI
our places. We are all citizens OF fair
| Utah, We all lover her and hope that
our posterity VIII be here to enjoy and
suffer the allotmen,s OF humanity. we
see before us marvellous opportunities, we
know that our own fortunes have been
happily cast and God has been good TO
| US; and 1t Is natural therefore. that we
should be moved by the contemplation OF
occurrences which have guided our des-
tiny before many OF US were porn, ana
settled the condition In which We should
pass that portion Of our existence which
God allows TO man on earth. never
read Of the wonderful story OF the es;ab-
fishing Of civilization In this intermoun-
tain country without being reminded OF
now much II has affected our own Tor
tunes and our very existence. II would
he still more unnatural for us, the sons
and daughters OF the pioneers. therefore,
TO contemplate with unaffected MINDS
that marvellous and God directed journey
across those trackless plains OF an almost
unknown wilderness, when the greatest
OF modern pioneers. Brigham Young. led
band OF religious refugees to new
unknown and then barron home, Think
modern Moses! Think of the restless
days and slecpless nights he must have
spent during that and subsequent jour
neys. and Imagine the Joy TO his sou
when heaven at last granted him a mo-
ment OF rapture and ecstasy. In blessing
his vision with the sight Of new home
/. DOrOerlnR the shores OF dN lnldRu SdlleI
sea! Imagine. II you can. the consola-
tion TO himself and associates. when
gazing upon this valley for the first time
he said: This is the place God has pre-.
pared for his people
Pioneers Praised.
"These pioneers We're Americans. de
scendants of the lIberty-loVing Anglo,
Saxon race which founded upon Nortl
Atlantic shores the mlghtlest and bes
government that yonder sun has set upon
They were patriots by instinct and de-
stances, by tradition and divine destiny
They were the forerunners of civilization
> In this intermountain country, the build
ers OF cities in the barren heart of th'
the first acts OF theirs was the unfurlinI
=, OF the stars and stripes on yonder noun
D taia peak and the taking possession o
the land in the name of the United States
a They brought with them the nag tina
represented liberty and honor--our flag
the one we would all die for. They knew
no other. They belonged TO no othe
country. They maintained as we main
: tain TO this day. that America wa
s founded by inspiration from God, tn
Father.
:. Story Is Ever New.
We cherish every memorial OF tn
worthy pioneers; We celebrate their pa
n thence ana forltude, 70 us, their cn,l
= dren, the story OF their labors and SUI
: lerlngs can never be without interest,"
: We snail not stand unmoved in the shad
: owS or these LOFTY mountains while tn
e sun continues TO shine and the stream
C iced the thirsty land below, Nor will W
g ever forget the loyalty TO country OF on
. pioneers when request was made b.
= President Polk upon the scattered. hunt
! ed. and depleted fugitlves from Nauvo
n for battalion OF five hundre
a | men Tor the Mexican war. Brigham
@ Young declared without hesitation, ''lo
Z shall have your battalion, Capt Aller
and II there are not young men enough
we VIII take the old mon, and ii they ar
not enough. we will take the women
=, The battalion was raised without delay
y and on the eve or its departure th
leader OF his people said TO them: i wan
10 say TO every man that the Constitute
. | OF the United States. as framed by ou
6 | fathers was dictated. was revealed, wa
> put into their hearts by the Almighty
: and tell you in the name Of Jesu
. Christ, II is as good as ever coul
. ask for. ! say unto you, magnify TN
. laws" How we'll this battalion; know
= as the Mormon battalion, did It's Wor
= under the most trying conditions. let m
y J not testify TO II, but hear what the his
u torian has TO say and listen to the repor
: of the United States officer in command
After speaking OF the march OF 700 mile
: TO the Santa Fe. Bancroft, the historia
- says:
y troops set forth for San Diego, a Jour
=. ney Of more than 100 miles. The entir
distance between that town and the Nor
mon camps on the Missouri exceedin
1000 miles. Much OF the route lay throug
y a painless desert; at few points coul
e food be obtained In sufficient quantit
e for man or beast. and sometimes eve
water failed, Wells were sunk in tn
wilderness: but on one occasion at leas
the men travelled for a hundred mile
without water Before leaving Santa +
rations were reduced TO one-half, and fin
y ally to one-quarter allowance, the mea
issued to the troops being the flesh {
- such animals as were unable TO procee
y farther. though their hides and entra
70 were eagerly deyoured, being gulped dow
with drafts OF water when water coul
70 be had. While suffering these hardship
the mon were compelled TO carry thei
e. own knap- sacks. muskets and extrn an,
X munitlon, and sometimes to push tn
le wagons through heavy sand or help [
10 drag them over mountain ranges. Pass
n Ing through u New Mexico pueblo on tn
lie 24th OF October. some of the men wer
almost as naked as on the day of thci
BIRTH except for a breech- -clout. or q
n their colonel termed It. a center cloth
70 ing tied around the loins
y March of Battalion.
Following Is what Lieut. Colonel S
Il George Cooke said to the battalion,
general order issued January 80 lS4I.
81 History may be searched In vain fc
an equal march OF infantry: nine-tenth