The Snowflake herald., 1914-07-11

LOOK 10 nef bed from which she
did not recover until three
months later.
In 1851 they were called to &c
to California to help in the set
ting of that country. They went
with Lyman and Rich's outfit.
He Jared little better on this trip
for he had little Indian mare
that he rode part of the way, and
walked part, again driving COWS.
On the desert at one time they
were five days without water,
either for themselves or their
stock. They all came near per-
ishing for want of water. When
| they reachd wa er it was bitter
seap. He rushed to it and would
have killed himself drinking had
not someone pulled him away.
! When they came near their
journeys end they camped in
Cahoon Pass for three months.
Here he got about a month of
schooling school held under a
cycamore tree. H had prev
iously had a few weeks school
ing a Winter Quarters, and
again at Cottonwood. This prac-
tically completed his education.
The company bought the San
Bernardino ranch for $77, 900,
moved in and took possession.
Here he did his first freighting,
driving the white mules, and
hauling from Los Angeles to San
Bernardino. He was thus able
not only to support the family
but with the help of his brother
and the help mother could give
them, they built an adobe house
in which they lived until 1856
when his mother died. For more
than forty years after that he
never saw or heard of a relative
except the brother and sister.
Just before his mother died she
called him to her and said, "Wil-
liam, | am going to leave you.
hold you responsible for your
every example to the other chill
dren. f" All who know him can
testify that he has we'll kept the
trust. She then asked Amasa
Lyman to look after the child
rem, and left them.
He lived with and worked for
Amasy until three years after
he married. In 1857 they were
called back to Utah because OF
the Johnson army episode. Re-
turning from California he drove
horses across to Cedar City,
Utah, reaching there in JAM,
1853, where he remained the
rest of the year. While in Ce-
dar he first met Lucy White,
who he married on December
80, 1853.
He moved to Beaver, Utah,
in January, 1859. In 1860 he
left the Lyman family and went
to work for himself, went to
Nevada and freighted that sum.
mer. In 1861 he took his wife
to the Endowment house in Salt
Lake City and was sealed to her.
Freighted from California in '62
and '63. In '64 his brother
Charles died, the same year he
joined the militia or cavalry com
pany. Later, the same year, he
was called to go to the states
with four horses and help bring
out the saints who were emf
grating. He went in John R.
Murdock's company and was six
months on the road. Was al
lowed $400 labor tithing for the
trip, but he took six horses and
brought back 1900 pounds for
himself and others. He says
this is where he got his start.
Up to this time he had not been
able to buy anything for house
keeping it was not to be had.
A knife that was the worse for
wear and adorned with a handle
whitfield out of cedar and a
spoon made out of the same ma
terial served the two of them.
The other dishes were equally
crude. While on this trip he
was able to buy articles for
house use, as we'll as clothing
and other much needed articles.
He also brought two stoves for
his neighbors. Between this
and '68 he did considerable team
work, making several trips tc
Salt Lake and other points,
helped to build the Beaver
woolen mills, for which he took
capital stock. He worked his
assessment on the Beaver meet
ing house and the bishop said ne
did it so easily that they would
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