Show LOCAL correspondence Ex extracts of a letter from gen wells to edwin D woolley I 1 11 MANTI CITY april 1852 D DEAR EA a BROTHER we arrived at this place about one on yesterday and camped in town herding our anim animals its out about two miles there is salo no good grass nearer and the boys say that it is not very good there we held meeting at five which as we go seemed to be the order of the day after camping the atler after I 1 did not attend have not felt very well since I an aniced ived here the hardest rain storm occurred here last night that his happened the inhabitants say since their residence here it still remains stormy and so muddy about our camp that many of us have removed to a dryer place we are going to have quite an accession to our company at this pl place ac e father morley bishop lowery bro glenn major higgins and several others we number 30 wagons without them you have often heard this place described there fore I 1 need say but little about it the everlasting stone quarry is still here and the brethren seem geem disposed to make good use of it as the white stone dotted about here and there over the city plot abundantly indicates tile the Pres president Hent thinks that we had li better otter get all our nut stone from froin this place finer quality I 1 nover never saw it is a beautiful white color and very clear does not wear tools like that sand stone he says for the stonecutters stone cutters to come here and live we can contract bract for the delivery of all the stone we want or shall want in the city at the rate of kofl 1 50 per foot and I 1 would rather have it by considerable than as we usually get it the council house at this place remains as it was last lall fill having no nails have haie not as yet been able to put on the roof I 1 was shown a sample of nails 1 I made here this morning which will answer very well they were very similar to the specimen sent from iron county nothing extensive however in this line lige has been accomplished the brethren seem to have been very busy putting in their crops the season is about two weeks later than i knur v valley As it is so stormy w we shall not leave here till tomorrow to morrow have muster today to day stormy as it is as they are waiting for me to go out must close for te present please inform bro youngs family that he is well and all is right also bro kimballs Kim balls and mine there is plenty of wheat here to furnish fillmore mo re buildings or any enterprise in this direction over five hundred bushels of tithing on hand a and ad bro young has haa 70 or 80 bushels besides which we can get if we need I 1 tile the military here consist of two companies one of horse and one of footmen truly this is a people of great faith aith for they hey rely upon little else for protection they thew sett settle lebut out upon their city lots and farms with all the freedom and apparent sense of security that the people of illinois and iowa do upon their prairies I 1 also am a believer irk h the principle of faith but I 1 like to see a proper exertion used on our part to secure its benefit if I 1 can reap by sowing when 1 I have the opportunity to do so I 1 consider it say my duty to sow and cultivate the earth in order to induce the blessings of god so in all the relations of life lif e we should use the sense which god has given us and the means which he has made us over according to the wisdom with which he has endowed us unquestionably in great extremity he will interpose his almighty powers in behalf of his ili people but bat a truce to sermonizing sermon izing I 1 must conclude it is now four and storming away sometimes snow and I 1 then rain II CANAL CANAI CREEK ekr SANPETE co APRIL 1852 I 1 DEAR BRO Rw RICHARDS HARDs we have arrived at this point safe and in good spirits this creek is miles from G S L city as measured b by y the odometer and is said to be 14 mues froni from mand M antt city which point we expect to reach lo tomorrow to morrow by won noon we have had pleasant weather since saturday last and have traveled travel pd as fast as could be anticipated the amp 1 1 is is all enjo enjoying ing excellent health and a a j more aroi cheerful peaceful peace peaceful fut nappy happy company I 1 never never saw travel together oath er before lt evening we camped at nephi city which is 89 13 1 3 miles voin from G S L city at which place the c fi camp ap ers wa was vin viz organized by appointing the following officers I 1 br briehan harn young president of camp heger hebar C kimball Kiin ball counsellor geo A smith sinith 2nd and counsellor daniel H wells captain of camp james ferguson captain of guard william clayton historian tor for camp S M blair bla ir and john kay gay chaplains william pitt captain of martial music W M andrews bagein Sa a gem gein 0 pratt aa carrington 1 topographical engineers jacob F Hutc hutchinson hinso dancing master elijah B ward and miles weaver interpreters george S clark and J L robinson bishops W W major artist samuel L sprague ezra G williams botanists geo A smith orson pratt albert carrin carrington Z snow and morgan phelps elps geo geologists logiste logis ts and an mineralogists wilford woodruff phonographic reporter the camp numbers 64 men 3 boys I 1 11 I 1 women I 1 girl giol th thirty airty wagons 67 horses an and 12 mules I 1 there are several beautiful settlements on oil the road to this point among which perhaps Spring vi ile may rank the first and nephi tile the second at both 1 of these places the spirit of e and indest industry is almost without a parallel all the houses I 1 loo osclean ok kidean clean and neat fences in good order and every everything shows hows that saints live there the city of nephi nelli was commenced in september last there are now 20 j good pod houses a anjer sal erkid id carrat carral for eat cattle tl 1 I a aad ra a good qa attan n ltv of land under Z cau in civa tiou creek is also a pleasant place but there are only fo four ur fam families alies located there yet and if is probably not calculated for a large settlement I 1 will not be tedious I 1 wish yen could seg see tile the camp you would think the good spirit prevails and you would see every countenance smiling and cheerful anve W know we have the prayers of the saints and they are constantly remembered by us your f friend and brother W CLAYTON 1 10 1 0 1 SOUTH cottonwood WARD 7 A april 21 I 1 PREST WILLARD RICHARDS my dear bro I 1 have lost a 3 year vear old heifer strayed stolen or killed I 1 cant tell which but one or all has has certainly happened happ eneil the beast and I 1 I 1 am likely to be the loser in the oje operation ration about 30 besides about a week lost time in bunting for her if she has found anybody orny or anybody body found she I 1 should like mor chul well ivell to have he e she or they know that she the said 3 year old heifer most respectfully ally fully belongs to lo your humble J C W I 1 lit 1 now I 1 abild like to see S ee the critter in the ne next at ze deseret s new but would like much better to see her in my kraal ferbal but to have her coiffe in in proper order I 1 p e esome sa me the door to enter is by the news so if any r reader der or riot not reader of the news has any where about these parts or any other parts a 3 year old cherry red heifer bottom of her belly beily white white 1 the first 6 inches and the last 3 inches of lour her tail tai is is red and the ilie m middle iddle part is white and where the tail hangs down against the body a strip a little size larger than her tail is also white a piece of the lower part of the brush of the tail has been torn off by a do dog no other white about her no brand perceivable ble if any body has found any one of 4 that hat description her fetch her on oil and ill pay for it dt i e rl liht ht yov you know dr OU stick in 4 part of in the next no of the news if you please will you ind and PH JH give you a turkey in the fall if I 1 raise a any iby or a fish this spring if I 1 catch any always the same J C WRIGHT T we wish some one to return the wandering miss heifer to bro wright and take fake the t luikey and fish too eu ED |