A novel journey cincinnati aug an 12 1836 1856 EDITOR OF THE DESERET NEWS dear sir I 1 was tt ut payson about 7 70 milts mika south of G S L city cily at we limo lima of our hist list A april arit conference but upon be bei bel g informed that I 1 was appointed on oil a mission to england I 1 ie pd paired i 10 0 0 6 y S L C city it v w where bere here I 1 arrived on oil the oi 01 abid the till sanie sime day thit that the missionaries WL I 1 waited wailed day after day for a team going to the states but us its I 1 could not fud uld gud any opportunity for com I 1 determined to go oil on lout elder richard procured me about iq iblas bs of crackers und and some meat and I 1 then theu started on foot fout and alone on online ille ilie elti etti ot of my alty to perio perlo rin a journey ot of laj milta milt ils 3 A brother edid ine ino talat I 1 should never get to th the e states that I 1 enigi t be killed by the I 1 Ii idian idun or be ell elt ett eil e tt up by wild mid beasts or ba be star starved ved or die by some t ii klase ase iro one otie to administer adian ister isler to m wallus I 1 it at br Ki kimons klou klon E at the foot of the little littie mount in 01 on 01 ol t ti aw first day das aci I 1 asked aski d tam iam ii hd ha would let me stay there that light he told me I 1 was quite wel wei welcome conw I 1 I 1 renewed my journey after arter breakfast and arld when I 1 had got over ov r the little littie li tle tie ile am I 1 some distance I 1 met a man coming out of a h house ouse he fie asked me where I 1 was going goin I 1 told him I 1 was going to br at fort bridger Bri ogen oger ile he told me that br robison wag was a selfish mau that lie he would do nothing bothin for me and that thai I 1 had better come in and tay at his house a few das for a team to come past and take me alo aio g I 1 went in n and stopped sti aped but when I 1 turned my back he lie took about finif ot 01 my crac cruc crackers kens kers and lou zou robbed bed oed me of my pistol I 1 then thought it w s tima ahna to leave his house and took my iny ti and went on oil my journey before preached the top of the tiie big mountain three ladis laris overtook overlook rip me i 1 sym thern thein where they were going tily til y s id A to fort I lit Lii ramie I 1 told them thit il if thy wre were w re willing I 1 would go with them they hd h id agu ago a gutt gait a and expected to hill lull gaine game I 1 for food f told that I 1 would share my crackers until thy th lh thy y ern were ere gone goue they I 1 lasted a sted until we got into etho echo bunyon here we saw two mou atai nef net rs rr on horseback we told enem that we v bad had nothing to eat they gave tile the lads sopie some crackers and told them theril to overtake them in tile the evening and rode on oil jt soon suon to ruin pretty hard and I 1 stopped under a tree for ietter lefter letter when the mn min was wag over I 1 came from beneath the fhe tree but I 1 could seo beo nothing of lie he fie lads towy tir y had hail made off with tho crackers and find left tnie trie will vi iii jil nothing to cat cut it was getting daik and began to rain again I 1 fixed up one oe of my blaik blankets ets to keep the rain off ard aid ald lail laid down idowu upon the die uther oilier in ili the morning I 1 arun wrung tile the water out of my iny blankets and ud having ro food I 1 picked up some wild herbs and eat them I 1 thought of E ij ii ji it mien when he fie was in the wilderness about the tile smie s in ie as I 1 1 then was abd rold how tile the almighty fd him by sending a raven with will breid bread bre id I 1 thought though libat it the he lord could do something for me wen beeh g lint tint I 1 was placed in the same cibeu circumstances instances ww and I 1 prayed to my wy father in heaven I 1 hat he fie would disuse me to obtain some bread by tile the way did the lord hear rny iny prayer and grunt grant my request I 1 may say siy that lie 06 dx for about four in I 1 the afternoon and just est east e st of brar war river I 1 saw a stick stuck up in ili the tile middie middle of tiie tile road rood with a budget tied to it I 1 d lle tle the fie budget and found some cre kerr keir and a not nute stating that tillit the moun tain talu ers pers upon being tod to ij that I 1 was left without antl anti iii ili g to ea said to c e ch ich other that the missionary rt a ill be starved if we wv dont leave him lim something to eat that 1 tl I y had pat sed that day at noon and for fur me to mao mae in lio lee lie huste haste and overtake thein thern I 1 on the next day I 1 arrived at fort bridger earlier than I 1 expected I 1 r there a week geelt and dd soine some work and vr b r robison gave me rno I 1 a little bread to take along wilb with me when I 1 got to gren gre n ii liver ilver I 1 bad had nothing to 0 o eat but I 1 met inet with wilh a band of indians and traded some soine gun caps for lor ii good portion of dried meat in ili three miles I 1 met another band of ill iu dalins alid and it being near dark daik lark I 1 stopped and oie ora ole of them thern invited me into his lodge and gave me somo same driad d meat for my supper and aud a buffolo robe to lay upon I 1 had a goud guild nights sleep and as soon toon as day they made preparations to start they were going part of my way and aud I 1 gent fent with them then there were about apiou t 0 0 of them I 1 crossed crowd green i river I 1 IN v with ith lih them theaone the mone one could talk a little english I 1 and he told me apt to go any further that I 1 would be killed by a hostile tribe being determined to perform my mission I 1 isgut slut siut up my rny ears and wela went on I 1 hrusth trusting g in tit the tha almighty i I 1 traveled oil on until I 1 clime came to platte bridge and on the east hida bida I 1 saw a camp of united states soldiers I 1 went to the tile cook house bouse and told the cook my circumstance be he told rne ine n a to wait a little and I 1 live have g to eat the soldie solders Is canie cune round me tile und and gave cuye me ina a pair of shoes and some other things lings ti when night came tl if ey told me to come into their tent mid una sleep alon aion alonz along with them Th they eyvere were I 1 laying aig u underarms under lider arms arins and nad naan an bound in to irons uns mil mii expected walt wait the tribe would come cime and try to liim the officers told me I 1 stop as long as I 1 heed and rest myself nd that eliat they they would rould give me provision provi sion enough to last me to fort LA rainie at the platte bruge I 1 engred with a moan roan ma go lug to the thee states and was to have 10 a month when fl iea lea we got to fort arunie L a mar map hat that I 1 saw at ut fort bridger overtook me ine he was not a mormon and told the nuin I 1 had hired to that I 1 was wan a missionary to england I 1 was men tilen discharged on he the pl dus but on oli the same day I 1 met with a government train and for 25 a to fort leavenworth L I 1 arrived at fot fort leavenworth oh ob the of july having rested on the plains about four weeks oi of the tiie time lime out and I 1 can say truly that the tile spirit of the lord Ws lias been with ine me all the time IV while lala 1 was ule uie alme ne and even when I 1 had nothing to eat I 1 could rejoice I 1 could lay down with safety si fety lety knori knort knotting ing abbt tiie the power of god was waa round about airout me I 1 could ise aae riss ties in the morning thanking thAn kirg g my god for his protecting arn arm but I 1 bellr believe belleve ve if I 1 had been leen an apostate I 1 should not I 1 have reached tho the states I 1 went on board a steamboat stearn steam boat for st louie lou at which place piare I 1 round found eider elder snow and the saints stints in fit st louis were kind lind to me they fed me and helped ne e on my way I 1 went on board a steamboat stearn steam boat bont for cincinnati and after being stuck oil on the sand bars for several days was put on shore when I 1 went on board another boat and got fasl list again but at length 1 I 1 reached cincinnati where I 1 mound found a wann hegr hear hearted t d branch of saints they have paid my lay fare I 1 11 new york where I 1 expect to meet elder eider john joha ta taylor tailor lor I 1 c m it say that I 1 have been in lle lie ile tiie best of health ever since I 1 left great adit lake valley and that I 1 took liot not one cent of money with me roe yours at y SAMUEL JOHN COOK COUK we certainly think the above aboia above a an instant In stane e of going forth without purse and with but very little scrip by the mormon we learn that br Cook arl ari arnved ived in new york ED