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Show 1 FIRST ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT EN-CAMPMENT At Provo. 1 -- t A BREEZY HISTORY OF HOW Till- TIME WAS SPENT. Tlio flolJIcr boys nml nil other boy wcro uj and stirring bright nnd erljr anil after n kooJ broakfaat, wcnctocl their wny to the grove, vvliero at 10 a. m. dipt. U. W. UrlggB, of rignt drove, " oponcd with a splendid apcecli which touchctl tlio lioarta of many preaont, when ho related Incidents of Borrow, trouble and prhntionn. Spoke comfort I ing to the wives), widows nnd uiolheraof i tho bciyu Miss Ponrl WeatvvocxI, ef Sprlngville, , gie ua a good war recitation. Coiiimdu Mntliow Caldwell, of AaliUy, n veteran of tho Battalion, and all the Indian Wars, c.iino all tho nay from Ashley to ho with hi old Comrads once again. ' He started out by tolling about making n trip accross tho continent, and lcaving'Callforiihi, as one of Oeneril Frcc-monts (uardg, and then he told of crosdinj tho Sera Nevada mountain and coming on to tho rcmlnant of the 111-latcd 111-latcd Donvorl'.irly living on tho flesh of the men and women that died thero, lio lto helped to bury over 10 skellltona j &. H brought tears l most of tho congregation. congre-gation. TriucllliiK from thero through Oregon and over tho great planes thoy got out of provisions, nnd for 7 days, four of them had nothing to eat. For two nights they had tied up the pack mule Intending to eairiflcc him nnd see ( ' what kind of soup he would make. On (i tho eighth morning thoy.. heard men 1 liAnUru. -wewEooirr-nmiiauaror jg trionds and the mule wan saved He K u'ie tho wives and mothers of that ' lay great credit for what they indured when their protectors were away and themselves left on the outskirts of civilisation. Mian l'cnrl Davis, of Lclil, sang a good lovo song luid many words of praise did she get for her svvret singing. Coinrodo W. W Cluff had come from Coihlllo to bo with his old friends, and spoke of many early privations of the people. Hpoke of tho wisdom of the great lender and pioupcr, Vrigliam Vourg, acting on hit advice that it was cheaper to feed than light Indian. This fatr territory had cost Jtho government govern-ment esj than any state In tho Union. Cuiilrailu T. I. Train', of Lohl, read an original pin u i allitl "tho Muck Hawk VViir." ConiHisid by It J, llagloy, of Il'leasant flroiu. Charles Ilrcvvcrten, of l'yeou, gar -na a good speech, claiming that the boys lind not only been bravo men when e ' needed, but had been willing and always V , ready when duty 2allcd them. I Oeorgu Harrison A Co, sang "Always 1 look o'i the sunny side," was encored I and sang "A merry festival." I' Mr. John A Vnace, oldopt son of j .Mayor Vum o, of Alpine, who was killed If iiVJ. Jlilo Crctk, was called noxt and Rf lie related his ivid rccolcctloii as a lioy If whcnhisfatliercamchoino on a furlough j? just two weeks lietore ho was killed, the C, dream and presentment his father had 11 the night beforo going back, and the ml moriiing of leaving when his mother und HI others tried to get lilm to stay at homo, I bin he fii!d,"no I must do my duty' 1 I and riMle oir to meet his death. Ills 1 speech was the most touching of all 1 1 John It ibertson read a composition ' I calltd "Diamond Creek Battle." f Comrade S. T. Curtis, of Salem, re lated some of his experiences In eatly " da)s, walking 100 miles without a coat, and many other Incidents of early life. HU father died in Missouri. rt 1 12, noon, the veterans foincd in lino "" " it tho ling polo and marched around tlio ground with two bands of music. There were 'M of tho boj s in line. 2 p, m. uen'lccs opened by n recitation from Miss Kv.i Hrovvii, of Lcbl. Atery i laughable incident occured here j we1 i had n martial bnnd" composed of veterans 1 and tlio way they would hit the bass Q drum was a caution. They did not suem I to know meeting had started pd just as m Miss llrown had got fairly started, the In bandutiutedupoiieof tholrcar splitting pclccs Just outside tho grove, and It J ueemed they could not bo stopped untill I they got through tho peice. Now to our H ouug lady, standing beforo such a large H audience, this was very ombarrttslng Liku u true soldiers daughter she simply B waited, nnd then went ou with her splendid recitation T. J. Hemming gard u a aketch on the Ogkt at llocky Ford and also spoke ou the fine (jualltios of Magor Vance. Felt proud that he has loft sons such as he heard apeak to-day. O. i. Iluiilitig apoke on the fight In 1848 at Bailie Creek with Wanahlp and his band. OeeTge Uarrlma A On. then tang "Jefiy !" eBr," eacered and sang "TJie tw camp ground." Mr. Ann Neboker, of I'ayson, that came here In 1847 related some of the troubles and hard time of early days In this now country. Comrade Boycr, of Sprlngvllle, spoke a few words about tho Black Hawk Wnr, and related scinn Interesting circumstances circum-stances of these dayB. Col. A. Baxey, of tho G. A. H., gavo greeng to Uie Pioneers, Mormon Battalion, Battal-ion, Walker and Black Hawk Veterans Said he had never been In battle with Indians, hut had all the battles he wanted when lighting for tho Union, had been very much interested In at! thespeaklng of tho two days, and could realize all the suffering nud trials of a Boldlor's life, as he had passed through them. Heger Farrcr was not satisfied with tho kind of Indian wnr wo had tho last two days, and thanked nil his old Comrades Com-rades for nttending. A voto of thanks and thrco chcors were then given for our l'rooCoiiiruJea for their generious treatment to us at tills encampment. The secretary then read tho report of tho committee of last year, nnd asked t have us all discharged, and u new com-mltteo com-mltteo enrolled for next year. That tho newcominittobeo Instructed lopcrp-etuato lopcrp-etuato our reunions nnd make them territorial ter-ritorial ns fast ns possible. Itepoit accepted, acc-epted, commltico discharged, and a iich oho elected. Comrades Samuel Taylor and N. A. Brown being our committee for next i nr. The pcoplo was then dismissed dis-missed and thewny tents enmo down and wagons packed, horses harnmscd and good-byes said, would seem to a stralngtr that there must havo been something very urgent, but that is the way all eoldtenTdo things up In shape. And so ended 'the first grand encarop- ut nC ill iUik.iiawk.YctcransY To thoea of my Comrades who did not atteud either last year at 8rlngvillo...or nt Provo, I must say you havo lost a treat. For I consider them Red Litter Days in tho life of all Comrades. Don't nnsa the next cuo boy, ' The following Comrades and their wives went from Lehi : P. W. Thoniss. T F. Trail". N, A Drown. John 12. Koes. V. W. Brown. Joseph Ashton, ' Win Bono Bainuel Taylor. John llobort. 1" II. Davis. John Worlton, and widows of Comrades "Winn, Vnugh- on nnd Olmstcnd, nnd severnl invited guosts. Of tho Pioneers thero woro present, John lliown, Hansen Walker and Levi N. Kendal. Mormon llatlntion hoys: Israol Kvans. William Kelly. Joseph Shipley. Bamuol Whito. George 8. Clark. Myron Tanner. Kdward Peck. Joseph Clark. James Oakly. lino. Hancock. J.Avery. Mathcw Calldwtll. Perhaps I have written too long, but toglvu the eopluau Idta of what whs said I cut It as short as consistent, ACCUIXNtB. Miss May Thomas was pushed or fell Into tho creek running through the naik. But after gettingou ilryclotliei felt no bad cllcvts of the Involuntary bath. Not so well did n couple of I.chl'8 damsels oicnpe. It appears they were ridlug in n one seated buggy sitting on tho laps of a couple ol lads from the lake bottoms, and tho night being very dark and the girlsdrivlng, or the lines poaalblo tied up, tl.ey ran into a team coining from Provo. The result was girls were pitched head over heels among the horscB and received some few bruises, n badly ruined dress and a good scare Boys next tlmo order n double seated rig boath for cumfort nnd it would look better. |