r rii 1 Pers Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in Nauvoo and Utah Thrilling Stories Stores of Trials and Tribulations Experienced by byThe byThe byThe The Late John McDonald Pioneer Merchant and andA Manufacturer Who Died Monday Wild Days in Cali California A I fornia Stirring Adventures With Indians Romantic Wedding on Horseback The Coming of Johnston Johnstons Army When Mrs McDonald Dressed in Mans Attire Remained With Her Husband Guarding the City Start in Married Life Without Any Furniture MONO foI Ui the personal palt of nt tin Tt tI lat lal J Joint Juhn A dud tl Atif Aug All U ira 1 and NId wit e T l wax wn R hell hetI In the th nII hall Thursday afternoon wP a 1 hi f h of cf his lile lire III written in It Ii Thi null the Ihl courtesy courtley of ii th the Tin r fx p f nt t News New WC h Iea es th tl v Itten ritten by the pioneer mur mtr M lt 1 r a 1 which told 1011 In lii hU hUlin hi hil 1 I ii 1 n I a It tale tato tal hit lin I IT r M i l v ln In will be hi b read rd rac with In hr h nil al M It I duel doe dOl or Of lUe tn th mI I rol m of 01 ff early daYs day c and nd tin Ih I Ii Ut 1 l nd sd d tribulations Incident to ton toi i n r n Ii i Adventure ii ith 11 n i narrow e rape cape coupled with hurl hum I Incidents Incident and nd romance nf r th iii i 11 I days caa mak th the r i of If Interest t tn t II 1 n in U nn I alike aln alikeS Kui S i ii I Lul Lok tt 1111 Jan 1 Ul Ibn 1 Mii I it I Mr Nr Ir son on ot of John Joi JohnM M I 1 1111 Hurk Tuff T ff vi I hot In II ii t i io town lown Of o Lu gun I IanI anI nf lr r Ireland reland 1 on ul th thI thIh I 1 Ith Ih In of r f MII i 1 I l I MI jD MIMy f My I 11 i ril iii rit It i to to Amerl ro a In Ill 13 Th They 1 In i I i LnA thon th l n II i t t I HI alI Hid 1 am al ti t I In I UM I Mv 1 bi h b ht Li t Hi th I Teril r 1 tt Iod 1011 r fT r ii I K F in i it i M t 1 He U lf vl ne n fl f r fd ft tl tb t frt Ih h i t I nII d tin th t men W M I km k I f lon t On f r Sh hil t I horv inv I in v father 1 ITIC t nj t to tn split t I oa very IT r ron font l i id d C that I port ort ami a ni Jl It I t i the I he ex cx x and fl vie ss hh t h Ii id t up UI with witti in w inv ins IlY leg Mr Ir about abul tk I w About th t ii c nr fl r f t ne we moved mOIo to tn pa U WI there hire until the thi th thyr yr yr ir Ik I 12 I It II AM 1 hot in J i father first tu r l ti It 1 pel In II 1 present lIPI d I 1 b Apostle Jonii Jobu Jola K E J Pa 1111 r The rn h 1 li bt ll h i the truth oni I I nis vt In Iii 11 t tb year car carof of 14 thAt at I and arI m UI 0 rt ht h hoT m I t r 1 the onh nh U 1 if f 1 ii in hr that halt I hl joined tb In II Pitt Eitt n tha 1 k i tIns tin faith YAhn h 7 vr O n at 8 it t t I ID II I t sha I i i nui I ore re r M 18 ic lv by b it I i i tit I think of or f i 11 tn r w r T t Tiey T th us ui that thai Ital Ii titI td f o buck back to toh h r 1 i h I c thit Jo J ns o I th tt y called the th prophet was wa wasa waa a damned fraud My 1 father told them h kiew ew that tha Smith wai u prophet ind he wonted none of ot their advice adle We Vt rented rent part pr p ut of ot a I liou hous belonging to brother b Joshua a 0 by the nm n me of Smith on Main street no nr r the th prophet et e tl Mansion Houie Inu Rod wo became with the prophets prophete family young ung Joseph Fred Frd Fr and Ind Alexander I went vent to 10 at nt Jo ephs store Our teachers name vai James Jama Jlmes Monroe Thin wea about nhut the only onh oft schooling I 1 ever cr had Wf We V next moved Into tta one of JI rum Smiths houses hou lived lel there thor until we were driven out of Nauvoo John OUt our out ent patriarch h I 1 became braml fast frIand and wo we 1 havo ruch urh ever ver since When hen w WM went to 10 my could get Iel no work at nt his hk hil trade tlde to sup imp support port us U so II Nl he ho my m older brother William went down to In Ht St t Louis and left lec mother and ant us UA u younger children at al Nauvoo FUST BRANCH AT ST My h and n R man mn l h by y the tt name of or Huge nURe ere the th unit first tn to start a n branch of the th Church hurch In tn Si St fl Iu My ly father and brother stayed In St St t LouIs until the ye year r of or t 44 H hut but thoy up ill tp to son us U every month he h heard of or the trouble at Nauvoo NIU O he stalled ham homi and anil he hp hod not nol gone tar far tarn farr r rn n his bin hIl Journey when he h heard that the thi th ml mm had killed the thO prophet and Ills hie hl brother I but hit he hi h could not be bell b bI ll I v It Ii I lie 10 lb thought It I Impossible to toki kill ki the tho Prophet Joseph 1 but ut every Ir town they came to tl hail had the th Am news new and It was vae brought to the steamer Whon When they Ih the h he t tit or III Ill JI the Ih town was la In a it 1 state nf If l nil nfl al the tu deeth Not lot until then did ld my father begin to think It might t b b Hue rile so ea Im lu hf went Into Inlo his hil Iii stateroom on th find and hn lo In the Lord III to 10 km kni know w If I It I wits true truo that they hey IhlY I had killed kt tho Ih t prophet Father ather pays Fare R hint he lie I h hR Iid d hardly commenced d to tora pray ra when n a voice volie vl at bin utile Hide II said edit I lo to hIm Which of or mv m prophets have hl they 11 y not lot slain Father ro 1 Eoe w to hill bin hl fet feet nil ind exclaimed My IY God od they have havel tiled lulled l him him DAYS DA YR OP OI Father did ld not reach meach until After they had har hurled him for or I can remember that my toy Iy mother shut hut herself up In ill 11 hr room ro HOd ni wept WIt until ahe w broken hearted I tried lied I to 10 corn com comfort om tort fort rot her antI and with wih much got get gother Mt gether her to go 10 with me m to take IRk a 1 teat tare far wll 1 Ii look at sit II the Ihl earthly of ofIA oft IA Iwo t of nf the lb Ih m spirit that led fiod ledr r 1 to it m ITh to tn this thil earth For the th great grat ph t R r of r rIhl I the Ihl last lait lal days da lay lav I here In the tl front room ont of at r th the Mansion HOUM HOUN In state Me lie by side pith a aa they had walked tn to ether In life Th Thoa were d Ia y of or anil amit weeping I 11 n 1 for Cor er 1 true R Raint m never Iver ver lo tn r forgotten liy Imy thosa thoa who h witnessed It ItI It I can an remember 1 John Taylor Tayler I brought home hm from jail al ti by three or nr four bull hulta t weak and Ind pale Ial from front loss Ion of blood I can ln also alo 00 Jov CV Verde rd om In to rUo at lt the Ih of his him troops and anda andI I making a great n n i h 1111 gk the tue tw moh mote motet U t a thune In t our at und Ind AWFUL EXPERIENCES CROSSING THE PLAINS I My M I father did n It nt t g 1 b bek back ck ti t t Lous u again but hut 1 to work on nil 0 the Ue 1 emple at al rk and worked work loI It I wa wil hen he I and ad my Iny myDa Da i c ved e their temple bleu ble n v HI II lumped e out ut In the r f t H Inti II n snot enoa no I and cold Id watching I he hl I t I 11 hat at I were o pr era allin tn to t winn Cm AI n J uHn UIt ul UK Ime I n ni I t u us ua from the tho tle earth tuut Juul this ini tl tim tin lb I h word wa Mint that tat tatA rl k KP 11 A must mufit in i t I t t the ii wet wt and ad Kato ao ur lium i nt Young Yount and tao I Ih i i tul 11 shed I m Ii ho I i HI I I I ig of wagons i o 0 th In t tn to ti t Korky Ito ky moan t aini nr or r muni s 1 ii 11 ili In to tin t I ir t wint wat rn Indian India In and my Brother rot lo r V ii r I I tl I n I out of f the I PI I Ii i 11 nr i ii f nt I out but l II Imi i Wi c hi ii t m i 11 a asual 1 1 r sual tal and w M J yi 11 i i 1 f r I hat hol W 1 i 1 i IL i i i ineat L neat rIt Aft Arl A r i I i I Ii i r VM v vI 11 t i io I I I I a jip o 0 money ti I Ib j b 10 he ho h bd lie 1 t II i io I n ml t o 0 Iron hl hi n 1 he hI i nia ii 11 ni mr tio out ol olI I if f r every kini kin nr f t h 1 K Kt t tto to a 1 th Ih b bI t t II ni hn hll I I n v 1 1 un c of 11 jp l I j I hint we WI could spare for a yoke oke of ef If IfIll efa a Ill We hud hI n a yoke yok r f r h that thet I 1 aimed u to 10 piny with 0 Ith h I 1 hal had t lip in welt well wel broken In t 1 i irk work rk irk sn so I they th made nHI good food Jo leaders Thimi Th wa wo wee the Ih kind of team tam w we had to tn start InI ciu the th pit Inn with wih It I would have hv made u a t mule null laugh to have hlf seen u us tart start leather Father had 1111 K a blur big rope ropo t around the oft off or or harness and my toy brother one on the th nigh steer both pulling for forI Clr I tiff Iff Iff i to key from roOm breaking tin th thaon wagon wacon aon am let I nUb lilt my may whip during my m mn calves nn n th load 11 rl To makA mik it I mole mine pleasant for us UL our neighbors were vere all 11 at in u for Cor starting with Ith such n a f team to I crose IroM the thu thureal Ih real Mississippi river rive in a tint hat boat bont and Into the tho over aver a rough hill hi country No r wonder they laughed Hut fiat then he tie h who laughs ln IA t I 4 c p 7 tf kV 4 TIIT TJI r lOhIN iv rDO T heel bint 4 for tar In n R ie fel lea days after we had started oui eu nUl team pulled our with wih about 2700 2 iO Ibs lb on it 1 with ease tle and we w abut helped good od teams loams up the sleep hills hll antI and 1 I do not think wo tso had hou ha to bo be b helped ht ler once WITH CORN COHN Before starting up a n hill hi we always dU nn nil oar of ot corn and nna If II it our gave OI IV would was wu el t mother mothr gJ ir anu 1100 hold hoM out hom Jm ears earn of ot corn cul to then them When hon und yOU ou ought to Ie eec e them thom pull IM WI got to In Iowa IOa we stopped for tor about two months and father got gotto gOtto to lu loUt 01 k at nt wagon making and got Iol a A good yoke yuke of ot cattle and provisions we w e started MI IId for tor Council counci Wo Yo e much from ruin sickness while In Father and ond some of the th later down with th the taken own rot rest of us were S era wih fever rt and anti ague ana an I can tell tel you OU tt it t orue had many mon shook us up good goo Rut Hut Jut we vo friends while there In ono aim William and andI instance when my 0 in brother of ot I 1 and two other boys boa by b the name McDonald went vent In swimming In the th river The boys bos of ot the town lown found tum out ut that we e were we Mormons Mormon and and with us ti so s 0 fun full have some would wih tS theY scattered and clothes they took tok our with them thorn about aboul attn bedaubed them wih mud My l brother am the th two Mc McDonald McDonald le them ond gut got out of saw Donald boys bays IW the water ns ne soon noon OH aK possible anti nn pitched Into 1 them thor anti and in about 10 min mm minutes tiles utes ut licked kII their th lr bullies and drove tim the te l rest rost oft off After that they the were very r rOt friendly on toward us for tor one n ot of to mo me next du tl 1 You oU did just jul right tho the Mormons wUI r thought and that thai ho hA y white people ople If they just juRt as RI good a aM aim hl p beh ve l themselves lust just Council In dun duo We W ut to 10 Counci lut Yo We built nuIt builta bill did dh not CIO cros the th river buit hii log of or otto ono room anti Ild lain laid lall vIi wil willows wJ a rom lows on nn top lop for Cor a root roof end covered ere It with Ith dirt and got rendy rAly for far winter there hut Bul we all took sick father with il BRUC anti the 1 1 lest t ot or u us wih My ly broth brother with scurvy U nfl leg II wih Washington IC 1 died theta thoro and my father rr er made him a ani nice coffin coflin out lut of the tho wagon bod hO tint and he ho hf anti and my m brother William carried him on their shoulders Hiross l Wilam roI the Missouri river covered with 1 mused nf of lc le anti nOi burled him In th lb mIs of the th Saints grave Grno where many tt wale wie Ie laid lal to tt nt rest rt having died from fromi i and exposure GAYR OUTFIT OUTI IX j o YI RAX Our tiled died 1111 that winter and Int left leCt leftus leftus Or Into us u without t tonni lem Father thel went nt t I tn a town ton tauNt called ulon with sith many man oth them t tl lii try II and Ina make a 1 yalta ralie rai leather Mthr I Rut gut work at end and afterwards wa was foreman of the Ih govern IV government We e stayed there thereaboUt ment WK limps hups Itald about a ft year Mr and ant lot got ot A n tood KOO and started tarl to 10 the th Salt Uiki Leik Lk valley Alp Ila but when ve wC wI Kt gil Int to 10 t h hi wa wis ed to let I t one of nr the brethren have liv hK his hiB hi tnt to 10 o rt get rt to 10 the gaIt Rait RII I ike valley Alp Alpa He lIe U did and at am a hv ht h was fiAtt a very old 10 no so we wp Mopped ot nt Davis lla camp rap and anti Mtr and William Wilam started Marled a shop hop In About hout that time the tho Call Cali California Gal fornia fola KanII gold fold fever broke brok out nl and wi w Rot got another g 14 good od outfit and amI st started rt l for Salt Sal Lake JAe on OIl 0 the th day of June ON PLAINS We had a very vr rood good Wo time crossing the plains plain hunting buffalo bufalo and gene I ne when whAn we were WI to i lest tet st Ab the thu th only thing thine emP that annoyed anoe u ii II young folk alon along the tho plains wa was WI that thol th thO the was H fl very Iry bad and many maimy mIlY died anti and Ind the theold th thI theold old oe folks got very 1 o and would 11 I not net ot let u us dance at lt night and ar sing negro 1 1010 lotiEs one but we had ha a tood od time lilac when we 1 lot gut It the chance The Tl cholera wa was a very var bad hae all 11 along lons Timers There thou thousands time Hie th Plane Plait bottoms wars sands ands of the emigrant 8 l e to Can Cali California fornia tornia who died die on the Ih plains plain plana In some conic someplace Ip plates place you OU could jump from one na grave J to paIa the other 1 end and In some graves there were great a hole at the h head ad foil tott to t where l the th wolves olt hid had du dug down nn and trot got It th the bodiel There Tr were re alto also 1 many Ial Paint Inta who dl IId d I think th thee r mu t have be been n an average rf or t about U 1 to t every ev of Ir W fh C wan wal We I hid time tim to t ford for the river three or four timOn On Of on en f neon oel si al n I rime came m pretty I near In ir dr r nI 1 T wo wn th the ox mr team tan IT il 1 irv ti 1 a little too toof to f tr fee r t 11 Ih i nr l I we e all 11 went vent down the thi t I stream Ira n oxen Oln ant and n 1 I T rt bitt of at f on rne n of th t tn own nn In tind 1 kept k t my m hr head ul nu of ot until we W Mn k rr banc h I io I 1 irr nr M T II I Mt There h wan wl u a uv I aI I I v i m I IM I hv by t th Tire 0 f Prank Frank 11 Un 1 L rt Ii ho hn I n t f our air t Rot gt teeny nen r e In tho the thoi thoI i r I 1 hit h te orn nl p i I ic mm Qun trw w wi i Ip nn 1 hi he h It H an Ac Al he h hete wan wani wal walI i tp te t las lall and I ull l 1 him ashore under war He Ito J I hal 1 nn r n life Ir In l him ht when thy they tat Mot t e bit t thee r llert 11 th the r f fi II IIIi it itI I Ii i nl with ti hm until thoy th I l ht lun 11 to t life 10 CATTLE STAMPEDES AND BUFFALO HUNTS HUNTSI I have 11 thought that travel I II ing HIT along the Platte bottom wax teas n ni nil near neRr tu to Smell III as 11 1 I over ever 1 want to get for our or tuttle cuttle ll lined lel to stampede every tow few lo U i Vo Wo would make a corral of at atour our CO fO fO rind drive dilvo Irlo our cattle In nl at t night anti leave leae u tt nt nl the thu of ho the I corral to 10 w urh amid ald wo no WI v put hut log loc around to 10 keel hoop them Ihal In but sometimes it did dil not du do domich mb touch much mich Rood good tood for tor just 01 nM wu WO would think that all al was well eit one of ot thu Iho oxen on would give n a blat blut blu and sniff the fir and ev es 0 t cry ry r ox o and Ind cow CO In the th corral would commence to belbo bOI 0 1 antI anil run Iun around until 1111 they the would tho the that