Show 1 fort nephi dec 1 1853 ed despret deseret news there was a very sen sible shock of an earthquake exper experienced i encee by the inhabit inhabitants antis of this place at I 1 I 1 in h yam am a m this day so much so that tho inmates of houses left I 1 them in innear fear as the roofs I 1 moved ved visibly in some places it seemed to approach this thin place from the northeast north east lasted about one minute and and i t passed off iri id a southern southe rn direction with a rumbling hoise noise 11 heard at intervals inter vald for half an hour J L HEYWOOD MR mit EDITOR 0 ou u the of october last wo ado left thid city for iron county in order to accod the labor enjoined upon us us at the die last goner gener al confere conference nee and also to consider the interests of the iron company P any being the agents and managers thereof I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 on arriving at provo we found bro G A 9 nil nian had eq enlisted listed about the number of families designed for the strengthening of willinore fil linore parowan carowan and cedar cities from the various settlements of utah i I 1 I 1 V w I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 K I 1 cob county apty pty and that they my ta df their jou Buey we nsf a 6 41 I 1 mo M o sauth and has in 5 re speaking peak 11 g to them and bonfe 11 iny subjects connected with th pyo prosperity of the southern settlements I 1 I 1 1 1 As we journeyed d we embraced I 1 every favorable orael I 1 e opportunity to preach in the con congregations gregat ions of af the saints urging the execution of them the general ciders and endeavoring to diffuse a spirit of charitable i forbearance towards the Lama and by all alla means to cultivate amicable relations w with ith them endeavoring to check a spirit of retaliation and re 1 which we saw ansome in agomo instances obtaining among the brethren on the when we had nearly reached cedar springs in erd county we picked up four men of capt morris Korris command who had escaped the massacre of capt gunnison and party parly the day but one before arid and who from the failure of their horses had travelled travelle 4 without food and water until they were nearly exhausted we took them on to camp wo we had also the same dayi day with ith a plug of tobacco arid and blac biscuit uit captured two indians on the mountain at the sevier one of which accompanied us on to fillmore and the other aning kingto to their wic a u in the s squaw a and ponies the next day all trek tre ii a abao boo we found tobacco aud and biscuit hiscuit decidedly the most effectual ammini lon ion rn in our hands w with ith which to subdue the hostility and allay the fear of the natives 1 I i 4 we spent the in coin counseling with the brethren upon the best means of recovering the instruments papers ind and lost property of the topographical party and succeeded iti in enlisting the favorable attention and exertions of kit no she and two of liis his men who we are happy to learn were so true in cheh purpose and so successful in their undertaking the massacre of capt gunnison and party is the result of the unprincipled conduct of hit hil draths company of emigrants who passed through gl about three weeks previous and who undertook I 1 to disarm a party i af pf friendly indians tha came into their camp which ended in an affray and the death of his brother stirred bip ip the queen band of to the perpetration of this bloody deed to avenge the death of hi his brother we also conferred with capt morris upon I 1 the importance of sending to this city in time for the first of Na november vember to the stites and to 6 inform his excellency of the state ox of af mrs in that region after getting these in time addressing the people and doing what general good we found to do we proceeded on our oui way aud and arrived at cedar cita on oil tile the 1st ast of nov we found the saints in iron ion county generally well and in good spirits about 30 souls had left for california califor nia which much reli ved the overburdened saints and they seemed to breathe a much purer atmosphere we found the crops generd generally fly had been well secured with a tolerable amount of hay for th their cir present stock most of the people had some soine sort ot houses erected and were ting lie fort bort wall wi h as much diligence a us s the circumstances wo ild admit I 1 the flood lu in coal creek kanyon occasioned by the bursting of a cloud in in th tha mountains 0 on n the ad of september had swept off all the bri bridges daes I 1 and darns dams on the stream boving in its ter terric riffie I 1 1 career rocks of many tons weight inundating the i present site of the iron works to the dep h of three fee fedt carrying can ing off several hr hundred indred bushels of charcoal lumber ac revealing the fact that the present site was pot not the proper one on which i to permanently locals thi the lion iron works this freshet brought bro ight down dow n an i immense quantity of well ground material and deposited the at in depths on an the surface from four I 1 to ten ii inches iches which when w hen dried proved to be a j very superior material for foi building wull wall and liou hou sm dud and has been extensively used for that purpose I 1 I 1 I 1 should the weal beaher ber cont conf livie mio mild and pleasant as hitherto the new comers can spend the winter in erecting to themselves good habitations of ready made s and cloa up their lines of fortification I 1 j I 1 we re found the plede nation had mostly gather I 1 pd in in arid and were e living in considerable numbers 1 i mi i in mediately adjacent to both the and cidar cedar ci dar fort i the press of business on their r hands had led the lor brethren ethren to defer build building in r a meeting mf eting house but on our sug suggesting suggests gesti ng to t them hein the ii i in 11 parlance por lance ot of the subject they concentrated concentta con centra raed ed their efforts and 1 we left eft had a good adelne i building b 11 alding 28 by 6 feet beet erected with sheeting ting I 1 on n tl the ie godf and shinnies shingles making to covent with I 1 tins this was dedicated at the conference held it in it I 1 previous to our return at which we ordained ordain pd father elicha 11 groves patriarch bishops tarlton lewia of parowan Pa Fa rowan arid and philip K smith of f cedar brity city was appointed to receive receive dona U lions 0 n s to L the e P E fund and to be me mediums drums of business ness for those wishing to order orde r their friends i brought out frona from europe to communicate with the p loper officers oftie P E t I 1 fund company I 1 in in this place elders 1 I C haight arid and mangs ensign were appointed to fill vacancies cies in in the high council brother joel H R johnson and sons were appointed to carry on farming arming and to teach the kiedes to cultivate the ground f for or their I 1 1 support ins bis son neobi hav haeng n g as good an ac with their language as any one in I 1 the county and a fervent desire to do the poor indian good is is sustained by the saints in in that settlement as their general interpreter he fie is is enc engaged raged this winter teaching the people of cedar fort the dialect of the lativs we wish here to suggest 1 that I 1 if the proper indi indian a ii agent would visit that nation and take lake 1 abe them d some indian goods it would very much strengthen their attachment to the whites white and encourage courage th them in to imbibe the arts of civilized I 1 life the most of those who had recently left foi california were found faund unworthy a membership in in the church and action was taken upon their cases accordingly much and inter st edness of feeling feibing prevailed at the conference and the holy spirit dictated us to impart a gre great 1 I t va barety of I 1 council and instruction to tp alie he people e J nil all which was well received and seemed to strep strengthen I 1 aen the determinations ns of the the saints to persevere in well doing D during uri ng our stay a new dam was put into coal coal creek and a 32 22 inch saw was put in in I 1 operation cutting put building A I 1 store house was erected in which a small stack f of well assorted goods w was al opened for sale of about fifteen thousand dollars not the beast east important item or of codr our i business there was to condition a and nd affo of the deseret iron company aidt their be books report our doings ns as their general agent sli I 1 n 4 managers managers hold a general ine eting and organize the r kompany under the new charter grant granted edby by the last territorial assembly A more detailed a account of our doings in the matters matter of the iron company we purpose to furnish you for a subsequent number of the news being aware that your readers generally on both sides af pf the atlantic are keply deeply interra in interested terea ted in uie the welfare of thit that institution I 1 I 1 on llie eve of our departure we d deemed vete d j it R a advisable d ailsa i 1 ile to 0 recommend the organization iton 0 of i cedar city and nominated the mayor aldermen I 1 and councillors for the consideration of the people during the last week of our stay captains rogers roger s ond and Hig bees companies arn arrived 1344 arti re we left a portion of thein had located them themselves soles I 1 and all contented and satisfied h having IV i ing come to do the will ot of those who sent them efiem this acquisition of numbers will arve pr ye a more abundant addition of faith and spiritual strength which the brethren there lied already began to realize and ye vye reduced greatly at atie borni I 1 which wa bestowed I 1 upon them I 1 through Q instrumentality I 1 I 1 we are happy to state that all the preside presiding riff officers in th the stake and commanding officer ot I 1 the iron company Di district seemed united and persevering to carry out the general aider and render themselves approved before god and tj they I 1 brethren I 1 we would liere here gratefully mention n the ave I 1 kind kind and gentlemanly attenni attention on to us by eador dar henry of payson who took us in iii miscarriage his carriage and conveyed us to our destination and ad home ti his residence we arrived in thi this city after I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 7 7 f 4 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 gaiane gaia M nl journey jon E afi ifil wid demaat rei re naji maat iii 1 Os your fellow j t adolte dol h te i will ivill oi 0 1 I 1 tl 0 ERAt ER A eTUy SNOW 1 i I 1 FW tAC bariss |