Show correspondence missionaries CAMP hand cart company fort bridger april 1857 to time tire EDITOR OF THE NEWS presuming that you and the saints would be anxious to learn of our doings progress and hare whereabouts here abou ts we have deemed it advisable to place you lil ill in possession of this information on the last we left great salt lake luke city proceeded on our journey to the mouth of emigration kanyon and there tan tart led about an hour expecting every minute the president enthis his council or one of tile the twelve to organize us into a coin coln company pany after waiting alting i that period we took t ur line of march half way up the kanyon and camped for the night still expecting that some one would come with power to organize as previously slated elated and as none made their appel appearance rance tile the brethren comprising the camp made ills he following nominations which were carried unanimously henry iier fler riman president joseph W young and avid stephen li 11 goddard counselors mackintosh Mackin losh loah Cler kWin H branch captain of 50 john johny Y greene sergeant of the guard james gallic gaille chaplain george goddard chorister I 1 tile tiie captain of 50 was called culled upon by the president to organize the he captains of tens when each five carts elected their captain as follows minor G atwood captain in of tell ten eli harvey peirce 41 ad I 1 6 joel terry ad david brinton ath thomis thomas hall ath t the officers thus elected organised organized sed heir their re pec tive companies and when completed the captain of 50 called the camp together and after prayer by president herriman the tile following bong song song bong composed by phillip Alar margetts getts was wag sung bung by ti the author and followed follo wed by the wl ole oie company itce itoe 11 0 Sus sas susannah annal annaM 9 ye nations list the men of god from zion now the they y come clothed with the priesthood and the power to gather israel home no purse purge no scrip they bear with them but cheerfully they start and cross the plains a thousand miles and draw with them a cirt then cheer up ye elders you to te th world will show that israel must be gathered soon and arid oxen are too slow ye pious men whose sympathy is touched for fallen man A pattern now is set for you just beat it if you can heres men whore called to go abroad the gospel to impart 1 they I 1 leave eave their home and friends so dear and go with their liand kand cart then ali cheer up ye elders ac now competition is the rge throughout the world stis itis true to jihad tile tiie 11 mormons cormons Mor mons they thes jaust must rise far earlier than they do for mormonism 1 it is sound without a crack crac k or flaw they know the arts and sciences arid and we weer I 1 ei learning how bow to draw then cheer bp ye yo alders elders ac some men would ask why do you start with carts come tell I 1 pray 1 11 we answer when our prophet speaks the elders all obey since brigham lits his the way laid out best for us well try stand off you sympathetic fools the hand carts now or die dle then cheer up ye elders ac then come ye yo faithful ministers with blessings novi noni now well go to gather out the honest hearts from darkness wo I 1 oar strength increasing day by day as from this land fe part well bless the day that we were called to ta go with our hand cart then cheer up ye elders ac C the tha morning services being beina over the camp moved on to browns spring and took dirner dilner di iner camped ia in the evening at the foot of the big mountain after a beautiful days traveling we might furnish you with tile the particulars particulars of each cadi days travel and camping p places aces but to avoid encroaching too much upon space in your valuable paper we forbear suffice it to say that we arrived at this fort about two oclo ocio cik cli p m today in the enjoyment of or reasonable good health and si spirits ir its en t 1 ryon lson creek and weber ard are rising fast the former we vve waded the latter through tile the kindness and attention of gilbert ver ter theodore Spen cerand some of the ogden boys we had not to wade but our baggage and ourselves were carefully carried across on horseback and our empty earis earls hauled through the river by them a also aiso so we tender lender them our pur thanks and und say god bless them we crossed bear river by the bridge and felt fell thankful that it was there camped ci on the bank and had llad a fihe fine snow storm during the night but to no particular disadvantage to uy us last night we had another while encamped near the soda sag spring but we got bravely over them both we 8 observe prayer morning and evening as a camp also in the tens under the direction of the captains and arid the president has strongly exhorted the elders to attend to prayer in each of their tants tents and ia in secret there is general good feeling in the camp unon and peace prevail and the spirit of the lord rests upon his big servants tomorrow to morrow we intend to start from this place after making a few repairs and farther proceed oil on our journey jou ruey I 1 trusting that the god of or israel will wil be our guide and that he will preserve us iu in the prosecution of the remainder of our journey we remain very respectfully your brethren III lil in the ther gospel HENRY president DANIEL danien MACKIN mackintosh TOSTI clerk |