Show arm u r A ON THE PLAINS 2 I Ir I What It Il Meant to tho Ov rland Pilgrims of or Hall a Con r tury Ago Ono Young Mormon Per Performed 5 g formed a Thrillingly Heroic Deed thru luu i It li IA only on a couple c uple of ot weeks since Pioneer Day was wn elaborately celebrated I in most mo t of ot the and towns In Utah Ut h hIn In the orations of ot the occasions occa lons there were many references reter to the deed of ot the men and women In whoa I hon r the day ln was observes ob erell An Inci Incident dent that IOS of ot frequent occurrence In the dally dM experiences of ot the Pio Pioneer neer bands was the stampede on the plains not only of ot buffalo burtalo but butof butot of ot the homes hor S mules muJe and oxen that thaI pulled tho th trains from the river I to the 0 mountains One such reference rinds extensive place In the Free Lance pub published ut Marysvale Utah by J P F GIbbs who Is the author of ot the he which follow Said he In con concluding eluding his nd There was n 1 mysterious m something In the nil of ot the great Krent plains pIli Ins that affected even the tired and ancl gentle en tie and caused them to be extremely sensitive to unusual sights sounds The crack of ot a 1 the Ills tint bellow of ot A 1 buffalo or the muffled roar ronI from a 1 herd of or of ot those monarchs of tho plains the bark of ot ofa a II coyote coote and often otten without visible I cause I have seen l en them start and with tails and heads high In the air race madly for At other times as If It each animal were touched with A Alive live wire they the sprint into their yokel okes dragging the heuy hellY wagons stampede In ewry direction Ono One scene of or a 1 stampede became our ramp ground A blenched bleached buffalo skull lure Jort In lend lead pencil the sad his hIli history tory tor und H iiI far as nil my m memory serves me ml read as ns follows Captain Jesse Martins train of ot 42 camped hero hem July Jul 27 1 1857 i is As s we e were re driving Into camp the th oxen stampede killing a 1 mother and andson son lion A couple of freshly made graves granA with skulls for tor head headstones I stones tonA bore gruesome evidence of ot the i tragedy The stampede of at which I was wasu u n witness s occurred about 40 miles out from fro Florence and a Il rain A partially broken steer sulked laid flown It III the road His marc was nM the sulky one forced up lP nn out of the road roul where he again laid l Tho place was on the sum summit um mit of finite n steep ridge which to the west merged Into Inlo a narrow flat fiat then abruptly terminated In III a mine about 12 feet teet deep with vertical aides A bridge spanned thu ravine I nil all but ana wagon wn had descended the hill hili and crossed over Till The father of ot tho small boy In calico I shirt Ind overalls had stopped hla team on tho hill hili and handing hand IIII tho whip to hla hili non Don wept to 10 the u of ot Captain win m a G Young who with a IL was wall the r to With ft n frightful bellow tho animal sprang to his hili feet and with will ilio yot on dashed down tho ho road rond Tho team on tho remaining remaIn In In OIl instant instantly ly Iy made a IL wild rush In the Mine me di direction II There WIN were tI small sisters In III tho wagon but the frantl efforts of at the email boy lioY worD were s Tha father dashed by II tilting tho whip as ashe II he inn but Jut was Ins too loc till far In th rear when wh 1 the fearful r cd II Rn Tho rhe frenzied oxen followed tho th run II would made th crossing but for tho Ihl ster which Jud 1011 laid down dOlln tri III tho road anil thus cau pd the team to to the tho left lett point Joint course straight for tor tiit looking ravine in of ot tho other othor teams dared darell not t tl loivo them 1111 It as IL If It oven OlOn h stopped boating vIlli 1 tho plunging oxen tho of or that death trail It wai wal not for t t the Urk of ot courage that strong men stood and antl looted look lt In horror on tho ha seemingly In Inevitable evitable ending Jut but from a a sense i 01 t utter Inability to toConI cover ConI the distance in III to the Impending tragedy One was however I e 1 than who snatching hit cloak from his shoulders OH na ho lun IlIn leaped In hI of fit the tho team and waved WIed the cloak in the faces of ot the th leaders le der ut tho same urne limA running towards Seemed death Tho was successful Tho rho leaders J eared ond fell Tho raised heads and down on their slid on the damp daml ground until the wp W iron 1011 came to a standstill Like n Hash tho ono Who had barred the t j death sprang on tile the near leader lealler grasped It by ho prevented d dIt It from rising while others who soon arrived untangle unhitched the tram team aUl turned the wagon In the tha di tIt direction of safety It Was less than three paces from the heads of thu prostrate pro leaders to the brink of at the ravine Just ond more Incident small In itself but Illustrating the kindly heart henrt of ot the tho hero of ot that runaway One evert cyert ing as ns the tha caravan pulled Into that familiar object a grave greeted Us liS While the oxen were being I 1 visited the narrow rest resting ing InA place of ot the stronger At t tho head of ot the grave VIII the familiar buffalo skull and the tho writing he was ft t native of ot Denmark gave the details of ot his age etc had dug Ug dow down n Into the shallow grave and had eaten the flesh 11 h from hl face ace skull I 1 returned to camp told the story of pt the mutilated dead to my hero and benefactor Taking a n shovel ho returned with me and drawing the burial sheet back oven tho dead mans face nee gently replaced the earth carth We Wethe the mall mau small boy were alon There was no one to be impressed by words of ot sympathy for the tho stranger dead Lilt but nB nS the last of ot earth was placed on Ole grave U and tenderly smoothed down y as If It speak speaking ing Ilig to the occupant of ot the grave re remarked marked marlN There dear brother rest in peace The name of ot the th mon man with the courage of ot nn Immortal the tha tenderness of ot a 1 woman Is AL 1 Milton Musser whom nearly ne I nil will JI renumber an ono one who compensation ably abl served sered people of ot tho then Territory of ot as fish commissioner A Milton h who wM hale and hurt hearty still HUll lives In SnIt Salt I City was Jut but one on of ottha the typo type of ot men Inen women who blazed tho trail and founded a commonwealth In the wilds of ot the grent Io t And who with clear brains and tho tM Instinct of at tlc will upbraid the Mormon profile Ople for tor clinging to the which but Lut thu Impelling force in the tho hearts of at the tho pioneers el t tl the achievement of lit the orone their efforts to make the I desert blossom as the rOse |