tJ o Heroes Who Pulled Their Heir All Across the Plains 1 t I l t t V Vl n I l r 1 t 0 J r 1 J rw o I r rik ik f Y i 4 I II i 1 j I I i V r soy ii eri jf i 11 I II r Ir i Nh III II I III I III I III III y i 1 I IL I IQ t I 1 T 4 f Q I t k 1 SOME OF THE LIVING MEMBERS OF THE HANDCART COMPANIES THAT CAME TO UTAH IN 1856 AFTER HARDSHIPS THAT ARE ABE IN HISTORY p CN C N HOLLADAY H QUId nave hire naveth covered o th the entire d e III In InC B 1 M C 6 hours hour These Thue words tr eta Ife put Into bete th the mouth of oC one of oC Ui the character In lii Mark dark Twains T vt In innocents Abroad The story date Mals with lIh the th travels In foreign land landd or of a 1 of or American tourists tourist While steaming along the tha southern shore of tho the I he j portion of fact Africa that t loins Joins to Asia Aela A It Ie In eight bight and the we mountains rising thin b be between o tween the tho valley of the tho Nile Nil and th the theD Dead D rl Sea S a are In view h of the One of the lile latter designated d an sa the I i Oracle expatiates upon u On the tho Journey i fags Ings of oC the Israelites llIe and the greatness s so I I II tit o f Moses their leader lead r Dan and the thel IheI l I Doctor Doclot us nil usual when wh th the arn l I person l Ie Ia talking plead Ignorance of oC the lh thet t entire subject el They Th want to Lu know who Is le and who tees Moes was wa and the IheI I Oracle enlightens them Ulem t I Then they Inquire what things Mown fuses i accomplished that made him greet great and andI I I they are told lold that ho he In lad the till children I of DC Israel from the Nile lIe to within t I eight of oC the Jordan I How flow tar fir wan ItT It asks aake Dan Derv sod ami when the distance dl U Is I ably less leas than ZOO 20 20 mil In a direct line statement ment U to ejaculated lien Holladay would have ble covered the th en tn entire entire tire distance In K U hour will 11 recall that lien IMn units Holla Holladay i ida day da had the contract for fer carrying lh Ih the mall across the Ih plains plain In Marly day and th the tents feats accomplished hy by II find and his hll riders u In the famous pony lOny days da n will long be bo remembered The remark was teat Intended In to a ut sat t re rl reflection on and to In th the achieve achievement a r ment of or the great lawgiver In that greatest of oC undertakings recorded In Inthe Inthe Inthe the annals annala of or manIt man manIt manIt It has never been heen ld and preb ably never ne r will be until that time lIm com comes comel t when n It hall no longer be Mid paid The I Lord rd liveth that brought up ep tI th the children of oC Israel brul out of the he t land if rf t Egypt but the ll that brought up children of or l from III the Und land landof of oC the north and an II nIl from alt all the II land landl whither h he had driven thi t in m inTHE L I THE TAE HANDCART JA D The nearest approach a to th I the h J r doua dou migration of ancient lir r i la per hops haps found In the tb 1111 n l 1 tt II II of IC modern modem Israel the lane lall d saints iA tl w recital of the litter went event tarn u I lady that portion of or l t ki k Ii i it an U tar PI I band en n Ii I n in Iti 1 n ht 11 ill opal feature or tf 11 this thU r II 1111 not imi ra I of ot dr If f will be made of th Ih the TUII that had Us Its It inception tit et t mu tM in inthe Inthe Inthe I the land of lC Goshen aunt and n M 1 v at the crossing of ot the Lb Jordan JordanIn J In the Biblical al i M to anee of oC the f t i r i n II t stated that there OIl went r I fm lt ti servitude of oC Pharaoh WOK 1 n i of f 0 II III the I 1 son pons on of Jacob capable cf Of f wt w M l g th sword word Taking that thai r o as fl a bAI MH I commentators have ha i IMI Thal n nl r lets less l u than 2 err r r C nl 11 mall email fud th the KM UM at 1 s ah 1 or orthe d I the swiftly advancing Es dr dri i beyond th the neck n k of or water t r r i itt Ilee tt lee were within JW OO Oa mile milel mil i l td land Jand 1 did u nut l Hit 1111 i t t a M aA ti 1 I f tr er the direct w i a 1 t I t deviating far Car to 10 ih the 11 II i iThe The mo mot most t widely iH ar pd rte 11 n n II the matter Is la that f i I r t tI f I of DC reason iii ta t i k I ways AI of t th lh a 1 J I II hind and an separated l from Rm t Mr Mra Ir Ira I II I I I a I narrow narron narro sea I I were er F KC FI I I Han Ilan fo foe White while in front rent WI st im t thordes 1111 hordes hor of oC tilt i n 11 nv r I Ir v T ty step of f th the Ibl xII I STILL R H A AThe The strategic point It U s sTaken j i taker Taken but time there in 1 II urh n t mid nd n II why lh n th tM thIt i j I It Its e were Mere tre not d to II i fir I 1 1 leas HIlS the land that U a l hf he t com come their Th The hi h i f r providence was U over tm them sad and 1 tr er or not they the wet er worthy to tn ur fr er without reformation and up upen rn ron the land Jand bequeathed to In Abraham h faithful they were sere He too ton tou pr m In n u 1 I light t of heaver heaven to be br longer on r ft d dlo I Ito to lo In per hude I The dory of i mean I i ir nt of I the I 1 ul UI n i t v f t fM Hy In the land laHI aid ad a d it u a n nry r c I Ilar cart lar ry to fa here dwell upon th If ru dl ui u hi ubo feu bo r ct It to wy say that thai It II t 1 rk k K M Kand tH tHI 11 l I the jour a a hi Pt h Ith It II all and on its ts own on cr not d d t I data r iy 11 m Tho route roule IJ rc p and aid lUll the Hit r i i a arid aad burning sands proved most mort fatal faint I 10 o th the Of th the per pcr person on son who went bent out from fron beneath the th beet of nr th Ih the oppressor Of only on I two wu soul lOuIs were wera ere when the of oC the Jordan was reached AS TO Ami Ind now 00 as sa to tn modern modEm Israel It 1 I is in tr to trace th the similarity and the between the ancient and ami amith th the lauer day exodus The principal dif dlf fr ic lies Ilea In Iu the fact that the last lOM ull were few r In num hum br Ir unlike their th lr did 1111 not run rull away aWl but were driven forth whither or to 10 what fate Calf their or neither nor both were rold eold and fow CONI and In front tribes and the The Ira tra traversal IraV venal versal V I I by IW Young Yount In A t direct line II equalled all the meandering In of lit Mo lo I and Rn the time required to rover the Journey journe was taa about shout R RI na four to Th The flint nl t leader and has bin suffered from a lack lark of oC water ni wa niter a ater ter the pioneers nf of the western eRI rn n nt new world often deplored the Ihl fart that the they were wrt to eo I numerous brnad and nd deep PILGRIMS AND D TI lew giver of ot had hall as a follow folio Ing log a race tact that thaI f for Clr r four Cour hundred yearn yeara e h mill had d b been n 11 subject to 10 serfdom th the most moat m menial nUI his bis compeer r of eC latter days was 11 surrounded by Ii men and women who for th Ih the most port were frt re de descended c nd l from i i ima and patriot freemen tr rn of ot tho highest type HS MI to 10 the remainder r they the wr were Of or th the best bt It Wood blood of oC th the nation With them here was waa no forgetting of oC th the wrongs ron one while long Ing fur for tb the ll pola left Ifft behind After th the advent or of th the pioneers Into Inlo th Ih the r of oC th Ih the Grist Salt Halt I Lake lak ke an almost lino t continuous tram of lion followed I In the th lit trail of oC the new nt ronn romera With horn teams with mute mule tams alII with lIh ox ot teams and even eN with row uw IU teams team rime cam the pilgrim No io con on lIlIon P md mN forbidding to 10 deter tt men mm and anti women from undertake log Ing th the wearisome w rl ome and nd hazardous Jour uy 01 II and once under way 11 a 4 marvelous and re tk llon n 1 Ike I tr Zion ward Little murmur In hg and nd were fre r manifested though the privation IInallo and suffering un on TI 04 I I I I I I FRONTIER TIEH Tb TIM matter of oC out 81 tine on the front wr Iff waa M v very ry r expensive expends made more w 1 so 0 by r th thO lem id for animals animal and aM ve ye e hale io Id I th the fast fust in iii r of f mn men hound bound fur for th the gold 1101 Held nia of r f th the hf oai in III various I i rt of Europe were ff thou nl of lOr r day y Saints whose fond Condo est 1 olah t T wa II to tA II be t I permitted mUted to gather anther lIh Ith w their fellow In m the theof tb of Ar ih II the Rocky Mountains For nearly tn ten I years Iua Ih lb the settlements found I fd ed d hv tw ih the T had halt ben augmented by b ih Ihl sch ach season On of ot thousands of or an n and t converts And n 1 till mill th re wela many thousands who aho ho wr were ff unable to II gather to Zion by b th the nodes of f emigration in vague If Ie they Ihl had aad n d tn mean man ns l at t t to p Pi pay y for the theoran own oran r ry ge And not to bring brine them then a n as far us pa I th the wt western Im m frontier there the Journey j mun fOnd end nd To wag a oti on 0 and nd ond teams for the Ih crowing of It the th I plains plain an o fr far n a as those the were U concerned wa sae a ah Im A NEW PI II EVOLVED This T state Mate of ot affair affairs brought about abou the of I a new plan for Cor the of ot the I troth from the Mis riv Ir r te Salt Sa It Lake Lak valley lIt lItI 11 wa AI none ant other than the COlm tu n of handcart companies The Idea Idt ll wu a IM no n to than Ihan 11 it with wonderful rapidity among tb the flau of ItC European converts who b saw In the th new nt depart d ur fir tk tilt the of their tt ir fondest dreams To walk lk u a thousand mile with III M as the terminus seemed but bu a I small maU matt r and aed men and Ind women were to with th tilt the plan almost moM be nd Within WIlli a few month mon from tn the II time thee the Idea Will was Ant mooted these taICe had upon POll tb the we Nt nj of America hundreds n rt of mss men women and aM children making rd ready dr for far the t Jo Soar by b foot to tl theft destination In III th the Rocky ON O TUB LONG LANG Io G ROAD The Tar first Ant arrival aureola at al th the l taint to I w warp r oon on UD with slit hand and pro d on their a Ii Th The Journ journey 11 f of 1 fraught II lit as S It Ith was a etch It II and nd h wu i 4 with sith Ith u k I IaM t and aM 04 bet Uit t Ittle lMA fol of oC me lUe V n th UIt these a cx rom anted rH With mr what the hate lit rem com m ml l rt fo of or th the with th Ith poc roch poor h nn n pd st t tt s sc c t t 1 w X X H x x x w I Ii U i To the tie Utah Handcart Veterans of o 1856 w 57 i 59 and s 60 f A t 1 X Greeting H will be b J lust t J bo 51 boi X i r years the coming fall tai sine th the first nr l handcart han c cio o Hd ed Ithe i X th the great plains plain and arrived In Fait Salt Lake Leke City It This being X r th the tact fact with the th approval of oC the i J authorities and through the cour Mon Moni X r Iraq tesy of oC the th Deseret News ie we de dey I i iy y i stet to gh give h e notice to all who ho hor I y r camp to Utah hy hr handcart no 10 noti I II II J ti I matter maW r In what year In whose hose I I j jt i t company or at lit what age ace al that I II I 1 It Is II li the Ihl Intention tn to I hold holl a ay I y Jubilee gathering during th the next X s October conference In Salt tall Lake Lak LakA A City It the th exact date to is be OCIO A I her 3 s W f respectfully request th flu oo co cot V t operation of nf all the prominent f I handcart veterans throughout hout tM X t stele state tal to 10 canvass J their respective rt A ward wards and to 10 ascertain how boa ho they thoy j t and their strew fellow Travelers lerR feel Ceel In pr Inv v regard to this movement and to 10 toV V I let u us know the result tull Wherever X A WI we have hav ha made mention of ot It thus thu thuA A t far H It has haa tea met mel with hearty ap t i often otten been b n told lol or ot at 11 least has ha often oft been Deen attempted alt TO MEET m T IN I REUNION REt ION It II Is the Ihl Intention of oC the survivors of or orthe the handcart companies to 10 hold bold H It r re reunion reunion union during the corning coming fall Call and anda a committee e Ip I working h hand hanl nl with Ith that end In view Ie We give Ie plats place liac If to a 1 communication from th the commit committee tee lee and nd append thereto persons ac 11 accounts accounts counts of oC men now living who ho were In Inthe th the memorable handcart hand can brigades s whose accounts are now published d for Cor forthe forthe the nut fret time EXPERIENCE OF S P R S JONES I Of Ot the Ih snow anon Ino storm torm n near ar Devils Gate Gatt GateS i S 8 S Jones wiltes writes The whole le story of oC the travels and ami 1 of ot the Martin and the Tyler Handcart compan companies leA ies that arrived In Salt Lake City 11 on the Sunday Suna of oC Nov Noe 0 SO 30 0 1586 can ran never be written 01 or toll told tol 1 Sketches and episodes may ma be bf related In brief but the th Ih weather towards the lest last of oC th the Journey wan a kJ intensely cold lOld n l th the burr burning Ing toa to get get through the th mountain to tho the valley ItI so co great as at to in preclude any an to write terse up any an data of oC the Journey There were frt five Ave comp companies of oC hand handcart cart art emigrants that crowed the plains In that thaI year jear ear 1116 was wu the year relit of th the erase rrai th the three thre first Arat of wh h were erl the erase rrai rul and the two 0 last la t that tI t started from the th frontiers so en 0 late http were crazy cru and th the tail last of tho thole two w was Willi the of oC all and nd the writer was wai In to it I We started trout from Florence norIK on the th west bank of ot the Ih Missouri river ricer i lust M about aMut Sept 1 I We WI traveled on under pretty favorable f until nUl th the lust last of ot that month but hut after fl r that In October It II got ot to be bf pretty prell cold The wading of ot streams and an occa ocra occasional Ional wind Ind storm that leveled d all our tents nude made ma e It U somewhat uncomfortable This continued until we t got within one oneda days da travel of ot a stockade fort Cot near nut Devils De II e Gate flat or on the Sweet Se Water In Wyoming about boul 00 miles out from Salt Lake City It By B this Ihl time lime It U was waa the first nul part of DC November r If this had been our destination th the Journer turner might ht have luve been rec regarded rde J as a tough lough and let If I II 11 go JO at that thai but bUl what we 1 had h 5 endured up to th that t date dat u only Ohl a 1 prelude to 10 what followed folk wd I y well remember r the afternoon oon march before we reached curbed the place above mentioned We had rested rt lN for Cot CotMOn noon MOn slang along the th and partaken of ot our scanty cant meal when coon joon after we ire started on of aln g tn tn the wind wend Ind blew bI bIu up u from the tb flit east and the clouds came rame scurrying alone along th aides Idt of 01 the tM noun moun mountains tame I 1 remember these e clouds they the looked Ilk like they Ih remit meant l fAI mischief un in end l 1 tk 01 they y sot got their work or tn m all III right prett pretty so peen oon n It began t to 1 roe one rates a little light at al alt att t t but It II wt was 1111 not long before heere It II go got down tu to II t and it II snowed nosed In tn rn t Th The III line of carts urt win sae general l lh Iv ly a broken and but buton butOft buton on Oft this occasion Ot they tIt all 11 closed dMd lo ed up following b bil d each ether It II seemed to strike N h heart 11 11 that w wh f h ha 6 met tk the enemy nt and he hI hl had got cot us u II uN N Not et t n R wont was 3 spoken sp poke I 1 never tt shall hall bolt e eee u at qS 1 7 We Wr make this request so sow w WI we may mR here hav an Idea Idre as a to what whal Iz hall or meetinghouse m we ought to engage and In l so co 0 a u as to know what other necessary arrange arrangements meats