Show mit orial correspondence A little mormon war and what came cam a of it I 1 summit county I 1 april 1804 the it tup ap from salt lake city to fort bridger at this seaon of the year can be most pleasantly made the weather is delightful the roads good comfortable an and the stock in fair condition twenty six gix hours of ordinary luck suffice to transfer one by coach from the blooming gardens and grassy fields of your valley to say nothing of the ties of the saintly city and the illimitable joys joy of gamp camp douglas to the higher regions of bridger where lo 10 tho mountain air is invigorating and where tho the tardy spring g time is just beginning to mantle the earth ii with ill its gladness A happy combination of duty and inclination I 1 cli nation has caused me to make a ang visit to fort bridger and so here I 1 am thus far on my way A jolly trip with boon companions through the canon over tile the I 1 park down the beautiful silver creek creck and across the rapid weber brought us in in due time to wit eight hours to this settlement rejoicing in the un poetical yet eminently expressive title of Co coalville alville I 1 prefer this spelling after an extended and detailed exploration of the suburbs of the town and an intimate acquaintance with tho the character and pursuits of tho the prominent citi citizens zent of tho the place it is just to add however that it is indiscriminately called and itald down on various maps as Co coleville leville codville cb aville Ool dvo and chalk ilk creek an intelligent and m more ore than usually illy communicative professor of the he whip and ribbons informs me that there is a tradition existing abom among the oldest innabi inhabitants that the founder founder of tho the town was an indis individual bidual answering at dinner time to the call of cole and hence the name of the town is dimly traced those favoring Cold ville indulge the delightful fancy tint tho the hills bills thereabouts will one day be found full fall of that precious metal which the ungodly gentiles ire arc looking for with so much rapacity As tho ilia gold yet been found in quantities to suit I 1 reject the ilia tradition and the fame as untenable whether the name Cold ville has its origination in tho the sharp is ands which come down tho ilia canons or the ilia high altitude ot the P place lace or the lie fact thit that several centuries aro ago ii a dashing lieutenant is said to bave hav emet met with a rather amther cool reception when lie he invaded the quiet of the ilia demure inhabitants I 1 dont know but reject that flut as equally unworthy of consideration likewise I 1 reject Cl chalk illic creek as lin poetical and not descriptive but when I 1 discovered that in all the region thereabouts first rate coal abounds abound 3 and ono one fine vein and pit at least is located right in the heart of town about where the court house will stand while in tho the hills hilla around other mines have been opened I 1 was satisfied in my specula speculations speculate tl ions and gave ava tile the spelling coal villo ville the decided prefer preference enco having heard that this now famous town was but just recovering from a terrific excitement and flit listened ened most attentively and wonderingly to dire tales of horse stealing highway robbery oppre oppression sion persecution together with wars and rumors of wars involving forty men in buckram rushing up and down the valleys det determined to defend their hearth bearth stones and their liberties to the very death etc etc your correspondent abou thought abt it was a good place to stop at examine into human nature and probe the bottom of this wonderful tale talc of three tarco black crows 72 the result was avas very similar to the one about the crows we rind find the three black crows but there teas something turned up that was nearly as black as a crow A good deal of trouble and no little excitement had bad occurred arising from the f fact let that a couple of passing travelers had taken a horse belonging to a citizen and as w was as reasonably supposed stolen the aforesaid animal mounting his horse and receiving reinforcement from a NN willing illing neighbor ci citizen tizell r starts aarts off bi ot im I 1 m full fiill of indignation after the supposed thieves orr on overtaking them jo jog gin ging alon along most Illi unconcernedly concernedly pursuers drawing persuaders ordered a halt seized the hse horse h se and divers and sundry other thins things as co compensation sensation for tron trouble ble came the 64 high chivalry or shoot the top of your head off air atto of argument alent scared the pursued I 1 call almost out of their wits and returned triumph triumphant an t with horse blankets etc etc travelers supposing they had bad mien fallen into the bands or of the philistines pursued tho the even tenor of their way not much wiser iser and pro 1 bably as tho the world goes not much better men than before arriving at it the first military post they startled its usual serenity by their direful tale which was something in this style highwaymen abroad travelers ac 1 and robbed on tile the public highway horse blankets goods etc taken away vi ct armis amis almost under the guns and within the protection of the post that was one side of the story true enough in outline yet lamentably defective in detail away goes an officer to catch the highwaymen and bring them to justice to stop such unlawful plundering toward harmless travelers through tills this goodly land citizen had bad gone back homo home a and nd told his story true enough like the other yet i differing widely because neither knew or suspected all the facts in the case A couple of thieves in broad daylight had stolen his horse he be had bad caught them retook tho horse and extracted some trifles by way of a f compensation for his trouble then dame rumor I 1 let loose her gabalin babbling gab bling tongue tile the troops were in motion citizen was to be seized and tran transported ported to some military cell tho the town was to be raided and burned to the ground the authorities mayhap may hap hung and a other silly tales tale were soon afloat to the terror of little children and all the old women or of and to the intense dis disgust gustof of the few cool headed remaining here then was a minature war as ridiculous as it was unnecessary duly inaugurated ait augu rated and the train laid just how many valiant troops from neighboring settlements arrived in all the he pride pomp and circumstance of glorious war ready to resist the encroachments encroach ments of the invader perhaps will never be known to history but one citizens avers that he be suffered a loss of several hundred bundred of hay bay confiscated by the minute men in ills his absence and the hen ben roosts boosts and pig pens have not yet rendered their account having examined everybody we coald ind find r including inc ludino 1 the two waylaid way laid travelers and tile the highwayman I 1 it took ns its about fifteen minutes to arrive arrive it at the following facts traveler turned his hore bore out on the range near by one stormy night I 1 next day at tho the same spot cainglit ills horse borse as ho be supposed and rode him off by a rin singular gular mistake lie he took citizens horse borse and by that same token taken unfortunate men ere now have worked for the state for making just such mistakes citizen recovered ills his horse and being bein out or of temper as V ell bo might be dem demanded andea and took compensation for the mistake when each party bad had bad his say ana and explained matteis there ilant seeni seem to be any special need of calling for the intervention int erlen of the courts or tile the military either to remedy cis civil 11 wrongs or punish the supposed criminals tho the fact wa was 9 app apparent a ran t t that ha t tb the 0 whole thin thing commenced in mistake and terminated in blunder one ome had bad unintentionally become a horse thief and the other had ignorantly and thus innocently innocent lyre rendered himself amenable as a highway high way robber to render the whole thin thing still more ridiculous the stolen hoise boise ba had d died the day before and there was good reason to believe that the ill one the traveler had bad left in its place was in the sime same happy condition nobody lobody th that tt we could rind find could see any propriety in callin calling a jury except a coroners jury to sit on the r remains of tho the deceased horses so tits so called horse horae thieves and the alleged highway bandits settled their difficulties amicably all around and went their way rejoicing leaving tho the little settlement and quieted down as mild as a may morn the most of the property taken was returned to its onca old blunderbusses blunder busses were bring up the military did not make its appearance the militia returned to its fields hugely disgusted 0 at the false al alarm arm ther chap who barricades barricaded barrica ded himself at the further end and of the coal pit lat and forgot to convey away with him his powder flask when peace was restored is notified that ho can have the same by callin calling at the store YI and paying costs and damages and on the whole whaler we think a better state of feeling exists now when everybody understands ther matter better batter and is convinced that nobody body is is going to shoot burn an di pillage 0 so ion lona as they attend to their busine behave themselves as they aill 1 generally rally do ali flight of the big bug bugbear licar the abe roil military e passed away avray as a childs sto 13 storsand story and the lature ft Died knickerbocker of win jaae re a joke johe of the a many doings therein when be blew her trumpet so fiercely in april IS 64 ar coalville Co alville is a nice quiet little people much like other falks attend to the ui 9 own business dont like horse thieve thies a not passionately fond of sold soldiers Bin i much in hospitality and very little on con 0 havo bave a pretty good idea of their right richla as american citizens and stand rm nn position or seeming imposition if they could help it your correspondent spent a pleas ant lay day with them and dont think abbody Is is the worse for his brief visit unman human nature is ii pretty much the same all over ove r the world and gentiles and saints differ in their instincts and motives as little from each other on the whole as as TV rall ell as the rest of mankind this is a ion long letter to write about not nothing notting bing but be here re it goes go esani lila here it must blosl close den ben four horse institution is just coming over the hill bill anil aill I 1 m bound for bridger cr H |