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Show (hat bringct (rood tidings, get thee tip into tho high mountains. Thy watch meu Khali litt up their voire; with Lh voice together shall they sing: aud they ha!l eye to eye w h'u the Lot J shall bring agaiu inn " 'hat .in am ht !ir- ir r in which to pcak' What an inspiration in the occasion' oc-casion' his word mint have breathed thai,t fulness to tmd and com-f,rt com-f,rt to nuce tired and tried souls' Ha declared with an apostle's assurance, that their location in Iht- v.-illrysof tlx Kocky iiioniiUiMJ m m the views of tin' ancient wn. He prophesied thai the nilitarv place wer to bo niada Clad." "the wilderness to bloom as th nw" ami "tho desert suddenly converted con-verted into a fruitful ftM." Such a sermon must have raised hoopiujr spirits ami comforted s.vt heart. At such a lime, in such a placo, amid ueh mirroumt 111. it must have been very (fraud, almost sublime. Hrigha'in Voting while (till very ill. also oke and laid down several rule for the government of tho people of lh camp, lie said "No man should buy any land that came here; that h hal none to soil; hut every man should hava his land measured nut to him. for ear and farming puriHses, Me might till it a ho pleased, but hi- must be. industrious indus-trious nnd take rara of it." On Monday some of tho pioneers, including in-cluding ltrigham Young, climbed la tin top ,.f Kimign peak aud plauted th American ll.ig. Thu Km a new world first peopled and t hi w a I lie beginning of Salt Lake a pity famous wherever clriliatum la known, and tho neuetti from which started what will eventually beeoni I lu largest and most beautiful city t-tween t-tween Chicago aud lh golden SAnda of tin' I 'an lie. Thin ih the allrr a they than found it. Can the mind of uian conceive of the change that ha len effected between be-tween then and now! Thi-n Isolation, now aiirroundi'd hr everything that mukes lifu ili'ar. In the "language of llamli't- "Look on thia pietura them ou that." PIONEER DAY. rorty-Three Years Ago Today Brigham Young and His Pollowers Game Here. TSEIB L0H& AND WEAET TEAMP. Prom Out of the Parched Desert They Marched Into a Land of Milk and Honey. Through Emigration Canyon They Pur-sued Pur-sued Their Way to Pinal Best and Happiness. BUILT HOMES AND TILLED THE SOIL A Complete History of the Pilgrims' Journey Prom the Start to the Present. How They Went About What They Accomplished, Ac-complished, and a General Keview of Their Experiences. This day is the ' forty-third anniversary anniver-sary of the advent of the Mormons into Salt Lake City, an occasion that is revered re-vered and held iu highest regard by the nierahers of that faith. As a rule the day is identified by a demonstration of some kind, but this year a fixed programme pro-gramme of exercises has been omitted and the adherents of the church are observing iu a manner suited to their iiiolimitimiti. Tn Mnrmnn eh-eltia KeSftH'0 8et ut their ingtheVeCessalv l?vn'nS f Procur-them Procur-them for even nl.' ?vlons t0 sustai" tho MtUement rt d'StaUe beyond In the month of September the citv foMhree00dWaS,bl'Sii;8ed 'uobbeii and tht JaySAV the Illinois fO"Ps driven oJT iahaWtantS were sloon nlthepomtof the bivouet. as soon as the camp of Israel was fullv vWed 6rBh Bl'i?ham Vo,.ngU i dreds fl-lnt0 Jmpanie8 of 8hi,n. movL flCS aml te.D8' aU(l hen Mn.8' they marched with the ineosion of soldiers. When 0 hiirsoCennf,U!lr-d d reaChU(1 elder i?"ed 1,1 ho,lor of a Mormon elder-the place now being known as trom the Luited States government to raise a battalion for the war then pen t- bodvonM00- Althl'f?!' the main ootly of the Mormons was still 130 miles east they responded promptly- to the call by forming the famous Mormon (v'olonel T- L- Kllne. the brother of the great Arctic explorer of that name, organized these volunteers and became very popular among the Mormons, who, to honor him, gave the name of Kanesville to Millers hill which name the place retained for several sev-eral years. In 1852 the citizens of Kauesvnlo sent for Mr. A. D. Jones, who was a surveyor in his younger days, and was then residing at tilen-wood, tilen-wood, Iowa, to come and survey their town for them. At Trader's point, below be-low Kanesville, was a postollico called Council Bluffs, and the thousands of emigrants coming to this country at that time, would, upon being asked, say that they were going to Council Blutls. After Kanesville had been surveyed 'as a town by Mr. Jones, the citizens wanted a new name for the place, and agreed upon a change. Tho question then arose as to what it should be. It was finally agreed to adopt the name of Council Bluffs, on the ground that they ought to have a name that would catch all the mail matter as well as tho emigrants scattered all the way from Sioux City south to Sidney to whom it was directed. As nearly all the letters for these emigrants were bo- inir rlil'AOtnri In lliu IViiiirill Ul.HV., until they arrived at Salt Lake, whore they were charmed with the beauties of tne valley, aud were pleased with its remoteness from their religious persecutors. perse-cutors. Having made a settlement there in 147, they sent back for the remainder re-mainder of their people, the most of whom proceeded on their pilgrimage be-t be-t een the years lM3aud 110. The departure de-parture in the spring of 1W7 of the tlrst baud of emigrants from winter Quarters or Florence, and from Kanesville Kanes-ville or Council Blutls for the Promised Laud, was celebrated in a song, written by their poet. Eliza R. Snow, to inspire them with new hopes. It was entitled -I he Pioneer's Song." the first verse of which was: The time of winter now Is o'er There's verdure on the plain; W e leave our sheltertnu roof ouee more, AuU to our tents again. cnoitrs: A camp of Israel, onward move. O. Jarob. rise aud atiijj: Ye xalnts the world s salvation prove. All lmiltoZlon Kins: Year after year parties of Mormons on their way westward spent the winter nt Florence and in the spring resumed their march. Nearly all the emigraut trains for Salt Lake were outfitted and started from Florence, thus making that place a very livelv business point. The winter of lSM-Wl is especially memorable for having been unusually severe. Many of the Mormons were smothered to death by the heavy snow crushing in their frail tenements aud dugouts on both sides of the river in this vicinity. Provisions became very scarce among those who had taken tip their temporary habitation in tho vicinity vicin-ity of old Winter Quarters, aud it is said that quite a number of the people actually perished from starvation. To add to the horrors of the situation, tho scurvy, caused by a lack of proper food, broke out among them and carried car-ried off many victims. Over live hundred graves on the Florence bluffs bear witness wit-ness to the fatal hardships and sufferings suffer-ings of that winter. Some romantic stories are told of tho wonderful cures effected by the prayers of the Mormon elders, while they were temporarily located iu this vicinity. "I w.t . .... i . . .1 4 (I V 1 , I diaus. an iusiguiticaut tribe of the (iraud Prairie, who men did not number num-ber moretnin SOU families. I'pwanls of 1000 houses were soon built. 700 of them in about three mouths, upou a pretty plateau overlooking the river, and neatly laid out with highwaysand by ways, and fortilied with breast wors anil stoi kade.lt lmd.too.its place of worship. Tabernacle of the Congregation." and various large workshops aud mill sand factories provided with waterpow er. At this lime the powerful Sioux were at war w ith the Omaha, and it is said that the latter hailed with joy the temporary settlement of the journeying Saints among them. At any ralo.'the encampment encamp-ment served as a sort of breakwater between them and the destroying rush of their powerful ami de'vas-tatiug de'vas-tatiug foes. The Saints likewise harvested har-vested and stored away for them their crops of maize, and with all their own poverty frequently spared them food and kept them from absolutely starving. Always capricious, and in this case instigated in-stigated by white meu, the Indians. notwithstanding not-withstanding they had formally given the Saints permU.-ion to set tie upon their lands, complained to the Iudiau ageuls that they were lres.-.passiug upon them, and they were requested to mov? From this circumstance is attributable the rise aud vapid growth of Kanesviiio, leaving winter quarters again entirely to its savage inhabitants, aud only it's ruins to point out its former prosperity, and now its situation. In the annals of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints this halting placo iu the wilderness must always till au important import-ant and interesting page. It was from this spot that the pioneers took their departure ou tho llth of April, 1847. iu search of a location west of the rocky mountains, upon up-on which tho exiled Saints might reassemble re-assemble themselves, far from the haunts of persecuting Christendom, and where the foot prims of a white man had scarcely ever before been seen. Since the organization of Nebraska territory, aud eilort has been made, owiug to the desirable situation of Winter Quarters, and its good ferriage fer-riage and water facilities, to build a city by tho name of Florence upon tho had good grounds to believe iu a special spe-cial dispciisati in of providence this was one of the occasions. Their com-misary com-misary was gelling low and there seemed to lie no hope or means of replenishing re-plenishing it. These supplies an supposed sup-posed to have saved the lives of many of the pioneers for thev were almo.-'l destitute of the Mali of life. It took seven days for them to cross the river aud w hen accomplished a company com-pany of nine men were left there to establish es-tablish a permanent ferry. At tho old fort they built blacksmith shops made some necessory ivpairs anil lie-gan lie-gan the ascent of tho Black Hills on the 4th of June, reaching Independence- rook on the Slst and South Pass, on the SKlth. About the 1st of July they met Major Harris, who had made extensive explorations on the Paeilie coast for several years: he spoke to them unfavorably of Salt Lake valley. The next day th'cv met Col. Bridge'r. who desired' to go' into council with tho Mormon leaders. He spoke more favorably fav-orably of the great basin, but thought it imprudent to continue their journey until thev ascertained whether grain would grow or not. He was so doubtful of it that he ollered to give a thousand dollars for tho first ear of corn raised there. When they arrived at (ireen river they were met by Klder Hrannon from tho Bay of "San Francisco. Ho f;ave an uecount of the Mormons w ho lad sailed for the coast and who hail established themselves 200 miles up tho river from the bay. They were several days fording (ireen river aml hero they eel'dirated the national holiday. Il w as here that (Minions of the Mormon battalion bat-talion began to reinforce them. It is a mistake to believe the Mormons Mor-mons were aimless wanderers without a destination in view, sniling on a shore-less shore-less sea to be tossed by capricious waves they knew not w here. They were as roguiznut of tho existence ex-istence of Salt Lake alley as we are today of that of thu Yukon in Alaska, although they could not and did not know of its agricultural agricultur-al possibilities. To do them justico It must bo admitted the prospect was not alluring or promising, for up to that from his lxd and took a survey of the country. While ga'mg I on the sceue before us, he waa u-j u-j wrapped in vision for several minute. ! He had seen the valley before iu vision, j and upon this occasion he saw the future fu-ture clory of ion and Israel, x they would In-. planted iu the valleys of the'o j mountains. When the vision had I passed, he said- ,-lt is enough. This j is the right place. Drive on." So I (drove to the encampment already formed by those w ho had come along in , advance of us. When w e arrived on the ground, ihe htvlhrvn had commenced ploughing. I had brought a bushel of potatoes with me, and (resolved that 1 would neither eat nor drink until I had planted them. I got them into the ground: by 1 o'clock, nnd these, w ith the potatoes that the other brethren had planted, lieeame the foundation for the future potato crop of I'lah." Ou this day there was a thunder shower, and surely the rainbow in the heavens is not a sign of greater promise to the world today than this waa to them. They hailed It as a good omen, and their prayers ascended to heaven iu thankfulness; for belt known this valley had been reported to them as a place never visited by rain in the summer season. Thus began the history of I'tah; thus w as founded an empire that was fortilied forti-lied by the frowning hills on exery side; here, then, certainly, thev could rest secure and unm.dcited In the worshiping wor-shiping of their Cod. I low thev must have exulted; how full of thankfulness must havH been their prayers. In looking look-ing above them, canopied as they were by a heaven that in daytime was as cloudless as the smile of a balm, and at night was gemmed by millions of stars that twinklud as only the slars above this valley can twinkle, how I heir souls muM have been tilled with peace, thankfulness to Cod and love for each another! Thev had braved the pitiless sun ou the alkali-blasted plains, the relentless pit r-aiiiugs r-aiiiugs of lavage Indians, and the weary marchings through heal and storms together to-gether fr overs thousand dreary miles, whcneiieU was solicitous for the com- fort of tho other and forgetful of bis own. Is it anything surprising that they rejoiced, shook each other's hands and wept in tho cxhubcranci: of their spirits. The next day was Sunday. Thev had reached the Mecca to which they had been journeying for mouths. T'hey presumably took from their faces the hirsute acctimulationa of weeks-nnd bathed for the tint coiineera-lion coiineera-lion of themselves to their Cod Iu their npw temple. In the afternoou the honor of preaching was accorded ac-corded to Oion Pratt. What an honor, to preach the dedicatory sermon in this grand valley of the new world! They partook of thu blessed sacrament, which recalled to them the sufferings and triumph of our Savior. Ho took for his iheiiMv "O, ion. business is entirely suspended, and tho American colors are flying from the Hag staffs and liberally displayed as bunting. Whole families aro enjoying themselves at the several watering places, while others have journeyed to other cities and towns where the day is Mug observed in a more holiday and demonstrative manner. Their Journey, I It is said that the first message that ever flashed over the wires when Prof. Morse was importuning congress for an appropriation to aid him in perfecting llic telegraph, was; "WHAT HATH G01 WROUGHT!" Could we even in fancy let our minds fo hack forty-three years to the day when the Mormons first beheld this valley val-ley we might with equal force exclaim: What Hath Time Wrought!" It is a tradition that when the Mormons Mor-mons first emerged from Emigration canyon forty-three years ago today, they with one accord lifted up their voices and shouted, "Ilosannah to God!" and as it reverberated and echoed and reechoed onee again from the Wasatch Wa-satch to the Oquirrh ranges they bowed down in the calm stillness of their si tua- it vj vMuiiv.u uiuiiB puat- office at Trader's point, tho suggestion to appropriate that name aud add to it tho word "city," making the new Kanesville postoftice Council Bluffs' City, was accepted. The placo was accordingly ac-cordingly called Council Bluffs Citv for awhile, thus securing control of all the mail matter of the rival office, which was finally broken up. When Council Bluff's City got strong enough, the citizens demanded and ootained a charter, and then the "city" was dropped out, the bill being introduced by Hadley D. Johnson, a member of the Iowa legislature, and who afterwards after-wards became a resident of Omaha. The Mormon battalion proceeded to California, but arrived too late to take any active part in the war as peace had already been declared. The battalion battal-ion was therefore disbanded, aud few of tho men found employment in working in Captain Sutter's mill race at a point about sixty miles above the present city of Sacramento. While engaged en-gaged in the work there, in the spring of 1848, they discovered gold. General Sherman, then a young lieutenant, tested it and made the first official report re-port of the discovery to the government govern-ment These men afterwards returned to Iowa and Nebraska for their families, fami-lies, bringing with then the first California Cali-fornia gold ever seen in this section. Colonel Kane, who organized for TJi-lrrhciin Vfoi 11 tr t lin Al ovm o n Tiatfallnn no uou jiiuieuu iu say, remai Keu olio of the survivors of that early day, "whether it was tho power of Cod that did tho work, bi(t it is sufficient for mo to know that many a man was healed by my prayers." The North Omaha creek was the scene of many a Mormon baptism, and we are told of a sick man who upon being baptized there, in the dead of winter, through an opening in the ice, came out of tlie water entirely en-tirely cured. In the spring of 1B50 some of the Omaha Mormons laid out a town where Genoa was afterwards located. Kaeli settler was given a lot upon which to build a house, aud at the same time each took up a claim outside of the town. These settlers were hardly established in their new location before theirclaims were disputed by au aul i Mormon party, "We had good arms and knew how io use them," says one of thu Mormon survivors, now residing in Omaha, "and wo held the enemy at bay. They then attempted to burn us out by setting tho prairie on lire, but tho tire turned back ou their own cam)) and destroyed nearly all their equipments, including even their wagons." While a great many of the Mormons emigrated to Utah, a large number remained re-mained in Nebraska and Iowa. Of these latter were many who believed Bringham Young was a usurper, nnd that Joseph Smith, jr., the son of the originator of tho Mormon religion, was the rightful head of the church. Tho formal promulgation of the doctrine of polygamy, in ISM by the Utah Mormons, Mor-mons, who claimed that Joseph Smith had taught the doctrine, made a strong dividing line between the two factions. As early as 1851 tho Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was organized, the principal feature fea-ture of which was the disavowal of the doctrine of polygamy. Joseph Smith, jr., iu 1800 became fully identified with the reorganized church, which now numbers over twenty-seven thousand members. In 1838 George Medlock, who is still a resident of Omaha, was appointed a missionary to Omaha and organized a brancn of the church here. At first they held meetings in private houses ami subsequently in an old school house, which was located at the southeast south-east corner of Capitol avenue and Fifteenth Fif-teenth street. They erected their first church building, a small frame structure, struc-ture, on Cass street, in 1870. Recently they disposed of this property, and now have a very neat little church building in North Omaha. Mr Jas. G. Megeath, one of Omaha's old settlers, has in bis possession a very valuable historical book relat- !.. ... (1.,. t..,m,o unil flimi- out sue." "Kanesville is situated," says the same historian, "at tho mouth of a small valley, being a small stream called Indian creek. Tho town was commenced by the Saints at their exodus from Nauvoo, in 1840, and a number of largo holes, which were dug by thu pilgrims iu tho sides of the hills as temporary dwelling places, are still to bo seen. Tho placo soon roso into somo importance, and continued con-tinued to bo occupied by the saints until 1852, when mostly all loft for Utah. A newspaper, the Frontier Fron-tier Guardian, was edited aud published pub-lished there by Elder O. Hyde, until his departure for the Great Salt Lake valley. val-ley. I found Kauesvillo to bo a very dirty, unhealthy place, and withal a very dear placo to make an outfit for tho plains, notwithstanding the assertions as-sertions of holders of property and merchants settled there, to the contrary. con-trary. They assure emigrants that their wisest plan is to take theirmoney there to purchase their outfit, but I hope few will believe them, for as there is not much competition they get prices tho very reverse of their consciences. It is, nevertheless, a very great place for bargains Sometimes emigrants to California Cal-ifornia get sick ot tho journey by t he time they have arrived at Kainesvillo, anil sell out by auction ou tho street. The ringing of a large bell announces tho sale ami it seldom fails to collect col-lect a crowd. As I said, sometimes 'real bargains' may bo obtained, but generally articles of the most worthless worth-less description to emigrants are offered. I , saw there one infatuated lover of bargains who, although al-though he had but one wagon and a sick wife, who would be certain to occupy oc-cupy it always was silly enough to attend at-tend these auctions and buy up 'bargains' 'bar-gains' enough to slock a Loudon 'Bottle-wop shop.' Gambling houses am' lawyers abound also. Where there are so many wolves there must consequently be a number of victims. "At Kanesville I was kindly permit-to permit-to join the emigrating company. Being ready to move we drove down to Fcrry-ville, Fcrry-ville, twelve miles distant, and just opposite op-posite Winter Quarters, at which point we crossed into Indian Territory, sow Nebraska and Kansas. 'I'he camping place on the west side of the Missouri was about a mile from the lauding, iu the vicinity of two springs, near the site of Winter Quarters. I paid a visitjto the old place, and found that some person had set fire to the last bouse that remained of the once flourishing flour-ishing settlement. From an elevation close by I made a sketch of Kanesville (Council Bluffs) and the Missouri river." tinm irrigation was hardly even heard of and its potency was certainly not known. But what pen can portray the intense expectation with which tlu-y contemplated contem-plated the end of their dusty voyage, where they anticipated casting their anchors, make their homes, erect new alters and build another ion? How their imaginations must have run the whole gamut of romantic realization and forlorn hope. How niau phases they must have pictured from a desolate waste to an earthly paradise. They evinced in this a courngo worthy of Spartans. All hail ami all honor to them then! As their journey drew near to an end it seemed as if they could mil go much farther. Their wagon tires were gel-ting gel-ting loose, Iheir oxen uml men were getting nearly shoeless ami theirdrivers were grimed with the red dust and white nkali of the plains; their feet were blistered nnd sore. Many, including in-cluding the prophet himself, were suffering suf-fering from mountain fever. KIUST IIKI1K1.I) ZION. Il Is generally supposed that tho Mormons Mor-mons lid not come in sight of this valley val-ley until July 21. 'This is only partly true. Krastus Snow and Orson Pratt were the pathfinders for the company aud they lirst viewed it on the 2tsl, Orson Pratt said: "Mr. Snow aud myself my-self ascended a hill from the top of which they beheld a broad open valley about twenty miles wide and thirty long, ut thu north end of which the wide waters of the (ileal Salt Lake glistened iu thesui.benms," "After issuing from tho mountains among which we had been shut up for many days, aud beholding iu a moment such extensive scenery open before us wo could not refrain from shouting for joy, which almost Involuntary escaped es-caped from our lips the moment the grand and lovely scene was within our view." On the mornlngof the 22d Orson Pratt and (ieo. A. Smith rode into tho valley to make a recoiinolsaneo. They found considerable difficulty in getting through the underbrush ul tho exit of the canyon. They described the valley at that time as having soil of most excellent ex-cellent quality. Streams from the mountains aud springs were very abundant, and the water excellent. A great variety of green grass and very luxuriant growth covered the bottoms for miles where the soil was sufficiently dauip but in other places although the soil was good, yet the grass had nearly dried up for wanl of moisture. They found the drier places swarming swarm-ing wilh crickets about the size of a man's thumb. 1 In I. 0-),t I Im.u iikiii av,il,ir.,l Inn lion and thanked God that their journey was o'er and that for at least years to come they would he r.ble to worship in thoir own way unmolested. It is not strange that they should have experienced' this overwhelming wave of thankfulness. It would have been strange if they had not. Nearly every one whose soul is not devoid of poetry, who has dwelt among these mountains for some years, has at some time in their experience.stood on some lofty peak and with his heart filled with an unutterable something, unable to contain himself, thanked God he lived. But what a prospect to bo viewed after their weary march! Contemplate our beautiful streets, our parks, magnificent mag-nificent business blocks, palatial homes with their flowers aud green lawns; our electric street railroads aud many other things denoting wealth, progress and refinement, and try and picture the transition from the arcadian quietness of then to the busy bustle of now. It was a bright day. The sun was shining iu all its golden glory. It was 91 tlvtl,U: I1AJ first became acquainted with tho prophet -while crossing the state of Iowa. In after years Colonel Kane delivered de-livered a lecture before the Philadelphia Philadel-phia Historical society upon the "Mormons," "Mor-mons," in which he speaks of having found President Young "sharing sorrow sor-row with the sorrowful, and poverty with the poor," and describes him as a man of rare natural endowment. He also extols him for his patriotism in ordering or-dering the formation of the Mormon battalion. bat-talion. Colonel Kane became a sincere sin-cere friend of Brighain Young, and it was mainly owing to his recommendation recommenda-tion to President Fillmore that he was appointed in 1850 to the governorship of Utah. With the departure of the Mormon battalion from Kanesville had vanished the hopes of making any further progress pro-gress in their march during that season. The Mormons thereupon set to work to locate and build their winter quarters. A grand council was held at Kanesville with the Pottawatomie Indians, who welcomed the Mormons with a spirit of sympathy, for they, too, not many years before bad been driven westward from Illinois. The Mormons, however, had more to cfo with the Omaha Indians whose camps were located on both sides f tUa Mioonnri rivpr. Amicable ar- -I'ninuus m Luttb wiiicii Bixiueu uu the French troops at the battle of Aus-terlitz. Aus-terlitz. The valley welcomed them and the gates of paradise seemed opening open-ing when they beheld the wondrous vision. How refreshing it must have heen to the weary eyes and feet after their months of weary marching ! "hat a relief from the sun-parched plains, and the cold, forbidding deso-lateness deso-lateness of the mountains. It is an epoch in the history of the Mormon church which they do well to Perpetuate by their celebrations. It is 'he point where the history of the west begins. By them this valley was made au oasis and a haven of rest in the des-ert, des-ert, where the pioneers to California could stop and rest and recruit. The rst celebration of the day was in' 1849 a"d it has been very generally observed 5 the day of all days by the Mormons every since. The journey from Council Bluffs to 't Lake was begun on April 7th, But before any attempt is made to follow them, something of their stay n the Missouri . river before starting he interesting to show why they undertook the perilous journey, and ''if '0owing extract is published from fnred Sorenson's history of Omaha, as It is flmil.l iff, ... . ! U.A rangements were made with them, aud accordingly the winter quarters proper were locatelT'wn the west side, a few miles above the present site of Omaha. There, on a slight plateau overlooking the river, near the place where Florence, Flor-ence, one of Omaha's suburbs, was afterwards located, the Mormons constructed con-structed about one thousand houses. The industry of the people was plainly evidenced by the workshops and mills and factories which sprang up as if by magic. The location of the headquarters brought the Mormons into peculiar relations rela-tions with the Omahas. A grand council was held between the Mormon elders and the Omaha chiefs. Big Elk. principal prin-cipal chief of tho tribe, in response to Brigham Young's speech, replied as follows: "My son, thou hast spoken well. All that t'hou hast said 1 have iu my heart. I have much to say. We are poor. When we go to hunt game in one place we meet an enemy, aud so in another place, our enemies kill us. V e do not kill them. I hope we shall be friends. You may stay on these lands two years or more. Our voung men shall w atch vour cattle. We would be glad to have you trade with us. We will warn you 'of danger from other Indians." After tho council had adjourned the Mormons gave a banquet in honor of tho Omahas. The Indians had good lllll IO LUC i'iUJ Hums CI... pilgrimage across the plains. It is entitled "Route from Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley," aud was published pub-lished in Liverpool in 1851. Il was edited edi-ted by James Linforth, and is illustrated illustra-ted with beautiful steel engravings nnd wood cuts from sketches made by Frederick Piercy. Much interesting information regarding the Mormons during their stay at Winter Quarters and Kanesville, is found in the volume vol-ume possessed by Mr. Megeath. The Mormon historian, says: "Tho next consecutive event of importance in President Young's career after his arrival ar-rival at Kanesville or Council Bluffs, was his starting in the spring of 117, at the head of 143 picked men, embracing embrac-ing eight of the Twelve Apostles, across the unexplored Indian country in search of a new homo for the Saints beyond the rocky mountains. The pioneer band pursued their way over sage and saleratus plains, across un-bridged un-bridged rivers, and through mountain defiles until their toilsome and weary journey was terminated by the discovery discov-ery of Great Salt Lake valley, ond the choice of itfor thegatheringplaceof the Saints. Taey then returned to Council Bluffs, where they arrived ou the Slst of October, ann an epistle was is:aied on tho 2:id day of December by the Twelve Apostles, noticing the principle events which had befallen the Saints since the expulsion from Nauvoo, and the discovery of the Great Salt Lake THE PILGRIMAGE. On April 7th, the day after the general gen-eral couterance the saints started ou a pilgrimage that involved more hardships hard-ships and privation to tbcm than people peo-ple can conceive of today. The camp consisted of 148 men, 8 women, a children, 148 souls in all, with all their earthly possessions in 73 wagons. The band was organized like au army and subject to army regulations. Brigham Brig-ham Young was lieutenant general; Stephen Markham. colonel; John Pack, first major; Shadrach Koundy, second major, with other subordinate otlicers in command of tifties.twenties and tens. They arose at a bugle call at five o'clock in the morning and assembled for prayers. At seven they broke camp and marched with military precision. In the afternoon they rested as convenience conven-ience dictated. The Sabbeth was always al-ways observed as a day of rest. ''he pioneers took the route along the Platte afterwards very closely followed fol-lowed by the Union Pacific. T bey pursued pur-sued their journey reaching Grand Island Isl-and in May. At this point the Mormons Mor-mons had a grand buffalo hunt and killed twelve of the beasts which are now so scarce. Some days they saw as many as 00,000 of these animals Another An-other great change, for Grand Island now is a large town, the end of a division di-vision of the Union Pacific. The tourist tour-ist in a Pullman palace car today as ho makes the pleasurable trip from Omaha . 1, V1t HH.nw ,11. 11 1 AJ.I ....... ,1.,, valley to somo distance north, examined examin-ed the streams and measured their power for mills and manufactures, and found the hot nnd warm springs. They travelled about lifleen miles down the valley, but did not consider the land good for farming. They returned re-turned to the mouth of the canyon aud found part of the emigrants in camp. On the 23rd they removed its position two miles to the north, where they encamped en-camped on thu banks of a beautiful stream of pure, clear watertCiiy creek). Here the camp waa called together and it fell to the lot of Orson Pratt to offer up prayer and thanksgiving in behalf of the company, all of whom had been preserved lrorn the Missouri river to this point, After dedicating the laud to their Maker, nnd Imploring his blessing on their labors, various committees were appointed to attend to the putting In of crops which was to provide aifainst starvation the coming winter, and in about two hours after their arrival they began to plow, and the same afternoon a dam was built to irrigate the soil, w hich waa very dry at this point. The next day, the !Mth, is one of the important days in tho history of the Church of Jcmis Christ of Latter Hay Saints. This is the day the main body of the pilgrims, including the prophet himself, lirst beheld the promised land, and as they fondly believed, held by I God in reserve for" them a a resting j -imuj 11 out lew resiueum ucm "ave ever read it. J'he feeling against the Morraous in jU'nois, culminating in a bitter war-are. war-are. compelled them to leave that 8-f.' . he charter of their principal Nauvoo, which had grown to be a P'ace of over 13,000 population, was reeled re-eled ia lg45) and thereupon they be-S.lfa be-S.lfa seeking for a new location. "CT naturally turned their eyes cr, rt- Ear1"" in 1846 the"" heXn ' . Sla8 the Mississippi river to Iowa, UQ pushing across the state to the Mis- S'Lver- Brigham Youne soon mm, 6 ParaPg of IsraeL as the Mor" ml Styled their resting places. Scrap-tent Scrap-tent Wa-V tIie snw they erected their In' r Upon the frozen ground, and uuing arge lires they made thcni-tho thcni-tho 3 comfortable as possibleunder circumstances.' At the first en-! twp.PtW!.ut the mercury at one time fell be ri" "eerees below zero. It would tnni I11' t0 realize the sufferings of a hnn, ',lst driven from comfortable atp , .""der the rigors of such a clim-.ri clim-.ri 'n1 Protected only bv the frail cov- lloweH nvas tetUs- 'tin"" was farm- ,r disposing of their property, 4"n, mi dwellings; and many of them reason ior u.ng jnr.. .. - - - ence of the white people among them. Tho Mormons harvested aud curua their crops of maize, and iu spite of their own poverty spared them too.l enough from time to time to keep them from starving, while their fortified town served as a barrier against the raids of the hostile Sioux upon the Omahas. Tho Mormons were careful in all their dealings with the Indians to have the law on their side, and one of their first acts was to obtain the legal title to the lands on which thev bad settled. Big Elk Standing & aud Li"le Chief signed an agreement leasing to the Mormons, for the period of five years, the lands which they occupied In the course of time however, the Indians complained to their agent that the Mormons were cutting too much timber and killing too mi ch eame, and they were accordingly ordered to vacate the land A large number of them recrosse.l the river to low a and temporarily set tled at Kanes-vme Kanes-vme and in the ravines along the biuff. , in he vicinitv. An expedition consist-, L of about I ) m-n and eighty wagon and teams to each wagon, had bi-n , "t westward M find a ln..a..ent I- ! cation. They found no suitable place , valley. It was also stated that it was a contemplation to reorganize the church, according to the original pattern, with a lirst presidency aud patriarch. Accordingly Ac-cordingly on the 24th, the day following, follow-ing, at a conference held at the 'Log Tabernacle' in Kanesville, the suggestion suggest-ion was brought before the Saints w ho hailed it as an action which the state of the work at present demanded, and Brigham Young was nominated to be the firest president of the church, and he nominated Heber C. Kimball Kim-ball and Willard K.chards to be his two counsellors, which nominations nomina-tions w ere seconded and carried without with-out a dissenting voice." The appointment appoint-ment was afterw aads acknowledged at a a general conference held on liu: f!th of April. 14H, at the same place, in j the following May, Presidents Young and Kimball set oiit to return to Utah, at tho head of a large company of Saints, and arrived on the 20th of September." Sep-tember." Winter (Quarters" is thu dew-rilied : bv the same historian: "The name w . given to the place by the Latter- , liav .Viint'. who wintered there in , ll'fi 7. At that lime it formed part of the land belonging to the Omaha Iu- j to Salt Lake grumbles of the poor accommodations ac-commodations and the inattention of the obsequious porter. But how many thousands, yes, even millions, have come over the road since the Mormons first blazed the trail.. On reaching Laramie provisions were running low and they were in dire mental men-tal distress over it. But these Mormon pilgrims took much consolation on their j journey in likening themselves to the j Puritan mothers and fathers, whose descendeuls many of them actually : were. On the fir-it of June they were opposite old Fort Laramie. Here they ' w ere joined by a f-mall company of j Mormons from'Pueblo. It was neces- I aary to devise some plan for enuring! the' river, so Brigham Young called his otlicers together aud they decided to i build a raft of logs and jmles brought ; from the mountains. io these the j wagons were lashed and floated over j by means of ro-s. B fori: ferry- ; iiijf over themselves the Saint, had previously taken aero a party of .MivMHinans who paid them ! I..V) for ea-h team and wagon, paying i fori! in floor at Vl a hundred and in j bai-nn at Mif"nri prn -e, although it j wa reallv worth 4!U. If ever pei.pie . and place of refuge from their relentless relent-less pursuers. Wodruff, iu his Journal of that day, wrote: "We gazed In wonder and admiration admira-tion upon the vait vailey lefore ui. with the waters of the Great Salt Lake glistening glis-tening in the tun, mountains towering to the skies and ttreams of pure wnt.-r runn, nif through it. It was the grandest grand-est view we bad ever beheld till this moment. 1'ieao.int thoughts ran through our minds at the proMiect that not many years hence the hoiile of God would be established in the mountains, moun-tains, and exalted above the hills, w hiie the valleys winid be converted into or chard, Vineyard and fruitful field, rilies erected iu the name of the Lord and thu standard of Zion unfurled for the gathering of nations." In a speech delivered on this day in lhiy), Wilford Woodruff related this incident: in-cident: "On the 24tb I drove my ear-' riage. with ireident Young lying on a , lied in it. into I he open alley. the rei : of the company following. When we! cameiijt of the ranyoii into full view -of the railey. I turned the Side of j mv carriage around open to the wet, and President 1 oing n4 j |