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Show 66 View from the RedPoint 99 (Editors Note: View from the Red Point, a popularized account of the beginnings of Utah, by Albert Antrei, is being published serially in the Manti Messenger and Ephraim Enterprise. A significant historical document, View from the Red Point is fascinating reading. Readers will likely want to clip each installment and combine them at the completion of publication into a complete narrative.) South-Centr- al ELAINE HIGHAM Mrs. Frances L. Bown returned to her home April 5 after spending almost three weeks in the Payson Hospital. While there she received treatment for a heart condition. She reports that her condition is improving. from have found out a few things about the Anglo-Saxo-- - all that about the for them many years lived among having British stiff upper lip, that coolness of manner, all of that is a coverup for a deep, romantic sentimentality. On his deathbed, for instance, Jerome Bradley was married to Mary Shumway, and his stepfathers little cabin had to be floating in salty tears, what with the blowing of noses, the sobbing of the womenfolk, men on that day by Jeromes cattail bed when and the choked-u- p Patriarch Isaac Morley or Bishop John Lowry read the marriage vows to Jerome and Mary. It was on July 16, 1850, and as the Home Sentinel wrote about it more than thirty years afterward, death, stern', relentless, unyielding death, closed his eyes, and they were disunited to await a happier union in a future existence. There is nothing any more sentimental in any Teutonic heldenlied. And you can bet their worn, muddy boots they believed every syllable and inflection about the future existence and eternal life, for neither was this deathbed marriage considered an idle exercise in romantic futility. In later years Mary Shumway Bradley, faithful to the end, was sealed to Jerome in the Temple, with somebody standing in proxy for Jerome. Jeromes worn oolite marker is in the southeast corner of the cemetery. Whoever laid off his grave made a mistake of about 16 degrees of declination with True North. This is perhaps an indication that Jesse Fox was no longer around in 1851, for at that time not everyone was conscious of the effect of Magnetic North on a compass needle. Thus, on Resurrection Day Jerome and the boy beside him, William Henrie, will rise at a sixteen degree angle from all the rest. It did not exactly take the loss of some children to impress upon the living the fragile nature of their existence in their outpost of Christian Zion, but every time that somebody died it emphasized their tenuous hold to Manti. This was true even with ld The Manti Center Ward Relief Society mother training lesson will be given by Marlene Cox and the social relations lesso" will be given by Bernice Keeler. This meeting will begin at 10 .m. April The second session will be held Wednesday, April 16 at 7 p.m. with the social relations lesson being given by Carol Maines. Manti Weather The Manti weather data is reported each week by Leslie J. Anderson, local cooperative observer for the U.S. Weather Bureau. Prec. .11 30 02 readings for the are as follows: Apr. 1, 67; Apr. 2, 49; Apr. 3, 30; Apr. 4, 30; Apr. 5, 27; Apr. 6, 76; Apr. 7, 56. Snowfall included 1. 4 inches Apr. 1; 3.5 on Apr. 6; and a trace on Apr. 7. Humidity past week the arrival of newcomers. The link between them and their friends, relatives, and Church Authorities was weakest in the Salt Creek Canyon, as Jerome Bradley had discovered himself not long before. A little practical application of geostrategy resulted in the founding of Nephi at the mouth of the Canyon in 1851. By 1859 Moroni was situated near the head of the same canyon, and these strengthened the thin logistical line between Sanpete and the main north-sout- h line of communication in the Mormon Territory of Deseret. George Bradley and Isaac Morley were both involved in the location and settlement of Nephi and Moroni. Brother Brigham wanted to get Isaac off the farthest and wildest of the frontiers of Mormon years old when settlement, for Father Morley was seventy-thre- e Moroni was founded, but Isaac seemed to figure that there was no better place or time to fill in his allotted days, and he died at Fairview in 1864 at the age of seventy-eigh- t, thinking by now that nothing in Sanpete could see the first light of a Latter-da- y without him. They were always prepared for death, and they did what they thought they needed to do in their own defense, but they were not too well prepared for the problem which fell into their laps in November 1851. Now and then, as stated somewhere above, they wanderers with herds of sheep from had met Spanish-speakin- g New Mexico, and with these people they were always on good terms, often buying either wool, mutton, or animals from them. When a party of New Mexicans under a man named Pedro Lebn was brought to Manti, however, with some captive Indian children and one old Indian woman, they were introduced suddenly and Spanish actually to what they had only heard about until then slave trade. Leon was from Abiqulr. His and his partys slavetrading activities were intercepted at Nephi and brought to Manti before a Justice of the Peace at gunpoint. It was not obvious to the Justice at Manti, George Peacock, what to do about it. At that moment in history the Territory had no legal grounds for action, for there was as yet no written statute on the subject of slavery. Unaware of the status of things in the Territory as of 1851, SeKor Leon indignantly showed his license to trade, dated August 14, 1851 and signed at Santa Fe by James S. Calhoun, Governor of New Mexico Territory. He must have been informed that this was no longer part of either Old or New Mexico, and that the Governor was Brigham Young, not James S. Calhoun. Justice Peacock had the case transferred to the First District Court of Judge Zerubbabel Snow in Salt Lake City. There, the slavers were found guilty, fined, deprived of their Indian captives, and ordered out of Utah Terri- Mrs. William Nielsen returned to her home in Manti Saturday, April 5. She has Sterling Telephone 835-545- 3 Glen and LaRita Lloyd of Midvale came Saturday and visited with her mother Ann Peterson. They stayed overnight, leaving early enough Sunday to avoid the oncoming storm. Glen Edwards, a patient at the Cottonwood Hospital in Murray, is receiving treatment. He was hospitalized fqr ten days prior to this but made such progress they released him. He stayed with Roger and Phyllis Nielson in Tooele for a while, then he had to have more treatments because of his stomach. He is in Room 19 at Cottonwood Hospital. He would appreciate some communication from home. Mrs. Gladys Henigan, a member of the Manti South Ward for almost a year left Monday morning, April 7 to make her home in St Petersburg, Florida. Gladys will live with her sister, Florence Hartman, who is also a widow. Gladys plans to spend a few days in Salt Lake City with close personal friends. Bishop and Mrs. Alma Dalebout. The Dalebouts will accompany Gladys to the LDS Temple where she will have her temple work done, before she boards the plane which will take her to Florida. Gladys was the main speaker in the sacrament meeting on April 6 in the Manti South Last weekend Melba DeMill of Manti and Donna Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Lucien terson spent the weekend in the capital city. Saturday Mrs. Peterson attended the national Daughter of Utah Pioneers convention. Saturday night they were at the home ofMrs. Pauline Hart in Granger. They also called upon Donas father, Mr. and Mrs. Elton A. Sorenson. Camille Nielson andLetaWil-lardso- n of Gunnison took a trip to Lake Powell. The ladies said they enjoyed being out in a boat on the water all day Saturday, as well as the trip going and coming. Sharon Stan and Ruth Brox of Manti spent part of their Sunday afternoon with Don and Ber-niece Ottoson. ..... 46 oz APPLE JUICE Western Family 570 46 oz 570 PINEAPPLE JUICE Western Family . 46 oz 570 VANILLA WAFERS Keeblers reg. 690 Sale 590 CHERRY TURNOVERS Pillsbury 6s reg. 710 .sale 610 . BUTTERMILK BISCUITS week. and Weldon Chris- 430 MILD CHEESE, Hiland lb. 950 personnel in St. George from Wednesday to Saturday of last tensen and family from Salt Lake City were weekend visitors with Sharons mother, Mrs. Melvin Denison. They helped Lenore in fixing up the damage done to her home when some pipes broke in April 10, 1 1, 12 Western Family Forest Washburn attended a school for Justice of Peace The Relief Society for the Manti South Ward for Tuesday April 15 will be Social Relations and will be given by Ruth Scow at 10 a.m. The mother training lesson will be presented by Joyce Stahle. On April 16 at 7 p.m. the Social Relations lesson will be given by Jennie Lowry. MQRH 011 VEGETABLE COCKTAIL JUICE Last Sunday Forest and Vernelda Washburn drove to West Jordan to attend a family reunion with the Frank Schmidts. Douglas and Janice Schmidt and two children came to West Jordan from their home in Logan to visit with both sets of parents, the Washburns and the Schmidts. General Primary Conference in Salt Lake City, last week, were Mrs. Janice Peterson, stake secretary and Mrs. Merlene Anderson, stake cub scouting director. MSAftS PITTED OLIVES 300 cans Lindsay Lieutenant and Mrs. Terry Brewer and two children, Danny and Robin, spent a few days this past week visiting with Mrs. Brewers parents and family, the Max Calls. They will be discharged from the airforce in June and are making plans to move to Salt Lake City at that time. The Brewers are now stationed at Great Falls, Montana. Attending stout Thurs., Fri., Sat. Bishop Lynn Nielson and his wife, Shirley, attended the Samoan Missionary reunion in Salt Lake City last Friday evening. They reported that it was a real treat to meet old friends and acquaintances. Ward. Pe- cET VHUHTHf from her leg and is settled once more back in her own home. 10, s Pillsbury for 490 3 BONELESS HAM Old Faithful piican lb. $1.47 jj :: APPLESAUCE Western Family 303 .2 for 570 . SHORTENING Bakerite Thurs., Fri., Sat. April 10, 1, 12 1 I PEAS, Western Family 303 cans Thurs., Fri., Sat. 3 for 970 $1.87 . 4 . . i 3 for $1.00 5 oz . .3 for .... i 930 .... 12 oz 47(1 HAWAIIAN PUNCH 6oz . . 3 for 89(1 J 1 : 3 Banquet for 89(5 M D TISSUE PRODUCE Washington Delicious . . lb. 200 head lb. A 8 R 29(1 each 290 GREEN ONIONS 2 303 Western Family 65 8 12 size 2 Hunts 2 I for 290 . 303 290 SPINACH, Western Family 303 2 for 530 790 EfivuM3ht,AkDciC(i3uA reg. 2.45 $2.19 Folgers VIENNA SAUSAGE Swifts for $1.00 3 i; . . lbs 950 5 ORANGES lb. 110 CABBAGE lb. 90 :! Meat ' :: :: ftUMGf MUSHROOMS I oz. for 430 INSTANT COFFEE GROUND BEEF BONELESS HAMS .... BABY BEEF LIVER lb. 830 i; FnozEaljbod lb. $1.49 ... lb. 590 MUTTON LEG OR CHOPS . lb. 790 Sale, ORANGE JUICE Western Family 6 oz . . 4 for 890 PUMPKIN PIES FRESH SIDE BACON 1 . . lb. $1.49 ... lb. 980 SPARE RIBS lb. 950 lb. 890 . oz Western Family doz. 590 STEAK, Round or Rib 49(5 6 DICED BEETS 550 . . Qt. for 650 2 35(1 1 lb. size H raiiura LITTLE SIZZLERS Hormel i 590 TOMATO PASTE MAYONNAISE, Imitation i for 250 I adorn: . . . :: $2.89 15 oz TOMATO SAUCE, GERMADE OR CRACKED WHEAT 20(1 1 CELERY Loin End . . . PEAS, Western Family 49(5 77C reg. I . lbs 10 Your carton 9 PORK CHOPS ... EGGS AA Large APPLES FRESH FRYERS 1 MANDARIN ORANGES 11 oz reg. 410 jf PORK ROAST j t COOK IN BAGS 1 i I ' TOMATOES )j f- I FROZEN FOODS LETTUCE It was an act of war when on October 1, 1853 William Luke, lb. 90 TUNA, Carnation WIDE EGG NOODLES I $ 870 59(5 Ralston jj King Size American Beauty 14 qt. WHEAT CHEX 19(1 GROCERIES I DAWN DISH SOAP ry head oz 370 VIENNA SAUSAGE PORK & BEANS Van Camp 303 cans DIAMOND FOIL Heavy Duty 18 inch? Carnation PRODUCE POTATOES No. ' I April 10, 1,12 CABBAGE King Size Libby i 1 LETTUCE I CHEER DETERGENT MUSHROOMS, Ostrum 3 lbs $1.43 . INSTANT MILK $ i . 1 GROCERIES That did not end the slave trade on the spot. Begun around 1 1805, it continued illicitly well into the 1860s. An edict by Governor Young against slavery in the Territory recalled that in Missouri, a 2 the Mormons had been considered slave State. The slave trade in Utah was made officially illegal 5? within a year or two of the Leon incident, but for several years thereafter a mounted patrol operated in southern Utah to police it. Blaming the Mormons for the loss of the trade, and probably claiming a raw deal, Pedro Leon did not leave Utah before he made certain that all the Utes were adequately informed of it. The New Mexicans had traded guns, gunpowder, and other commodities lucratively for the slaves, and since the Mormonee neither bought slaves nor traded for them with guns, gunpowder, nor whiskey, nor anything else, the Utes were infuriated. The Walker War against the outposts of Mormon settle- $ ment is believed to have stemmed directly from the loss of the slave trade to the Utes, and hence its instigation has been laid to the door of Pedro Leon. Until then the occasional Indian troubles A had seemed irrational, sporadic events by renegade bands of Utes. Their attacks flashed on and off like matches struck in the night. Each incident now, however, following the abolition of the slave trade in Utah, was as a match set to a fuse, each fuse attached jjjt and running to one huge powderkeg. William Reid, James Nelson, and Thomas Clark were ambushed at dawn at Uintah Springs. They were on their way to Lukes returning from a mission in England. Another party of wagons from Manti found them two days later, their bodies mutilated in hatred, their wagon burned, and their animals and grain scattered in contempt. This was also the time that the first Danish settlers chose to arrive in the Sanpete Valley. Badly timed, they came to Allreds Ranch (now Spring City), about 17 miles north and east of Manti. There were about 200 of them, about half of whom were children. Allreds was occupied off and on, in rhythm with the mood of Ute warparties, so the Danes did not arrive in thriving, established communities. They came on the backwash of an ebbtide of settlement, just when the Allreds were in a retreating mood. Now, in the autumn of 1853 the Danes found the place nearly abandoned, the crops still in the ground. They were broke, hungry, and speaking Danish in an unpromising, remote wilderness outpost as different from Denmark as the Congo. Feeling themselves under constant observation, the Danes dug the Allreds potatoes on shares and organized themselves into labor companies for survival. For reasons of their own, the Ute were content for a while to stare at them from a distance, perhaps sensing that these were a different people, tall and blond, and some of the children even towheaded. For their part the Danes chose to ignore the Indian danger until December. They then received a messenger from Brigham Young, who ordered them to get to the comparative safety of the Sanpete fort at Manti right away. Concurrently with the messenger some men arrived from Manti to help the Danes move. In the meantime, the Utes struck close at the mouth of Manti Canyon, within sight of Phineas Cooks gristmill. Obediently, the hungry Danes gathered their children and their belongings into what few wagons they had, rounded up their animals and armloads of hay, sacked their miserable potato crop, and with the help of the Manti men moved everything that could be carried to the Manti Log Fort, which had just been built on the townsite. The Utes moved in right behind them at Allreds and burned everything left behind. (To be continued) 835-44- the house while Lenore was away for several months. Lenore now has the cast removed 5 tory. anti-slave- Telephone DONA PETERSON 15. I in Salt Lake City for medical care for the past seven weeks, but has recuperated very satisfactorily. been Manti South Manti Center MANTi MESSENGER, Manti, Utah Thursday, April 10, 1975 lb. 790 FROZEN FOODS 6 oz FRENCH FRIES, Russet 690 . . 2 FROZEN FRYERS Grade A, cut up 3 for 690 POT PIES, Swanson 8 oz 2 for 490 TV DINNERS ORANGE JUICE Wholesun Mortons 24 oz lbs 370 lb. 490 3 for 890 j 12 oz 850 BURRITOS Mortons 11 oz 430 Manti Grocery Member of ASSOCIATED FOOD STORES |