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Show Volume XI THE Issue IV OGDEN VALLEY NEWS December Annie’s Christmas 1, 2004 Gift fat and left. Whey they got to the gate at the fort’s wall, she saw her nephew Sam. Her message was short and he hurried to her Annie Peterson Wilcox came across the home and to the sleeping babies. plains with her parents and family with one Her eyes had become used to the darkness now and she could see two horses waiting. of the first handcart companies. She was five years old. It was a tiresome journey for Young Blood brought one horse close to her Annie and often her mother would let her with a saddle on it. Again she recognized ride on the family cow’s head between the Jim’s horse. horns. Young Blood led her south and west hen they arrived in Salt Lake City, among some low hills about 5 to 6 miles President Brigham Young called Brother from her home. Annie could see faint outPeterson to take his family and settle at Cedar lines of Indian teepees—one at the edge of the group. He stopped and she dismounted ort. When Annie Peterson was 13 years ole, and he led the way inside. There was Blood’s wife Taoka burning with fever. Another she was married to Brother Wilcox and she squaw and Jim were placing cool pieces of lived in a one room log cabin until after her first daughter was born. blanket on Taoka’s burning skin There was no time for remarks to Jim. She being the fifth wife of Brother She knew he had sent Blood for her. Annie Wilcox, her tasks were not easy. She worked mixed a few drops of coal oil on the sugar. in the fields, in the hills a wood, and That cut the chocking spasms. A few drops at many kinds of hardc of turpentine in the water seemed to let her When her first ae was cae months old, breath more easily. She dozed off to sleep she was called by President Young to come to and then Annie’s attention was turned to a Salt Lake City and learn the profession ofa small bed of skins in the opposite corner. midwife. This she practiced until she was Taoka’s small two month old daughter began nearing 80 years of age. to cry. Annie took from her satchel a diaper Many people called her Aunt Annie and and changed and cuddled the cold hungry her skill was known all over Cedar Valley, nee Then, from her own breast, she fed the especially in Camp Floyd and Cedar Fort. infan When her second baby was born, another Then she and Jim left Young Blood’s log room was added and for each new baby teepee. I can imagine the interesting talks another room until there was six rooms for Jim and Annie must have had on the way her six children. When she had her last back to Annie’s home and babies. They had babies of three years and another at two slept all night and didn’t even know it was months, Annie was sitting by the open grate knitting-trying to finish a pair of little red Christmas. About noon, the knock again came on the ach of her babies. door of Annie’s cabin and there stood Young Christmas Eve. They must be finished before she went to bed. Blood, tears in his eyes and a bundle in his arms. Suddenly a loud knock came on the door. “Here Annie, my gift to you. Taoka gone. Great Spirit came . . . she gone. Mada is She dropped the half finished sock and answered the second loud rap when opened yours. Annie raise her to be a good girl with the door. She was facing an Indian brave yours.” from the Skull Valley tribe. He was known in Young Blood was never seen again in the settlement as Young Blood. She recogCedar Fort. Some stories say he went north nized the brave was wearing her brother but no one really knew where. Annie raised the two girls as twins until they were ten Jim’s coat and cap. That was a “Come Annie. Come Annie with Blood. years old when scarlet fever raged in the Must come.’ small communities. Mada was taken back to “Blood, where’s Jim? Is he hurt?” be with Taoka on Christmas Day ten years “No Annie. Come.” after her mother had died Taoka hot... burning. Oh so hot. Come As Annie related the story, she concluded help Blood.” with, “So girls, the Lord giveth and the Lord Annie checked her sleeping babies. She taketh awa I have had many happy then grabbed her little satchel with a bottle of Christmases and, to me, this was a special coal oil, some sugar, turpentine, and venison one.” Page 9 Historical Photo By Margaret Berlin, Formerly of Huntsville Snow bank with deer - picture taken about 1936. The plow kept the road clear, but the bank was so high we couldn't see the road from the house windows. We lived in the house at the corner where the road goes to Patio. The lady in the picture is my mother, Edith Ferrin Burnett. Photo courtesy of Donna McKay. Subscriptions available for out of area residents at $18.00 annually. Send payment with mailing address to: THE OGDEN VALLEY NEws PO BOX 130 EDEN UT 84310 The OGDEN VALLEY NEWs is looking for Ogden Valley and Ogden Canyon historical biographies, stories, and photos to use in its publication. 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