| Show deah I 1 h a I 1 WAL T gny january 55 i 1 IDEAR I 1 BP I 1 improve this ithe ahe 6 earliest axt opportunity aup J to inform you of the death of captain walker the chief aft after er a sickness of 10 days he di died ed on tho the L 29 th dinst j nat lit at meadow greek abbat 6 miles from fillmore his complaint plaint stien seemed ted to td be a eold cold settled on hie big lungs I 1 I 1 t I 1 I 1 arrived at fiehn ore ot oh the 4 i dinst and started next morning for walkers lodge and met the coining willij with wali ker afia and supporting app 0 haia oil on a horse ile he held h eld out iiii his hand h and and a ild shook 49 k hands and seemed very glad I 1 to see me he asked me if baigh brigham am talked good and if I 1 w was as going wit with Whim him to the Navi joes I 1 told hi him mithat imbat br brigham talked very good and perhaps I 1 ifould would go with ith him hian ri i I 1 showed him tbt letter te f you sent ta him and I 1 gave him all the articles article ls you sent to hime he seemed reat ly jy pleased with them and wanted me lne to fro come come next morning toa meadow creek and d read the letter for him on the next morn before daiy day diy the pau vans came miming I 1 I 1 into the tort id that walker V was as dead and the lis w were are mad I 1 4 i tw I i they I 1 had killed two squads squaws 0 andt and fo wo pie 1 e children kano ka no she the nia chief sent 4 i us word W 61 rd to drive up all our 0 ur horses aa and G t tle tie and keep out of ahe the kenyons kan that the in tended io id killow all Pau vans and two cormons mormons Mor Mo inions mons and a great many many cattle about eighth eighteen eer of conr people p ite went out i in the morning and found that t the t had aa kaled two squads squaws ais prisoner sAnd two taro pied ac children baldre and about twelve el or fifteen of walkers best horses hoies I 1 me tha said twenty y hd horses r they had bad buried walker with wibb t the letter a and 4 d all the articles you yoa se sent n t to him t T I 1 1 I 1 i I 1 I 1 Y gura I 1 as eyer ever in in the gospel of christ I 1 I 1 DAVID 1 I 1 LEWIS P S W ackers last words w to his people were not to kill the mormons cormons Mor mons eattle cattle nor steal from them awas I 1 was with hm him i until he was attack with death he hirwas in his senses abad d greatly desired to live hie he possessed a 11 good spirit and shook bands twice with me ag ad iby as starting for 01 the F fort 0 ir fi he e pressed my hand and said ome come and see Is ae me again to wish to have a iano long talk with you but am too sick to talk now 5 |
