Show Missionary's Li Life f e C Charmed h a r m e d dp 1 1 4 11 4 44 p I Goes in Quest of 4 44 44 1 t l 4 1 l l 1 Indian Interpreter at 14 4 a. a 4 Z f 4 l 1 1 Pioneer Mormon Church rr Worker Work Work- orl M. M Tenney Sr er Visiting in City Rd Relates Ites Miraculous Childhood Child Child- hood Escapes fO E Experiences fj t I I q begin wizen when Me Mere e lad ladin I in In ilL California I J r 5 and 1111 keep A S II up p all ill till through life till present time ij 5 J 1 t ei j you believe In miracles Ammon D DO M. M Tenney Sr oge aged pioneer and lifetime mission worker for tor the Mormon Mormon Mor- Mor mon man church In Utah and states bor- bor darIng old oId Mexico says sl'S ho he has had hall many narrow escapes some or of which aro ro rc almost miraculous S Mr fr 11 Tonne Tenney Is temporarily visiting 1118 daughter Mrs rs Olive e Curtice S. S LEast stroet street Salt Lake While Whilo conversing con with local oca officials ot of tho church Mr 11 Tenney Tenne related Levera several h Incidents of ot his early carly lifo lito i of Boyhood Day Doy c. To some eom Invisible power which h he cannot describe ho attributes being alive shIv e and enjoying good health though 74 4 yeara enra old Recalling Recalling- his boyhood days he told of or his hla father having hl sent him out to round up some s-orne lost ost horses I Jn n tho Santa Ana Aria bottoms of or southern California Mr Ir Tonney Tonne was then 10 years rears ears old Hero Is his own etory story When wo we 0 lived fit nt San Bernardino Cal Cat I was sent to look for tor some Borne horses that had strayed aWa away When en S I found round them the they were so wild fid It with tho the greatest difficulty I managed to hold them In the trail Only the ithe of ot my enabled meto me mc meto to keep them headed toward home lh The road led lcd through a n. clump of or largo cottonwood trees and my was galloping at nt top speed when I suddenly sud sud- denly noticed that with v. another sUd 1 leap cf If f tho animal I might bo be dragged from my horse to Instant death by a 0 limb of a n huge tree as It It extended extend cd thirty feet feat directly over tho pathway Quick as n a flash Clash I grabbed tho the mane of ot my horse dropped to tho the animals animal's Bido mide and left my mj right leg lag hanging ever or tho the saddle I escaped Injury but pummel of the saddle was cut off ort b T by y the overhanging ing limb of tho the tree treo CB roe smoothly as If tr It had been chopped off tt fr with an an ax Act n ns Indian Interpreter ter I 5 When hen I was only 14 years old andl and andIn In 1 l delicate delicato health I was recommended to that mighty colonizer and prophet I Young b by Apostle Charles Charle CRich C C. Rich to become Interpreter nt itt a final council which It was vas then proposed to I hold bold with the tho This was In shortly after I had located In I Harmony Jarmon iron county count Utah We Yo had heard of or a tribe of ot American Indians part o of whom were white whito and this aroused the feelings of President Young oung After carefully searching man many historical historical historical his his- records and holding eral Dc councils Jacob Hamblin was called onto onto on onto to go with a small party part cast east and south In lit search of the who were the first known At that time to Inhabit permanent villages mages But the question arose wh whether ther people were wera de descendants de- de of Nephi or Welshmen who had loft lort Wales and were 1 practically practical unknown Thereupon Bishop Davis of ot Harmony received orders to ordain his Ills son eon and myself elders We were then ent on a mission n with Jacob Iacob Hamblin having concluded e to abandon the tho search During this Journey wo we all but starved Nearly earh all nIl of ot our party were taken sick flick and without proper clothing to cover our weak and worn bodies bodles Some Somo of tho the party was vms so fa fatigued fatigued ta- ta wo we had to send back every night to help others get Into camp Wo We had to abandon an any further exploring expeditions and turn back homeward Wo We had eaton eaten all our provisions pro and the strange people wo we met raised their prices on corn meal t to toan an equal meas- meas measure ure of ot powder which was in those days of t r groat value because of ot its scarcity Food Scarce On J After Arter crossing tho the Colorado river rl on our wa way back Hamblin killed a badger which we boiled boned But It was so sd tough and tasted so co strong wo we decided to o carry It with us us expecting to try to I Ie e eat t it the next night Imagine our surprise when we opened It again and found nothing but This resulted because the water in which wo had the badger contained BO so much muche beV lye be eI e v I Our next experience was In eating Joe apples to relieve our hunger made us sick and ond reduced our strength i o owe we had to labor vehemently to reach JL it cache of provisions wo we had left on our way out in the hands hand II of ot tho tim chief of t the Pluto tribe of ot Buckskin j moun- moun tine We bad had little hope 0 of obtaining It St but to our great jO Joy that chieftain dug up our fifty pounds of ot flour and turned it over to Hamblin fiVe iVe were wen permitted to share In tho the rab- rab l m met meat at brought In by tho the poor La- La and laid at the tho feet teet of or their i great Ireat chieftain for tor the they lived after otter tho order of or things common to their primitive primi primi- tbs tive habits We halted temporarily nt at PI Pipe po Springs Spring Ariz which derived ed its name from the fact tact that two brothers named L Leavitt who ho hoere were ere excellent marksmen using a aipe Ipe for tor n a target shot awa away the tho back of ot Its bowl without breaking tho ho I stem stern On leaving Pipe Springs we wo had I gono gone only eight miles when wo we had to I send end back bock for tor Samuel Knight who was sick He was found Just in time or orho I he ho would have ha frozen stiff Snow and I sleet had fallen all d day and was two feet reet deep Our poor horses wore stumbling stumbling bling and reeling like drun drunkards ards none Horse Meat Ment Hunger The entire party decided starvation star was our doom unless we killed ono one of I our animals and ate it We Ye selected a L Lwhite white mare marc shot her and after cooking her without salt saIto ate ato tho the moat This meat last lasted four tour days das On tho the fifth wo vo reached Washington where we wo were met b by members of ot th the church They Thoy had come coins some distance from tho the town with a little food tood and open arms Here wo 0 disbanded Davis ls and myself going north to Harmony I dont don't suppose many are arc there today that bat realize the hardships we underwent In that frontier fron- fron tier country in recovering and pre preparing par par- ing InS It for the habitation of ot civilized people in peace and com comfort tort I re remained re- re with Mr 11 Hamblin fifteen years cars and learned learnell many good lessons from from that noble and God fearing man All Allor or of our missionary companions have o passed away Following several sO thrilling experiences on long marches with other church workers jho ho with myself narrow narrowly escaped starvation star there thero arose trouble with tho the Indians prin with tho the Navajos ajos who lived in comparative peace for tor a while 1 after atter thc they mall thad been overpowered by tho the gov gov- 0 But thc they were urged b by American outlaws to commit deprecations Hons an and bandits offered tho ho Navajos Navajoa fabulous prices for tor Mormon cattle horses and mules Tho The inhabitants of ot southern Utah suffered losses of ot millions of or dollars in the brea breaking up of their homes Whole settlements Joined for tor self pro action from Indians Nor or was this nIl all Tho Tha Navajos forced to aid In the War On the tho Indian Warfare In fights at different times Doc Doe Whitman hitman and Bud Dud Moody Young Sweet the thc two Berry Derry boys bos also the tho of or ono one of or them were ero all aU killed Enoch Dodge and men named Stevens nn and Hancock were badly wounded Capt James Andr Andrews Androws ws and Charles Hil Hil- ton from Virgin City had hairbreadth escape escape- from death deat because o soldier companions screamed nt at them Just In timo to give o them a 0 chanco to avoid arrows from tho the carefully aimed bows of Indians Indiana In those days a continual warfare was waged from Crom ono one end of ot the tho country country coun coun- try to tho other Forts Ports were erected and aud garrisoned while tho the Indians Indiana seemed able ablo to retreat and outwit us IS on every side aide The They would walk walle our streets at night look In through the windows of or our homes and watch our wives and daughters undress and go O to bed They laid ald under tho the fences and along our sidewalks s. s while tho the young were returning from tho dances All AIl this and other things were minutely minute minute- ly related to me mc while on missions among thorn thom I r have ha barely barcly touched the tho frightfulness fright fright- of or things tha that occurred around mo me In those days when that awful fear tear of ot tho the black man filled tilled tho to hearts of ot On our mothers wives and sweethearts sweethearts lJ returning from ono one of the most Perilous adventures I had rou fought ht sixteen had in which I I of or Indians Indiana off orr of or t tho o bod body m my wounded father tather for tor two hours I chanced 1 before to reaching my ray theme h pass the tho village in which my espoused es- es Wife was waB living When hen tho the town turned 7 out to meet our vart party an and hear the news of ot our narrow escapes this sweet girl camo ai also She Sho wa was wa DO so excited eho sho wa was trembling trem- trem bling blanched all i over o an and hor her pretty face ace was when site she modestly took m my hand without uttering a word On thin occasion the tho Indians drove us from our horses hones anti and saddles and all 1111 our camp equipment two hours of ot I battle In which t they ey fired fully tully shots shota at nt us us wo we hid in the cavity of ot a a. largo large rock until dark Then Then 1 wo we 0 cropt crept out and took tho night to reach Duncans Duncan's Duncans Duncan's Dun Dun- cans can's retreat whore horo wo we found some somo guards who con co conveyed 7 u. u us homo home w We had lost lost eleven head of ot horses horac and all allour allour our travelling outfit but I I. I with tho the help of or the tho tho Lord had saved my father r and Enoch Do go who was wa wounded Ione Lone An army ormy was called out ont to search 1 for tor or the tho bodies bodle of ot Bud Dud Moody l and others Wo o 0 ran across a n lone Plute who waso was wa wasso so overcome o with foal fear that ho would fall tall to tim tho ground and Ito llo thoro there clous scions Somo Some In our camp who w ver ro roIn In vindictive nn and filled fillod with a n desire fo for tOI revenge took toot livo 11 coals cons of ot fire an rolled them thorn against tho the hands am and naked logs of that poor soul as ho la lay lal unconscious They said ho he was pos unit hut I pushed them away from him hini until the they threatened mo me what they were doing soon Boon became noised around the camp and tho ho officers who of ot haYing having haY hav came to hl his relief rollof approved od my ing Inc Interfered John D. D I I. IA Pierce third In comman command 1 then thon promised the thc captive Pluto his life lito if r ho would tell toll tho bodies were I acted ns os Int Interpreter It must be bo un understood understood un- un un I our devotions de to our God Cod not omitted nn and we wo always added some sIgn n or clue where to find tho bodies All this time Captain Androws Andrews with n a detachment of soldiers was searching for tor tho the bodies bodlos Alter After many days ono of ot our part party ono morning about 10 o'clock saw V with great grent Joy a n rn ray or ot light resembling a n rainbow except tha that tho it pointed straight down This to bo be about four tour or tl miles down downIn wn In tho the valley vallo t to- to tho the south Tho rho camp d declared this was In answer Vor to Indian wa wo whereupon the tho our prayers had captured and tol taken en with us told This Is la where mo me In hi his native tho bodies lie He Ho lIo motioned ys is In tho the right direction and whilo wo we procco proceeded ell there thero and kicked two t feet et of ot snow off ocr the l' l Captain Androws Andrews camo camu up with eight more moro Indian prisoner which promptly lined up UI and shot down |