Show law How a a Utah Mal Man Escaped Death Deith at atthe the Stake I passing r the te evening of or his life I at a 41 21 2 North Harth First Frt West we street Is Jamee Jae 8 s s Brown Bw pioneer p member mb of the th Mor Mormon mon M io battalion battaion discoverer of gold g in California Indian Ini fighter and I mission missionary I ary an 17 to the t Sandwich islands Island at a a 8 time I when gospel carriers WM cr were frequently taken t internally in his hl I yI ot of f Mr Brown e has had I thrillIng literally t lly ha without h number His nub Hi hairbreadth escapes from death the ep fm dt t Interesting episodes epie of his le Fife form a an l ort t chapter in the J history 1 of Ut Utah and a the ei entire Ure west wet On of the c Pt of O L te r Mr Browns e that has ha never neer been published SL i In any Jy y DW sw P P pr r was wu enacted enat in the te Sandwich islands il isla More than years Jn ago Mr Brown Brwn was called cle on ona onam a mission m to t that then tn unknown territory ry r F Late L in April of 1862 18 he landed lande near the t little village of Tate and anda started a to t preach the Mormon Moron gospel gos l H He Be 8 as that some mis missionaries Jpe had ha preceded pree him and they at aton once on e Inflamed the minds mins of or the natives against his teachings Still sun he lie made some scale f e converts and ad was WA allowed to go unmolested for several days Finally the tribes trib could be b restrained no n longer On the afternoon of May 4 Mr Brown was wa seized seised by two to strap strapping strapping ping warriors warior and confined in a hut That Tat night a council counci was wa held hel to de determine det termine t Us s fate and it i was decided deide that he must be b burned at the stake The T decision wa was communicated to Mr Brown early ely on the th following morning That Tt afternoon he was W led l out to the place of execution Several hundred natives gath gathered were ered er together and a fre fire of logs loge lo was kindled The names flames fiam were crackling about abut the th timber right rl ht merrily merly and and Mr Brwn Brown had almost given himself up for lost lo when w e a row rw was wa started sarte between I the young and the th e old men of the tribe tib The Te missionary have ave any idea I what the trouble truble was wan Wa about but when it was wa over he was s informed that he would not nt be b burned urne j I James Jame Brown Brow He asked aske for an explanation and one one of the old ol men mn told him he had seen sen a pillar of fire over his head and took tk it for a sign sin from heaven The young men see s the sign and therefore insisted on the execution but they were overpowered Thenceforward with wih one or two exceptions Mr Browns life in t t e islands was wa peaceful Mr Brown was w present when gold was wan discovered in the Sutter mill mi race In California in 1848 He it was mas B who made the tests te and determined the lit little lt littIe tIe tle te specks of metal to be b gold Later La tl in Utah tah he participated in a number of IndIan Il fights ft In the te last he lost lot his left lef leg near the thigh He had gone away from his companions into sonic some bushes to reconnoiter and on re returning returning returning turning they tired fired fre at him thinking he I was wa an Indian The bullet bulet took tok effect in his leg injuring it i so 8 seriously that amputation was necessary ner I |