Show 11 I 1 11 s FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY 1 I 1 I 1 K i tile the pioneer bond band c tile E indians indiana for the first time on this do day V hod had started of fafty IF ye years a rs ago 0 o the train and about bout an indian at 7 I 1 a ni rode up to the first wagon and ap peered quite fil endly shortly after seven or eight or of them camo came running A t out trout from the timber and their appearance pe arance was the cause of ci much apprehension 1 on tile the part of the trav travelers elors m who be did not nol know aliat liat to e expect p ee I 1 front from the savages at noon t taft li pioneers lancers it clime cimo in eight bight of the iho fawnee village Z located on en the south mouth bank of the loupo loupe d did tot not a t like it a buffalo huf falo ll 0 hut but this did not 11 1 appear a W r to so him ill there aam aa no open often hat hostility 1 11 t if shown however ho meNer and the indians india N ero e e inter in ter atod spectators of 0 all that inas ft as going coins on in the camp at a little past 2 tho the train again tait failed cd and hardly had tho the move moe realty really commenced when hen tile ali rain de in borent to Tent rent by tb thunder linder and lightning the meather turning quite cold the journey vies aa k kept adept up until 6 p in m when ben camp vaa ala formed on tho the banks its ii its of t I 1 ia loupe miles from tile the starting starling point t il it I 1 W li I 1 I 1 I 1 1 4 I 1 I 1 P I 1 it I 1 R V N i MV F 0 I 1 1 X I 1 21 1 10 1 o 1 I M I 1 01 1 A il 0 11 i ak A 1 v 1 1 1 11 4 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 11 Z F I 1 0 MR 1 i ra 1 g st y w vl I 1 fx ie t 1 I 1 map s 1 I 1 11 1 14 I 1 r 0 Y 0 0 M 1 F af II I 1 1 f r iv I 1 aj fr 41 aw aar 11 IV I 1 1 I 1 11 I 1 WILLARD RICHARDS from an in permission of cannon sons publishers I 1 1 flork fork and about three quarters of 0 a mile from the road the pioneers were I 1 traveling which led to a long narro narrow abw lake jake between tho the river end umber timber and on its ita hanks banks the ha noon rest was taken ithe i the guards vero instantly placed at their posts as a largo large number of I 1 indians had followed the campers y 11 one of tta the indiana presented certify i cates cate from those who had bad previously i passed through their village statin g pat hat the chief of the pawnees vaa a s friendly Trl endly to tho the whites nho he had pre him with many little tokens r heber haber C gave them some rome tobacco and a 8 little salt fait brigham young 9 resented recon ted their chief some powder ahead lead and salt and others of tho the party travo lavo up some flour and small email arti articles cielL altho the old chief however did not seem beem to think the presents sufficient suin clent and remarked that he did aid not want the party to travet travel through tigh his country as 21 was afraid they mould kill the but akl allo or drive them olt OIL mr Shum nay may j on one of the pioneers told him that thit lury president young toung called the camp together and speaking of his fears or of an attack hy by indians during the night advised the placing of a stronger guard euard he called for olun volunteers and offered their services the men vere mere divided into two tuo squads of fifty each to divide the night watch be b teen thern them A picket was placed out sido the camp to give the alarm tho the night v m na as A fearful one cold windy and rainy it was the th commencement of the attending atten dinc tile the trip across the plains bud and during the long cotche a telles of the night when then the arto storm rm iraq at its height and an attack by tile the Indians was momentarily expected t tho he weary neary guards had haal arnele time to peer in into I 1 0 the future and it to la possible that they fully realized for t the lie first time I 1 th ho dangers that confronted them in thir their advent into a new and unknown country A 11 table forum of the pioneer plon lt band was waa willard richards lie he was one of tho the hi of tile ali journey and closely associated SOc mith brigham young and the th leaders le aderi in all their councils and plans plana he won horn born in middlesex county ilia juno jun 24 HH and died in salt lake march it 11 1851 |