Show I I 0 I KNOW UTAH I By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS Believing Belle that tho arrival of ot the federal army in Utah meant the Ule destruction of ot the tho Latter-day Latter Saints the residents of ot Salt Lake City CIti on March 21 21 1859 agreed to abandon their homes onus and go south this decision being reached after eastern castern newspapers had been received with information that the move of ot the army to Utah was for the purpose of ot destroying the church The objective point at the start was Sonora It was the second exodus of the saints Mints the first one being the trek from Nauvoo to Salt Lake City Men women and children abandoned homes and left lert only onh a few tew men to guard the tho property prop erty and to set fire tire to houses orchards farms If a a. door latch should be lifted or a e. gate swung open by a a. hostile hand It will be recalled that wh when n Captain Van Visit said to Brigham Young loung wh when n ho homade homade homade made his trip into Salt Lake on a a. peace mission i that the gove government would send enough troops to overcome all opposition that the pioneer leader re replied replied re- re replied plied We are aware such will be the tho case but when wIlen those troops arrive arrhe they their will find Utah a no desert In stating stating- his 1113 promise he said further that the army may force torce its way through the mountain but When it reaches Zion it wilt will find desolation a city uninhabited and fruitful fields turned into inte a desert and th the land of ot smiling orchards into a no burnt and blackened waste S S S There were those tholie at the time who b believed d that the empire builder had another purpose in view In Inthe Inthe Inthe the second exodus which was to call attention of the world t to conditions in lit the territory eo so that the government might might- through congress Ss send a committee com cont- e to Salt Lake to investigate Should this fall fail then there was the destruction of property by fire The plan failed tailed due to tho the proclamation of p pardon Issued by President James Buchanan S S S SAnd And of the exodus When it was decided to abandon aban aban- don the city of Salt Lake and the settlements settlement In the north and destroy them by fire there W was was' S' S not a dissenting dissenting die die- dis dis- hand raised It was was in the early part of ot May when the settlements north of ot Salt Lake were abandoned aban aban- Describing the tho exodus Governor Harding In his report to the president of pf th the United States said The people including the tha inhabitants of Salt Lake City ar are are moving from every settlement In the northern part of th the territory The roads are everywhere everywhere every every- where filled with wagons loaded with provisions provisions provisions' and household furniture th the women and children often without shoes driving their flocks and yet they seem not only resigned but cheerful 1 It Is is' the will of th the Lord they declare and they rejoice to exchange tho the comforts of home home- for trials o of the wilderness Their ultimate destination is not J I presume presume definitely fixed upon Going south seems sufficiently definite for most of ot them but many believe belleve their destination I. I h vv AV S S 5 The army of General Johnston entered Salt Lake alley on June 2 26 1858 1868 camped in Ip C Cedar dar valley at what was named Camp Flod On July 1 the first presidency and anda a few others r returned turned to their homes In Salt Lake City from Provo This ended the exodus exodus exodus' exo exo- exo- exo dus due and In a few days they were followed by others and the deserted city r |