Show I I INOW UTAH I By ALBERT F. F PhILIPS That there hero was as no Illiteracy arnon among amon the tho Mormons In the early carly days l in Is shown In the In the Mormon Jormon battalion for tor when they signed the tho payroll at Fort t ort Leavenworth every one of ot the GOO men hi own rn name Before Detore that sal said taId the paymaster f only about third one of ot tho NI ho lie had previously paid could write their names Of or the tho allowance for tor clothing paid the tho battalion was brought back to the camps In Iowa Iown Their Their- It was considered what should be done With the fund It was suggested that the fund bo be sent to St. St Louis Louts to bo ho used In bringing families who bo had b been n held there waiting tation Finally It was ns decided that the tho fund would be used In the purchase of ot supplies However when It C came mo to making the purchases prices s on c n ties had advanced materially mate and high prices priCE'S had to tob b 89 paid This caused more or less I grumbling On the march to Santa l Fe o the tho members of ot the tho battalion lost ost much of ot their clothing and anil man many had nothing but buta a b breech ch cloth around their loins While In this condition condition condition con con- they ran Into a herd of ot wild bulls The Tho battle with them was the only contest during the tho long trek across the continent It might be remarked that the tho government paid the tho battalion a a. bounty of ot OOOO On December 31 6 the number of ot Latter day ny Saints which were held In the camps of ot the tho Mormon leaders numbered around 1000 In some somo of or the camps thero was great suffering and many families ran ron out of or pr provisions visions Many deaths followed tollow d and at times there here were hot enough healthy people to nurse the sick At Council Bluffs Blus or on the site where here Council Bluffs now stands was a tent teat city Later ter on when the tho camp was moved mo to w winter Inter quarters ers the people were kept busy building cabins S SWinter Winter Inter quarters was a log city Tho The buildings were twelve to eighteen feet teet long and in iii some somo In Instances Instances instances In- In stances the logs lols were hewn or squared by tho the broad ax lx Lynn and cottonwood timber was use used 1 Many or of the cabins had nothing but earth floors floon while in others the tho floors were WE're of or puncheons luncheons The Tho people however were at the tho mercy of the rainstorms A census taken of the tho buildings on December 31 31 1846 dl disclosed log and amI 83 sod sad houses houseR and amI in these buildings there were housed people leople of whom WEre vero sick This was the condition of ot the tho Latter day Saints Sainta In winter quarters on December 31 31 2846 1846 sev- sev call ral months before the start for tor the promised land Inthe in inho the tho ho Rocky mountains S 5 i One On of ot the g great Eat troubles trouble in the way of providing lour for tor the tho people in the camps was inability to ta tajet get jet grain ground The government had a mill mUl but buthis this his was inadequate to meet the demand and the next nearest earest grist mill was more than miles away To protect the incoming Saints who were en route to the camps amps from the old world was sent to St. St Louis ouis ulso to o purchase machinery ry for orthe Corthe the manufacture of ot flour Other commodities were were regarded as ns un unusually suan high ligh Sugar and coffee sold at 16 3 3 2 3 ct cents pt per r pound lound and lour Jour at 3 53 per hundredweight Brigham Young kept In n touch with everything It is recorded in Ip the official journal that he ho slept with one eye CO open and andone andone one ne foot out of ot bed so that when anything was wanted ho 10 could give immediate assistance |