| Show 4 0 I KNO NOW KNOW W UTAH I By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS 0 While the l Mormon people that Is the authorities of the church admitted that they had burned burne the supply supply sup sup- pl ply trains of ot the government which followed Johnstons Johnston's Johnstons Johnstons Johnston's John John- ston's army aria and and that they had stampeded stampeded the tho cattie cattle cattle cat cat- tle tie they would not nt admit to the peace envoys envoys that they were guilty of ot anything else However they would accept the pardon of President James Buchanan Buchanan Bu Bu- Bu- Bu chanan In addition the Mormon people avowed their esteem for the tho constitution and government of ot the United States and declared that under this constitution constitution con con- they desired to dwell In peace S S S While Whilo the concession was slight slights the peace envoys accepted It at a public publio conference at the close clos of ot which Commissioner ner Powell delivered an address In Jn which he expressed his gratitude for the result of ot the conference and announced that the army of General Johnston which would pass through Salt Lal Lake o valley In i a tI short while had been strictly in instructed instructed instructed in- in to molest no citizen either In in person or property General Johnston was advised that the tho war was ended and he was requested to Issue a proclamation to this effect which he did Another proclamation issued by Governor Govern r Cumming Gumming declared red that peace had been restored and that the tho laws of ot the territory must be obeyed S C C COn On June 13 the tho army under General Johnston marched out of Fort Tort S Scott ott and on June 14 the command com coin mand was vas as encamped on Bear Dear river where the express express ex ex- press Iron from the peace envoys ys and then the command moved toward Salt alt Lal- Lal valley Meanwhile Meanwhile Mean Mean- while the exodus front Salt Lak Lake City was at Its height and the troops hoops as a s' s they tiey marched ed through tigh were wore to see an nn abandoned city Bancroft in his I History of Utah speaking of the route of ot the march of ot Johnstons Johnston's y army said At At Fort Bridger the westbound traveler passed I only the portal of ot the Rocky Rociy mount mountains Between that point and the valley of ot Great Salt lake there is scenery of surpassing loveliness The ridges that divide le the canyons are richly carpeted with wild wildflowers wildflowers wildflowers flowers among which in in midsummer I linger traces of ot snoW Thence appear glimpses of ot Bear river and Weber river their streams ms though Bw swollen llen and turbulent turbulent turbulent tur tur- bulent flowing through the valleys whose tranquil beauty recalls the fabled realm of ot Rasselas Thence also the crested silver lines of ot the Wasatch and Uintah ranges range can be distinctly traced while or on every very side sno snowcapped pe peals peaks are seen In endless perspective five tive so that one asks Whither hurry the swift running run run- run lun- ning rivers The still same beauty spots are are- seen now C C C Con Continuing his ls description the ie historian an says Along th the gorges the path winds here and and- there through de densley sley Interlaced thickets ts of ot alder aider hawthorn hawthorn haw haw- thorn and willow where silence remains unbroken save for the rush of ot waters and the twittering of ot birds whose nests are built In the crevices ns' ns ot of of cliffs high overhead Ihen Then he changes th the description by saying baying All IAU Is now astir throughout this solitude Among c canyons nyons and ridges fo for fOt the first time gleam gleam- sabres sabre and rifle barrels barrel and the stillness of the valley valley val val- ley icy Is s broken by the measured tramp of ot armed men and the rumble of ot artillery wagons Up the st ep mountainsides ldes bands of horsemen are seen spurring to the summit whence observe the advance of ot troops while groups groups of half-clad half Indians stand gazing at the pageant filled with the of ot I astonished children And nd from Emigration anyon canyon came came the a army aimy my o of ot Johnst JohnstOn 1 |
