Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-17 | Page 11 | Know Utah

KNOW UTAH S By ALBERT ALBERI J F. F PHILIPS PHILIps' j 1 Beginning r of or thu Gt of or the the western stern United Stat States as dramatic It was aa from tho summit of or Big Mountain t that at Or Orson on Pratt and John robn Dr Br naw ia Jl the tho a western rim rm of the mo mountains surrounding tho Great Salt SalI Lake c ulley y on on Monday July 1 19 1847 But Bu they not thel there Down Down Big Mountain they must g go and so so down into what they called aUt d' d Liter later l Immigration Here Hero oi o-n o on July 21 21 1847 1841 they were wera o overtaken by 1 young's youngs oung's trusted messenger Erastus Sno Snow h he reported had s sent mf word vord the Ufe compa company of or pioneers were to bear bea to the north when they entered the valley and rind t hero would find a ush stream of ot Yat water r near which they should uld c camp l p and t they lCY were to b begin gln R at nt t once ploughing up th ground lOund and und planting plant S ing Irig seed i Ho Hov v Brigham Young was aw aware aro of ot a stream unfed puzzled Erastus r Snow Sno and he le levas' levas was vas vas' at a a. loss Joss to too to understand his about O t plo ploughing If Ie t the le ground is 18 as hard and as Its t ns s reported how can we ve put our plows lows In h he asked Throw up p a a. dam he hens hens' was ns' told and nd let Jet the water ter soak the Ule land then it will soften up so BO you oU c can n plow It Such was the dramatic beginning of ot the conquest an told JIL the Journal of ot th the pioneer leader r. r and which has hlis be ben been carefully edited L 1 by his 1215 d daughter ii Mis SURO ur T Young ung Gates in her bez U life lifa history tha Mormon d leader S S S The Tb departure ot of ot t people of oC Nau Nauvoo o had bad been been hurried and they had s set out upon pol Journey In tho the wilderness to to- to toan an an unknown destination Mrs Irs Gates wrote yet disheartened All of ot them moro more l or r less Jess with cold hunger and san s separation Uon from r ril loved ones ones' left lett behind Young 9 ng- ng superintended rl tended directed and cou counseled j g ds In In lila mind d h he carried cs constantly tho the b burden rd n x i f the tie future U t is' is not certain certain tam tain that ho knew only in a a. general way a just where they 1 except for tor the kY mountains h. h er h. h he waa questioned as to tho place he would answer calmly I 1 will know It when ace it i B But B t t a t testing time time was at at hand band Mrs Irs Gates sa says s. s Young was wu 3 a truo patriot pE Zions Zion's camp bore stars and stripes before them in in th the march to Missouri and h tn Youngs Young's pioneers boro theIr country's flag In their wagons y across across the he American desert ns as a 3 piece of ot fi ce Sar equipment It was yas the sIgn nl r of r their loyalty to to their countr country However it t l Is on oner thing to PO possess poses loyal sentiments but bul ari another th matter when those views lews are thrown Into of action the crucible of I S On January 26 1 1864 6 BrIgham Young Oun had sent seat J ss C. C LI Litt on n a a. special Ja mission n to Washington to lb Appeal to to iho t for some som ald in In s people to the tho fac taim west st st. Ho Ho proposed as had tho prophet before betro him t to build block houses and stockade lorts torts on on oi th the route to Oregon which his hlA people might well eU accomplish ori their trek westward westward west west- ward th hel helping the government in its settlement of or the tha Oregon territory dispute With Canada and doin doing doing- th the same ame for tor California in the quarrel with lUl S Mexico 9 S SS S While Elder Little was still sUlI in hi Washington trying In In S some someway way V y to negotiate with the government and Young and tho Saints Saints' were Impatiently waiting g at at Winter lInter Quarters t to set out ut upon pon their w western stern Journey journe as tho the summer summer was on on n war with Mexico was declared on 1 1 1846 The Tho p proposition p el- el tion w was s made that a a. battalion or of Mormons be raised to defend e nd the Ule country U No d doubt Elder Little thought thou's t. t this a p possible chance although involving danger and unknown sacrifice sacrifices sac sac- Jice to help the country and to his p people ople at th tim the same time in the the matter of or transportation Brigham am Young had asked for br bread d the Ithe government SO aa S. S usual handing him a a. stone Mob driven dispelled d and nd already in tho Indians Indians' un w western do dom domain domain do- do m main n ho ap appealed e ld to his so er government ment lo to liel help belp to to sub su duo that w. w wilderness es through peaceful l means thereby hop hoping ns to help his people and his countr country In gnawer r to tb the tho request of ot th the Mormons it IL was decided to aid who was vas in charge of the Mexican rt bY calling out out 1000 1001 then theli later it wass v s cut cit down tb fo soldiers dl rs from the Mormons mon llorin i who we were Ut it en encamped some at Mt 1 Pisgah an oasis In fn Ii IoWa miles s from Nauvoo oo and Ith the rest at t Cou Council c l Bluffs and Winter Quarters ls l's on tho Missouri Is liver eI 5 I