| Show P I nt n t h e B Beg Beginning e g inn i n n i n g 9 By j J. J Cecil a Alter AlterI I Companions in Misery Only by borrowing from each other down to the last bean for forthe forthe forthe the soup could a menu be completed completed com corn satisfactorily to the Mormon Mormon Mor for mon Battalion soldiers and the pioneers in the Salt Lake valley The seWers settlers depended on the soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- sol sol- diers and the soldiers depended on the settlers until they met on the way to borrow from rom each other Then they smiled and pour poured d a lIttie little lit m- tIe tle more water in fri the soup Fort Hall was cleaned out by mid No vember 1847 and there were no other this sid side of Winter Winter Win Win- ter Quarters or California Away down toward Winter Q Quarters Quarters arters ar- ar Brigham Young prepared another epistle to the battalion boys b ys in n California November 16 1847 1847 r reminding minding them that hunger was was' m more re certain than taxes in inS S Salt lt Lake W We e coun counsel counsel l all of you not to re reenlist as is' 3 soldiers but as fast as you are are liberated from your our previous engagements and as your circumstances will permit r repair pair to this place the valley bring with you OU all you can of ot things that will b be of v value lue lueray Pay ray for Services Arrives In the sequel we find John ele James Brown Dimick B B. Huntington and others petitioning to the high council for many favors said aid to have been denied dented them in inthe inthe inthe the way of ot foodstuffs It was indicated indi wagons were wee being exchanged exchanged ex ex- changed for food supplies Buton But Buton on the of ot November Captain James Brown returned from California Cali Call fornia fornin with our pay from the government government gov gov- says Steele which knocked all the petitioners calculations calculations calculations cal cal- in the head for the present present pres pres- ent ent The c captain charges usten us usten usten ten per cent for getting our pay and 2 0 at Santa Fe which reduced re rc re- re tho soldiers' soldiers pay c considerably considerably consider consider- I ably but made money to the cap cap- I tain and with what mules oxen and other perquisites he 1 became quite rich so o much so that he was able to buy buyout out Mr Goodyear in Ogden valle valley for 1800 cash cah down Th h hi high h 1 council reports report on November No No- vember emb r 20 1847 Captain Brown just in from California stated he was authorized to act as 33 deputy quartermaster or agent in the thep dispose p a 1 prop I erty in the valley He was counseled counseled counseled coun coun- by Jo John n Smith and the council council coun coun- cil ell to conduct the sale upon honorable honorable honorable honor honor- able and right righteous righteous' ous' ous principles He explained he had been absent from the valley three months and seven days and as he had been to some some expense and trouble he thought he should charge the boys of or the battalion ten per cent for forgetting forgetting getting and bringing their mone money His claim was sustained by the council cn Held by Their Faith We have now come to the end endot of ot the year ear wrote John Steele January 1 I 1848 if it were not that we know the gospel is true there would be such a scattering as never was seen Those boys who stood as saviors would have left the wealth of the church to its fate But religious ties are stronger than hunger and become stronger in the presence of ot hunger consequently consequently conse cease the battalion boys survived survived survived sur sur- as did the other settlers carrying on through the sea seasons ons of or 1848 1845 together Henry W. W Bigler direct but none too fresh from the California gold fields arrived September 25 1848 at what is now Ogden Here lives Captain James Brown and a afew afew afew few other saints wh who let us s have all the melons and young corn com we wanted We lay by to repair repair re re- re pair wagons Everybody in lit camp busy washing g sh shaving ving cutting hair changing clothes etc Some of or the camp will remain here as u they have hae friends and relations living fiere pere iere while the rest of or us will proceed to Salt SaIl Lake City Ills JUs Worldly Goods Bigler reached Salt SaIl Lake City September 28 with the following outfit 1 yoke of ot oxen share in 2 wagons 2 cow cows with calves 1 horse 1 mare mare and colt 1 bolt of ot brown cotton 2 bolts of ot bleached cotton 18 yards eans jeans 1 hat 1 coat and vest 2 yards and a quarter q of ot cassimere cassimere cas cas- 1 1 yard of ot velvet ve 4 pairs of ot shoes 9 pairs of or socks 1 silk red sash 12 12 2 yards ar s of Irish linen i 3 yards yard and a half of c cloth cioth 1 water ater pail several handkerchiefs handkerchiefs chiefs 1 pair of suspenders 2 bottIes bottles bot bot- tIes of or 1 ax 1 shovel 1 gross of ot buttons besides thread t comb pounds p of flour 32 pounds of or coffee caffee 1 pound of tea 32 pounds of sugar 2 dozen fish fishhooks fishhooks fishhooks hooks 1 yard and a half halt of broadcloth broadcloth broadcloth broad broad- cloth 3 yards of sacking 2 worth of shirt buttons and a little gold golddust dust dusL I will state that soon after the gold was found in C California everything went vent up to high prices and the articles I got were just before the rise President Praises Soldiers This company had 17 wagons head of oxen cows and calves besides besides besides be be- sides head of horses and mules There were in all forty men and andone andone andone one woman loman wife of Captain Corey who had made the round trip A Afew Afew Afew few days later President Youn Young took occasion to praise the battalion battalion bat bat- boys publicly and explain to all what an excellent service they had rendered He regretted the battalion brethren should have had to suffer for the want of ot bread more than other brethren in the valley as seemed to be the case with some and regretted the feelIngs feelings feel teel- ings that had risen up between the two factions actions l if 11 the they may be termed factions The feud did not die easily but by the natural dispersion of or the groups as they occupied lands in lathe inthe the valley their differences were forgotten and Brigham saw saw aw to it that the battalion boys attained to prominent positions in their respective respective re re- respective re- re communities wherever possible James Brown became bishop at Ogden March 25 1849 and Captains Everett and Hunter were a aho o given bishoprics They were also given some hard duties as u we we see in the following Care of the Poor March March I 25 1849 The bishops bishop's quorum met and took into consideration consid consid- the subject of providing for tor the ithe poor as many such called for tor assistance It wa was was' resolved to support the poor the same as last year by donations and by the brethren giving ng into the hands hand of ot the bishops for tor them to deal out holding holdin the receivers responsible l for pay py when n lh thy y were able Bishops Hunter md Everett were cre appointed a committee to visit the owners of mills and tr try to get their toll subject to 10 the of ot the bishops j |
