Show Ir J HUNDRED YEARS AGO GO TODAY L' L r i Snake Bites Pioneer f Wind Perils Wagons liLBA ROUTE TO UTAH May ray 23 gf i Rattlesnakes and a storm stormA stormi A reached almost hurricane potions IOns Ioas gave us trouble today another chapter to the i i wd ud hardships of the jour- jour Je are ire are making I yag wagons ns were halted all aU day I ite It Is Sunday and before meeting was held at noon mil mP p of the brethren went Ong the bluffs and through serge rock formations e 0 r r k k Nathaniel Fairbanks Bitten by rattlesnake on scouting trip named Bluff Ruins Rums by Pre Pres Brigham Young because of or their appearance of roun round and square towers obelisks chimneys and tur- tur re ts About 11 am a.m. Nathaniel Fairbanks Fairbanks Fair- Fair banks anks returned to camp after he had lad be been n bitten on the leg by a rattlesnake Ho He had been on the bluffs with Aaron F F. Farr and Benjamin enjamin Rolfe Rotte and the snake struck ruck him as the three were jumping off olf a small bluff In two minutes Mr Fairbanks' Fairbanks tongue began to prick and feel numb and he was in fn much pain Even when he returned to camp he complained of feeling very sick and of dimness In his hla eyes Snakebite Cure The two men who were with him bound tobacco leaves es and turpentine turpentine tur tur- to his swelling leg and in camp Luke S. S Johm Johnson on gave him hima a dose of lobelia after a n. strong drink of alcohol and water The lobelia soon caused him to vomit powerfully He Is resting now In his wagon agon but Is still atilt suffering a great deal I Editors Editor's note This Is the in a series of articles about the westward vest migration of the L D S pioneers Presented here Is I a a. day by account of the life I and time of the Saints I Right after breakfast this morning mornIng morn morn- Ing Pres Young accompanied morn morn-I by Elders Heber C. C Kimball Willard Richards Orson Pratt Wilford Woodruff George Gcorge A. A Smith Ezra I T. T Benson and Amasa M. M Lyman walked out to visit the bluff ruins northeast of camp and Orson Pratt took a barometrical observation observation on the only tree a red cedar which cedar which jutted out from the the south end of the bluff He found that this point was feet higher high high- er than the river and feet above sea level Changed Suddenly The day which was warm and sunny until 3 pm p.m. changed with witha a Do frightening suddenness into a severe windstorm which reached almost hurricane prop proportions o 0 r t i f o 0 n s bringing hall hail rain thunder and lightning It whipped and lashed at the canvas wagon tops with a fury that almost caused the bows to buckle and break and threatened threatened threat threat- ened cried to tear even the stoutest coverings coverings coverings cov cov- to pieces and tip the wagons wagons wagons wag wag- ons over Following the storm the weather er turned very cold cold so so bitterly cold In fact tact that we have feared for the safety of our animals The horses are shaking with cold and we have covered them with as many blankets as we are able to spare |