Show K H I By y ALBERT F. F i Heroism of 01 the Mormon formon women In the exodus has few equals There can never be another exodus such as that made malle by the pioneers of 01 ISH for there is no frontier no place where such a march could be made even II If there were people willing to male make It Edward W W. In his history ot of the Women Women Wo men of In Speaking or of the exodus said in 1846 the Saints began to crosS the Mississippi river dver In flat boats old lighters and a number ot of skit forming quite a a. fleet which was wasat wasat at work night and day under the direction ot of the policE On the fifteenth ot of the sani same month Brigham Brigham Brig Brig- ham YoUng with his family and others crossed the father rathel ot of waters from oo Nau and proceeded to the tho camps campe of Israel as they were st styled led by the saints who waited on the west vest side or of the rIver a few miles on the wn for the coming coining ot of their theil- leader These rhese were to form the vanguard of 01 the migrating Saints who were to follow Ironi the various states where were located or had organized themselves themselves them them- selves Into flourishing branches or conferences and soon after aCter this pel perd d also began to pour across the Atlantic that tide of migration from flom Europe which has since swelled to the number of a about about- out souls In the SaInts had heard tile magic To your our tents Israel and In sublime faith ralth and nd trust such as Ills history tor scarcely gives an example or of they had obeyed ready to tollow their leader whithersoever ever enl he might direct their l pilgrim feet The Mormons were setting out under tinder their leader from the borders or of civilization with their wives and their children In broad daylight before beCore the eyes or of of their enemies who would have preferred their utter destruction to their flight notwithstanding they had enforced It by treaties treaties' outrageous beyond description inasmuch as the exiles were nearly aU all American born many of them tracing their to the founder or of the nation They had to make malcO a jouney or of 1500 miles over trackless prairies sandy deserts and rocky mountains through bands of warlike warlike war war- like Indians an anti at last to seek out and build up theIr Zion in valleys then unfruitful In solitary regions regions reg- reg ions where the foot of f the white man had scarcely tro trod These were to be followed by the aged the tho halt the sick and the blind the poor who were to be helped by their little less destitute brethren and the delicate delicate deli deli- cate young oung mother with her new born babe at her breast Tho Saints were not only threatened with ext extermination at Nauvoo but news had arrived that the parent government would pursue the pioneers with troops take from them their arms alms and scat scat- tel tn them that they night might perish by the way and leave their homes bleaching bleaching- In the wilderness At about noon on the first of March 1846 the camp or of Israel began to move and at 4 o'clock nearly wagons were on the way traveling In a a. northwesterly northwesterly north north- westerly direction That night they camped again on Sugar creek having ing advanced five miles ScrapIng ray a the snow they pitched their tents upon the frozen ground and after aCter building large fires they made themselves as comfortable as possible Indeed It Is whether any other people peo- peo pie in the world could have c themselves Into a happy state of mind amidst such surroundings with such a past fresh and bleeding In their mem- mem ones odes an and with such a prospect as was before both Loth themselves and the remnant of their brethren left In iii Nauvoo to the tho tender mercies of 01 the mob Tul- Tul |