Show ILLINOIS TO UTAH Pioneer Rtmlnlscicces BlOnD Who Was There 81rs no AS ISRAEL OP ou 1 SrO Dr SdSOn The 1 Hilni llalo the HicUiahi flrit Ullllll BMUllon fcccgnllon PAIlUrn Idaho I March 80 1897 To the 1 ratio I clcgln a rgcealt reot lour or your unable paper a latter I written by rllD my dear father the late Thorril Bullock Mary jean ago i thought I Would Write are ot my recollections ot Ices leen and heard by me In the ely dy 01 The Church II you deem my letter worthy ol space ia Your paper 1 renumber my father taking my mother my brother and myself up Into the tower 01 out beautiful Temple 10 Nauvoo and I also recall the grand leaned presented to our view Ih 1 dlriotlona from the Temple I I hive a vivid recjllsctlon viid Of Ieloa leaving our comfortable homes I trotting the Mlitlatlppl river In the Inlet of 138 7 aud tbo miraculous powtr ol the Lord In behalf ot Hit people In sending the quails In such numbers to ni In oar nerving condition whereby we worsted In the wilderness of r lone ee Itrs el 1 ol old Although I was only between t and 6 of ii years age then the Bad and sorrowing sieoea I beheld In those days lane since none are ai clear In my mind aa If the Tenth bad traoplred but yesterday Three dearly beloved members of bur fatnilv vii my mothers lather I nichatd Ituahton who when In Eng land owued a large Ilk factory my baby brother Wlllard Richards and my mothers mother died through tno uOeTlniu ol WOOD time Tne mnrnlni that the quails came my lather allied one ol the laritst Vuja felt In camp with ulbl was after the drafting ot Ihe Mormon Battalion to late Ills gun and try nod till tirun quail for u > tic Iud hardly < feel out ot might when tba quails came to the camp where the metals were located and one of the blrda lighted on a tea tray by my father 6118 My brother caught II and aa many mora mor-a we needed Tile bid were BO lame that they ran Into and under the jfjoni and around our feet until all ibe people caught as many aa they l2a tr when tbe quallurcia la a i fA bi W t odyaud llew In the direction wu bad ko travel and were loan ahead of the train for three days The boy who pent to shoot Borne returned without seeing any I do not know big name Lul he may be Bllll living 1D starting out on the long iurney across Ibo Plains sad on Ibo way to theme valleys ol the mountain I happler People wr DOor found than that noble band ot heroes Ibe iloneera My lather was one of the 1lonrora ana came ear back for his lamlly the nix Ono evening when we were camped boa bad just turned 1 the anlmala Isoie we neard a terrific naive when one Of me brethren oiled out Old lielp uil there tan clamped of UUilo cooihg straight toward uit In Uantly Ibo meu got their Cans Bud lacing the maddened herd cue of the brethren shouted li all btog at 1 Doe Home Dr Ibo Idr lit 1 the brd were killed and the wild Wid beitis divided In two and railed ui In Their maddened race without doing any ot LB Injury The ground was literally nlowou up by the hoofs of that herd Quicker than I write this the ftelluz ui terror struck a good many In tbe I camp In a way that cannot be described de-scribed Our animals stampeded with Ibsberd but were all found again next fiforahig lour or five miles from camp Toe people all joined In praising Like Lard for Lila protecting care ever UB On rescuing the Old Port In Bait Lila City tae teelinti ol Joy was mean that only true bitterday Salute cio know I My lather was with our beloved leaders In The Church KbcD they 1 i planted the liters and tilrlpet the bon said Cg 01 out country on HOgn I PooL He was also with them wben tbvy laid the corner atones ot the Ball i Like Temple I Blood by Ala aide when he was giving his dlgn lo the lloor banner 1010 pointer 1 dons know the plnl Dm with a request 10 pairs a likeness 01 the IropbIJopb and the Angel wb carrits the scroll On the scroll them i KiJ the nagnto of all the 1loDr ura aid to be Written Jay latbtr wa the first blinker In Utah lie helped Brother John Hay to cola the goM Tile back elite was Barnett square Iron box which any Blronc mau could have run away whist L3l Ibo were U9 lean ol Ibtln those dgypso hero wale no burgle I Co Father LU tile lull couflJiiece 01 Otte bloJ Icider 1iedldeul Blighting YUDg I JL1eJ holnl 16 bouhr lather ruffed DLBIItrr N36w 1 ta1ped lor the Nws old him Joel lie would a v iDn < < tliutH ity y girl now the dovlj couilni rI tile Miami boy who would nTuilly have a roll ot prool Should Ub boo I woulJ have lo read lor ooeortuo hours olJnl ojpy ahile father corrected sell prepared tbe croon lo get Ibo type correct lo mlntlnz I often went errands to and IrtmHieold Council House Bishop Ejward llunterJ Office and the lill nllanJ I ole and was proud lo help WbOt ell I Could ILlto1 My I Ia oUlvlol and In hr 800 year but I very feeble My lMonfr brltbeii JhomsU Bullock lad cartel II llullack are near aoTutb to Ball Lake City to be al Ihe tMlg Jubilee The surviving member ot the Mormon Httallon should I Minus have mon Hlollon equal honor with tbs Pioneers an fliv Would bODO have come lu with Pioneers tyoDIJ bad not beD for the call of neers Lips I uouyou Ibm 10 sake up am Ersi it delvatu Of cut eouDlry aId they erased toe Rocky Mountain that year Anyway IAUSLA ButtocK MABOM AApFA A 0 |