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Show I KNOW UTAH I Hy ALliLRT K PHILIPS T oAAUmtr nt ymtm4f h h4 not fi Mrh mihmr for a number of fmn, r4 thf rprii4 th IWinff mto, $wt prior to tho Itmo Ihot th4r ftnuMl pmrM tMrt4 on tKHf toft Urh im mounuiln nrvdj ptmlm to I ho now JHwnv mm Hr yon4 tht Rnrhr nvmntlt-n An oM vrnAl had hn oh-t.lrtdxi, oh-t.lrtdxi, n4 likwrtM Iho Unry of t'Ut hy fun-emit, fun-emit, n4 ihy oro rtn4hivg thlr mmr$ mhout tho H foya from thto Tilumr, PUM Itanrroft; 000 "At lh rlooo of 1144 ohout 1!00 omilo h4 omhld la tho Xormon rompo. o pofiloft of Uirnt Wins yH otallofMNf fur a(Nr4 mm Oordfm firovo. Of tho ml, a fw had ma do thoir ay to ootr& Al-Ufilto Al-Ufilto (wt an4 ha 4 tati ahlp for California; many h4 6imprm4 throutchout tho country, mmi of hom rt now ffalhfir( of Iho rof4iivnua. Thnitih tho ftrtK bafwla that rtnm Iho MiMia-UppI rtKoinir4 am rry a-r-ro hardstlilpa, Iho auff-rina uf lh Oho aot forth later hav tH paralM amotic Iho npTt, h, yMtr or t arterwarda. foltooad Iholr track oral ward In orarrh of fold. ' "Ml. 1'tavab. tho nrKt onatnm.fit wo-H of fUr dn rov. u on ih m Mil to firk of mnd tivrr. Thrnush I hia linf of IIM and S47. ohh waa onr of th arrrf4t atruvala, lhro u vrrot lai k of food and rlolhtng. Thry rould not io on txraup thy had no tma. moat of lheta tina: rmpnvr In htinfln forward Iho rmlrn from Iho Mla-aJstolitpi. Mla-aJstolitpi. Many foUIa trro onllroly out of pro vtalnna, and IhHr aVaitluto filchl-nra worn aanlT tagrd. A fatal olfknraa awpl throuah Iho tramp and anon thoro wrro nt ntifrirtrnl pdprs.tm to nnrt th ao-h: froqurntljr burlala ora naalriird. Mh little rorrmony. a a "In lha aprltig of HIT. Iswenio 8 now waa made prealdent of Iho raina. Tha menawrro put lo work whrraver they rould gat It. bred vaa planted and lha reawlt waa anougli not only for them aal vea, but they wart en hied lo aand ouppllea t tha rami at Counrll Hluffa. ITealdent 8 now Inalltuled rallgloua reremonlea and amuaementa t brighten and anrour-aga anrour-aga I hem. Ila deerrlhed a dim In hia Ina- re bin. where rlewn atraw waa anread over tba ground floor and tha walla draped with ahema. Tornlpa war wwoprd aut and la them war plared lighted ran-dlaa. ran-dlaa. whb-b. awapended front 1 ha renin or faatened. on Uto walla. Imparted a pbtureaiua affert. I la nr. Ing. apewrhea. aonga and recltaltnne varied tha x-erclaea, x-erclaea, whlrh epaned and rkiaed with pra ) r. a a a . - '"On aaeh alda of lb hllla wh era now atamln tounrll llluifa rould he aeen lha whlla raimt tenia of a elormon rnrainpmenl. from wbbb arnao at aun-rlea aun-rlea Ilia amoka of bundreda of flree. After Or morning morn-ing meal tha man employed theniaelrea In tending lierda. In planting grain and vegetable, ar In building build-ing houeea for winter. Many of tho men war -ret I eat era ft amen and rould fell a traw and apllt Ita trunk Into board a, aranfhlng ralla. pnala or whatever waa naadad. aa readily aa lha moat axport bark-waodaman bark-waodaman of lhatr day, a a a Tnrlnf lha au miner arid autumn monlba af 114 tha papllloa ramp, bear tha I .all la rtuttarfly rtver. In rommon with lha othera. waa atrfa ken with fever, and with a arm-batt dlaaaea wblrb Ilia Mormone termed lha blank ranker. In th autumn drought lha a ream a that dlaeharged Into tha Mlaaourl at Ihla point war often I II lla better than open aowera. paa-tllentlal paa-tllentlal aa open eeoapoola, and tha river, having mat mora than half Ita volume, flow a alugglahly through lla channel af allm and aedg. a a a Tha baked mud an either bank formed tha rMi aotl on wlih-h lay tho am-amtunenta, tho alta being railed. In lhatr own phraao, 'Mlaery Hoitom.' In the year provbiua th Indiana In tpla neighbor hood bad bat ona-nlnth their number, and now that lha earth waa for tha ftrat tint turned up by tha plow the at-halattona at-halattona from tbla rank and attaining aoll w art redolent of dlaewa and death. In tha ramp nearaat la I'aplllon mora than one-thlrd one-thlrd of th company lay alck at tha beginning of Auguat: elaev. hero matter wer oven worae; and a th a re eon advanceU thera wer In noma of th encampment en-campment not ono wh c'e4 th revar. only a few wer abla lo atagger from lent to lant carrying carry-ing f.Mid and water lo their comradea. Kor aev-erml aev-erml weeka II wa Inipoealbl lo dig grarra qulrklv ' anough- for lit burial of tha dead, and ono might aa In tha open tenta th w Bated forma nf women bruahlng away th ft lea from tli rorpaaa ot Ihair ' children. a a a Thl waa lha atory which tha journal and hlatory told thee ot tha early lira In tha ram pa of tha balnta Juet prior lo tlietr awva tut lb alatia In tha Hocky . mountain rang. |