| Show HENRY V BIGLER PASSES AWAY Member of tie the Mormon Battalion of California Gold fold mid and Respected Utah Veteran at Ills Home in St George oO S 1 Ii IiI 1 I iI 1 t A T 1 t r j n l S T f I Pl T T J f r 1 4 I y 1 L 1 J I Ir r J I r T I y x xH H I IT T T I T x J JJ 7 H W BIGLER J JI J 1 I J I j St George Nov No 21 t 1900 G 6 p W Higher died this morn mornIn In lag at an earl early hour of The foregoing Is Q a dispatch to the News received late Into on SatUrdaY evening announcing the tho deeth dath ot of one of the notable char In the history ot of Western AmerIca one the famous Moe tio Iho was liS a member or of mon men Battalion who Was the tho chronicler of the great gold discovery In California and was one of the din nid who was II a well known and respected pioneer worker In I Utah henry W Elgier way wan past 55 ors at till the time lime ot of his hla death lie He was born In what is II now on county West Virginia August U ISIL Ills HIs were weN Jacob and Elizabeth harvey In life lite henry Henr W east Ills hie lot with the Saints and gathered with them to NaUvoo When the rail call Was o made for tor the flat tuba lallon he be WILl was one of those exiles exiled Saints who ted for or hi his cause In Inthe Inthe the war with Mexico antI and on Jul July Ie 14 made the start westward on that unparalleled 1 Journey b by au an infantry force oree lie Yon as a 0 private In Compan D 13 Mormon With the others of that heroic band h he toiled and nut suf ered and triumphed In cross crossIng lax Ing the count country and reaching Call tor ala to aid In waving aln It to the great American Republic Then being honorably discharged from service ho tilted for tor the Hocky Mountains there thero thereto to rejoin the body o of the Saints When this journey journe was begun word Will wee received that those not with It II means for or the trill romaine In and earn am This was wall the tram from the tho Twelve Apostles and Henry W being III one om of the Ihl number referred to the advice In the ot Of 1847 Henry W Y Higler from Apostle George GeorgeA A Smith the letter Itter that announced to tile the members In the locality where he wa the tact fact that on July ot of that year President Brigham Young and the had arrIved In the thelIe valley lIe or of the Great Salt Lake Lab With Alexandr Stevena James S James Jamell Blarr Barger William John Johnston Johnstan stan ston and arlah also mom mem be hers o of th thin Battalion BIgler employment II at mill race on I the American river It I was this corn com PIny pany that dl gold and U II W iv I Ulster III eves the fIrst to chronicle the tho I ent the r being made madl In his I diary on th the day the lous metal was discovered It was s In January i 1141 The entry reads day some kInd ot of me III was found In the thu that looks louk likE gold Six Ix days dall later on Jill Janu 30 another entry Clear nail has haR all tile the last lul week Our hM hats been tried end and proves to be gold It ii 11 thought to 10 be rich We have up III more than a hundred dollars worth lest 1111 week 11 1 I a leter ieter to the News written last lut Brother HIgler gave the following account ot of the gold din dIll I well remember an the particulars By N New w day dey 1848 we had the darn clam In an and l the tail ra race nearly nearl corn com pitted 1 man nian named James Werner had bad ot of some IOme Indians who vero at AI work ork and ames W iv Marshall our ur hail had been In the habit ot of going down dOWD every er afternoon to see seeboY how boY the Ibe were er for forthe or the had bad struck the b bedrock mostly ot of rotten granIte and the work was wall aloW but bill thIs thi time I hn he went ent utown ti 1114 i iee eye ee aught the glittering o of that lay In the on the base bOlle o Of th bedrock a few tew Inches under water lie HI sent a young Indian to Mr Ir who ho was WaR at ork In th the mill yard whIp whipsawing In sawing Inc wIng him to send him n 0 tip ron an a he anI I I wonder what wants with a till rIB I but hI he walk 1 to tf our lur shanty and gave one to tn the IndIan This was I wi Monday eV evening in III January 1145 A As Wit we wire re work ork for Ih the day Marshall came UI from the tail Ilu race and tal said he believed he had found I a Old gold minI mine I guess there theft Is no lijEk Ipek Nothing nine mort wu was eald then but lust before going to bed Marshall ram earn Into our anti and said he bOo b he hilt had found gold Kold n near r the lower loser end of at the race that h he hAIl tried to tacit som ot of the particles but could not 1101 do so 10 but before leaving us ho he PalI Brown I want you ou and amI fligler In Inthe I the morning to shut down the head Rite throw In tOme some sawdust rouen rotten and dirt It 11 all al tight and I will s hAt there Ihre I ii Next morning w we did JI as nIl nail while at work we saw pass PUIS through the mill yard Id and so 0 on down own the rate rare Brown and t I n Into after which aU all went tilt to work at the mill yard I wu but busy to blow n a blat blast ot of Powder Into UI this boulder I is hi tee Q taU race near Mar the flutter wheel v came rame un I iii It is arm his hili old white a inn he maid Boys I lint lie I hive ban 1 gold mine at the Bante time lime PUtting tile hla hat on the wo work k A ben h thI stool In the In nn cm all hands gathered round him and sure enough In the top lop ot of his hat bat th the being knocked In II a mile little dY ay thue Ihl pure metal The pieces varied d in n size from small up to tile the CIZO of 01 a graIn ot of wheat Tile The most In thIn scales The coarse were sore In all shapes Smith took from Irom his hili pocket a SG 1 gold Rold Jile antI we compared the two metals We could plaInly see the dIffer dIfference difference ence In their 1001 J whIch WitS was dUI due to the alley In III the he coin All were satisfied hat It was purl pure gold though not one In tho he Id ever seen lIeen gold before i state alato We were by Marshall to accompany him back to the ha Ire he had found It and there thero were other particles In the tho seams seam onil nJ crevices Of at the he bedrock tr fr arshall enjoined the mill hands nol nit to 10 say much about the die ci eOry ry tie hI had ascertained how Ihl mine was Three or four days anys we began to be In wAnt o lit intone and ond Marshall said hits wo WOOl 1 1 down to the tort fort and see seeh h S lied had not forwarded them item lie He also nIce our gold anti and have haveIt It te tented ltd lip If was ns gone n a few days and andon on his Turn he W ivan l naIled asked what It was III Ilu cas Oh boys It Is the tho put pur stuff and continuing he raid 1 and i I 11 I captaIn meaning Sut Sutter Sutter ter lOCked locki ourselves liP up In a room and tor II a flit tried It 11 and the hut regu lara II there wondered what was up ant ed we had found Q a minE for tor he h e raid there was Tn a 0 juli mine found by n A woman towards Monterey but we let them Ihm sweat We found our gold to tee n n With the lie encyclopedia and we also d aqua fortis We thEn hen wel weighed he It t In water b by balancing the dust aralDs silver on A pair of scales hell in Ih the air We let the scales down and Ami win tn it II lamE arne In Ii contact wIth the tho gold guld went vent down tho sliver silver up lii So i ere It was the purE stuff Soon the gold old dIscovery discover Mr Ir Birder for Utah and settled nettled In Salt Lite e ity Ito He was one of the I nera iners ot of lots lols in the Seven t nth uni arl tn In U 18 iier Bugler was one ot of the ml III sent MOnt to the SandwIch Islands Island a striving r there Dec II 12 1910 A An n nimber f the b me 1 hut 1 Elders II H W V Janice iler Wm Win Furrer and ond James with Elder George GeorgeQ Q Carnon and they successfully th h HawaiIan lon With the lie Elder Ider to Utah I Ir I t The life of the deceased has bus been n one if r activity As ts a 11 In Utah In the southern pArt of he Slate h he has been an active bun well PI and favorably known lit 11 goes down to the grave full tull of ars and with An honorable record t fire all who have known him |
