Show u uJ r u r I BROTHER 17 SISTER lg CAME TO UTAH u IN 1846 i ium ILl um I w II II III IIII H V I i at tl ril lI i V 1 0 J J i t j I I 1 1 j J 1 1 Ti l t lItt h hoj oj X 1 F Fg of I II g I V V Y r f j fj P 1 I i 1 rt I J MII I HI III I I H Hf f I THOMAS DI hn j Led of ut o I tin till RII Hint I Destruction Ii Is i the th eVil eve ot of Pioneer day daytha 1 the tha day ilay ull till recalls with mingled pride tint Joy the tilo glorious work of at her and JIB Its grand results Kitty Fifty years ngn USO the bund baud of ot W 17 pathfinders entered halt Hall Luke viii al nl alIcy soy Icy Of Ot that honored number It iliA In th be that only 16 10 survive thin Baty RI Hut to that Hint 10 16 and the great number who followed the train till ull the tilo tatt tomorrow pay puy horn 11 go While tub this is lo done tione with pomp and ceremony It is 13 Indeed re to o Know that thoro are now hots living In III Utah two tO person who traversed versed the tho of ot many Utah Ulah settlements ono ano year baturo tim tho advent Il vont of ot the Pioneers They uro mo Mrs Mr Iu Dodge of at 1321 east cant South Temple street this city 1 1 ml Caleb who liven on In his In Carbon county near Price They riley are ore laughter daughter and son lion of or Father V who led section of ot Rhe Donnor party that o hardship und ind Inter headed tile the relief relict expedition that found tho thu liv 1 upon human Menu tI In iii th ti tops of ot the tho th Here was the Ihl most mOIl horrible in III all nil the th history of ot u extern and tho the Ne In 13 h enabled to 0 pI cont It n ns related by those who llo V ere vere connected with It more closely It II ItIn III In I R thought than IU other living p Iler i iBo jon Bo Ho farni for till no known MIR Mill Dodge anti and ant Mr are the tho only nun Ivor of lit the expedition They Thoy were both hoth very cry young tho tin girl being only eight years earo carll of age aire lilT WilliE there thero may have oun oven children III In the par vur party ty itY their residence If it they live Is 19 not Known Mrs Dodge Is 18 I GO CO yearn of ne II hut hilt wonderfully preserved Rho In III in toll nn aft entertaining and her recital of ot tIn till of oC 1840 1846 during their thIr eventful trip Is little II III 0 short of ut mar ns itEl a 0 test teat of ot memory Bho wai born horn In Hay flay county Mo Mu Her who owned n 0 small farm wore of ot the tho Mormon Church That whom section of ot Missouri was Willi wildly excited over anti early in ill 1844 BO so many hud hod been heen driven out by b having thou property destroyed that flunt Mr determined d to om ernI lonte itte The Tho Saints were ero talking then V lOt if f going west Young lind thin tho initiative towards town the lite west well western era ern It Is lo n a 1 of oC his bl Hory tory of coUrt that tho Iho kider did not 1101 know Inow Just JURt where tin tile Saints would A nettle lettie hut but the tit land of ot VII most moat frequently spoken polen of at wn WAil led to 10 believe that California Was to 10 bo be both Ii th tile Mormon home In II any Rny h hit he determined to t strike out oUI ahead of ot the Pioneers If It he ht went too far tRI return after the settlement was Willi made My ly Iy other vae II u natural horn born pio plo pioneer piOneer neer liter continued Mrs Dodge 1 n II sense of oC revealing Itself I and ho he the most careful preparations for tor the Ilia journey There were w ro eight uC u UH beside beide brothers tIu ilia two older thou We hail had tio wag an ons two 10 COWl C plenty of ot bacon ond beam and ILIa I Hour In fact 1 b believe belloe our was WIlM ae u it 1 little better than the tie average ivonne pioneer wa able lib Ie to 10 Vo Vii wore were camped on Ott the tho Missouri river riser just justat nt nl tho Iho opining of oC 16 it and there thero vu WI vt met Donner and a n large party larty of at who were going In III our diree direction loll lion When I any IllY we e met him I 1 mean nican father did I vu only eight yearn old 0 Well we nil all made bade a n stint Thoro hero were Sere probably In tho the moved movell along quietly for tOr a II long longtime time but bUI It II as nil noticeable my father tather ui used d to tell me ne that thai the farther we journeyed the mom mOlts there seemed to be There troubles worry me Iii nt at all My hardship Will wat we hiding under tho thu bell bed bedclothes clothes when hen we ivi saw Indiana coming comins lime the men mell and anti women all armed were ver ready rendy for tor a battle with the thu redskins On many occasions we wa ve ox a n but strange to say eay not a n member of or our party was WIlS killed by hy Indiana whereas two llo years later inter In tile the plains were with the tho bonas honet of ot emigrant AH H 11 our train moved along the tha Platte the became very trouble ami the horn born of fear toor In iii Increased creased cren oll in the thi party Wo We came to the tho point where two routes to California lay before us ue Home of ot the tile discontented were vero In lii favor of oC taking Inking tho Hastings cutoff while the lie conservative people piopio wanted to continue along tho Iho middle route roule My father Insisted hl the tho latter hatter Ponner onner and his lilo follow Callow lag Ing declared their Intention of ot following tile the Hastings cutoff Wo We Vo parted mm Iii fAther piloted Ie tm u to 10 California without further Incident Wo We e were living In III a n little place liaCe culled Dry near Sacramento and Hm 1110 tim next fall fail we were ero alarmed to heat henl from finin Spaniards coining through that the Iho Conner Donner part of tile the expedition nn snowed In high up 00 In Ill the lie Sierras tind could not ur relief relict was WIS m nt to 10 th m The governor called for terre My father anti and live IIvo with two other responded The rue brothers were Sere John Johll Poster Daniel ei V n Graphic story by bp Lako Laco Woman of Experiences of tIc tha Parallel in tn the ic Expedition TIm Thai Probably Has No History II of f Western Colonisation Colon ia tion tint tho Cannibal Cann mId and zd Ilis ills I Mania Manta For Unman Ullman Flash Reunited With Will the tIe Mormons in ini in i of the fc Mysterious Gold Cold Mine on the Uintah Uinta Reservation Pioneer Day Vay Story Jory o co of Intense Interest Interests i V Vf VI III 1 t V s I r V V I 4 f V t a aV ais t V 1 V n 1 is N NI i I 1 t 1 i iI 1 i f L LV LS V S I I It II I I r t f I 1 V VV VV V V ft V V m n m 1 f 1 MUS LUCINDA A CLAWSON DOJ Cm OF Ol IMO 1040 Henry Honry and William They The made mado prop prep preparation for tor a 11 hard trip un aIlt I surely aurelY they had It They soon eoon reached a II i point where animals could no longer longor be It woe was sImply u ti question of at traveling on and ond currying carrying provisions on their backs backe without even eon knowing the tho exact location of ot tho the sufferers sufferer they thoy were to relieve The Tho enow deeper mountains became steep steeper er or the tho lie cold more moro Intense It WillS way In Intha necessary to cache their provisions tile tha tops loPS of at trees anti ani carry more mere hands till fill of ot grub gnu with thorn on their long lont search thon I turn to the cache and andset set get a Ll little more My It brother John while for foi some food on one ono of or those occasions lost Ion his 1110 way ami was threatened with starvation the tho lest of or tile tho party I lIrt found him he had hat torn torI tho tilt from Crom his hiM and eaten It II liE He never 1111 recovered train from tho the efforts of ot that exposure Th rh fiut hard hardship ship resulted In II his il early death I To return to th tile lost Ios the lie AA J AJ party finally located tet them They Imprisoned by walls wails of or snow that roso rose 80 feet teet tha thu roofs of at their huts hul hutsIn hulIn hutsIn In these thello willis walla alis they hail had to out cut foot tool footholds footholds holds to L get cel t up or down Tile The relief party lost loot as all little time a ne IU possible In bringing up food toad but of at the tho bi or more only 48 wore were rescued The condition of ot these us as I have havo o houd my m tl her describe It II was WM some somo something thing horrifying It II that they had no means meant of oC burying their dead Ilea oil mill were vero compelled to pile up UI the corpses corpse In one end of ot tile the cabin and anil IIo In la the other When the last Insl ounce of ot was WIlS exhausted they the were forced to live Iho on Oil human And iid be bo foie COle ally deaths hail had o cu wul when nil all were starving they tho had actually resort resorted ed to drawing ruts cuts to coo ROO who should heroine b the thc sacrifice against starvation I do not no know OW that anybody was ever slaughtered for food I hardly believe It Rot got ot to 10 that for fOl whon when the tho food wai WILli hausted deaths became frequent ami o these bodies furnished th their lr awful ta In table ble bies But DUI I have the word of ot a woman who Will witnessed It that lots were ero drawn The relief rollet expedition made three trips to bring out the tho living persons The lust Insl ones they rescued rea cued were vore so ao that thoy they had to bo be carried on the thu backs of or their rescuers Aa As nearly as nil wo we over ever learned time tho party came to In Its sad ead lot lilt largely through quarrels and amid grumbling It II IB IR true that Ihal a Ci 1 man mall named Greenwood sent lien I or left lert a lat lot latter latter lotter ter telling Donner by no moans means to C take Inke that route roule and nd It was never nevel delivered but hut karl had they remained contented as nil our division did there would not nOI have been h on that black page In history They hud hlll trouble among themselves tIm even ovon nf nt Ur lIr wo We 0 loft left them heat The Tho relief relict party found two factions tar lions mowed In live miles apart There Thoro wa Wn ras only emily one rille family I believe that was not nol forced to 10 eat ent human llesh They fhe escaped because e the father when he taw QI what vas coming coaling on hilt hail fore tore 1 1 1 1 1 1111 1 1 It 1 I I X 1 I i t I I I I I i Of I t 11 11 I J f f f V r rf H f I i it V t I V V V It 1 I I i y I 44 4 H HV I I I I I II II V I I I j t i t tI 1 I t IIII III I Ivr 1 OF OI Tim THE Caleb tho Iho lie M Sillier Ills his MM sight night enough to 10 kill bin hili livestock dry dr the tho moot macat while many be ho believing lieving nil hope ns lout lost lo t allowed their cattle cuttle anti and horses to stray oft off The liThe most horrible Incident of ot the whole tragedy was wan related to 10 tomo tome mo me by bit one of ot the women omea rescued A AGerman German named or nr Keysburg Keys Jos Keysburg Josburg burg lost lot his hili mental balance and be bo became came CIUllO a 1 1 continued lIt lIe do lIe that human to 10 him huh wax of at nil 1111 meats he Ito had hlll n a mania for tor On Oil one nc oi ho up UI nn Infant before baroN tha tho mothers mother eyen ell dashed out alit UH i tim thon t lieu tore lore t ore It 11 limb I tram ruin limb ii nud nd devoured thu the fleet iloah The rue mother I after niter viewing this tub night eight partially l loot loHt hor bar reason lellion and aini starved to 10 death Ing tug to touch louch human Thin sumo 51 IC I was a n thief Ho toIe all iii kInds of ot articles tho thu sufferer and Bd hid them In one ono big blK cache pio believing that thai he lie could couill money on them nt lit Homo future date Ho Jie wan WM at his hlA work worl of nt plunder and lint was up tip by hy bythe bythe the nock hock until ho he told whorl where ho had liati hidden the time stolen articled When the party arrived re refuted refused fused to bo be rescued He lie told the tha other to leave lelo the lead bodied behind n no there thero enough food on them good goodenough enough h for far anybody to him until spring up and he lie preferred to behind The fhe party fIrl did ilith not de lIe mb sert tile tho unfortunate honour I can barely recall that he lie vhs IH brought into Sacramento The suffering of ot course was naM endured by the lie Imprisoned emi emigrant em grants grant but the life of oC thine who nho went to 10 their rescue was nn no AH All s I have before stated Ihu y well to carry their Ih lr provisIons lons on au their backs up tip to 10 a n curtain certa I ii point ti miti then lien conti 1110 with only onh scraps In their over overa a tl part of at tho the perilous route roule On ono oc DC occasion Ie enema casion the tho place linee whorl their provisions were vere clIched sas ao found by hy anti tiron IIron their return with famished mom hers hern of time the party they tile found only tho Iho tIC evidences of ot the lie fount They Thoy till all crime camo near starving that time line Mrs Dodge 0 1110 mid tho Iho lie entire family lived at t Dry Crock Creek k until they heard of oC HIP lip arrival of or Young In Salt Inke valley and tho the Intention of oC tho the to ettle there Father 1 then lien announced Ills his hl Intention of ot return returnIng Ing lit to 10 tho lie now homo holto of oC tho lie lie He Hev v ns VaS nt at the tulle time working a mill lind was ono 01 of tho tile party which din diM covered gold sold there In the millrace III In Notwithstanding tho the excitement caused au ell by hy this discovery ho N WS for or Utah and antl J h hi r II ith ll 1 I 1 In lit mu IU Coining M Hi tit r I M na from rom omits ald I tir Ir Ii II Innumerable tons ih t I gt gl U V of or In nil ni VS i r bUI ut f wa we were welo I tiui ti i lam lai m to 10 l hear ha ar r 1 I 1 l Mra Mr bun hll n lI HI 1 I in 1 t 1 i ih h i that time Nh t u H Iq t th lit j jC if i t I Into ill to J It I I soil In It Ih Ii r of or Bi IU 1111 J H 11 II it II ft fl r 1 I ia i her lii te ml t hu I r brother Caleb h ii Iw IH oft Olin n b i n nil nl od oti v with it th Ii t tie the ik t I t of 01 t I s mini in itt i mil n a lt Ci h T I i UM u HI 1 to its II say ny tInt on a n y ar sr would disappear or for tto II i i i iks Pk ka ort orn or n nand and return with a II n k Ic rf C g gl tj Li i f If It so FlO ho Ito never liever hns 11 I PI vi a i 1 l I th it at V of ot the mini ex pt the thi k Oct foci that there ther IH In a Q C I I nn fin 0 C th t at atIt It has hail been said Mil that th ii In I II i threatened tIm rca him Iii it with t it hi il tI 1 ith if It h e a V revealed the tit in but bitt most moll 01 e i th mice are nrc regard II d by I y Mrs Irs b J 1 V largely I know that lUlL thon Ihrl I gI g Ii on en V reservation the rr T 1 for Cor I have luna handled lots In S of it II d I t I father tather lied had In III his hili p 10 q I 1 jt II how out f hH connected with the pu PI itt lou lom ti n my Iny iii hir III dI JUi vi I r rJ 1 g j 13 J Ih thy v u 1 I i m min f r fIn rIn In early days flint rm hp a n not b bof of ot It 11 with him Itom mom i T or they hail had u UI as ilK poss pOfi I V SI 1 dio th ii t 5 H HII t tn n it mysterious n II or i I they still teem seem m to think hunk Ihal hit my b bl visits this titis mInt minI Tho Ihl hall Is II hI t 1 I 1 been nn on Invalid for fr M Wul j irs 11 again to 10 the t Mm Mrs Fa III It I 1 j r like to 10 j lt luke kite c t more hare I years yearn ago aso I Ihl V i 1 theio thelo said Bald slip she md therl n II r i evidences of ot that party group of tall tail pia Ile hosp t I I cut off oft Iv I am urn told lold I t U II hue was vas lone done II one bv IW lie tho lh party parlY a acon con to 10 obtain ol fuel Cud Te I still stand Bland I Imagine wonder how In the world the Ihn n ur u parts mete of oC those giant trees Ir 11 v 11 r I sharply severed As 11 a 1 of 01 ra fi that was the tho only emily portion of ot a tri tr Ir exposed above the th Ings of ot Donnor Donner naIl ond hits his follower Dodge at nl UI Ga H Iq i still H h l a 1 I hearty and LIllI If it Indeed she the nJ f t I brother are arc not nol tilt the th nil r It i reasonable |