| Show 2 1817 Quite curly In the ot the and ami others crossed o l tha tho Fork In their skiff l of or sole t and walked up UI to 10 Foil Folt LaramIe where whee they lh i re kindly received Ie by b Jain Bordeaux others and Invited to Lo n a neat and comfortable ble room After A a asocial asocial social cheerful conversation with Mr Ir Bordeaux Bor and they walked down to 10 seo which was en ell engaged nt lit the tho price of 1 to In ferry the of the Pioneer rom panr ucro s as liS they the hud learned that traveling further upon the left bank nf or the North Fork tork would If not Impracticable be he attended with imich difficulty difficult Mr 11 Bordeaux Informed them them 1 tho Crow Cro Indians were In the habit ot or annual to the fort forI and sU nil all tho horses and mules they could lay II their hands upon Somo weeks before befort the arrival of the Ille Pioneers the Indians hud hu 1 suc succeeded In stealing all tho th hor horand 11 and mules to 10 the thC tort fort to the tho number of or 24 and In couise lOUl e of or a IL few to years 1118 they the had stolen stol n upwards of oC horses on them t I I Mr torn inai ex Boggs ot or Missouri had re rc recently passed with his company ho he had har said much tho Mormons cautioned Mr r Bordeaux to take care of his bs horses and cattle As All Hoggs find Ills his company compau were Weft quarreling continually an 1 many hod deserted d him Sir Mr Bor Dol Bordeaux deaux remarked 1 tf 11 the that let the Mormons be what they the might they the could not be he worse worM than and his men mell Is It II not a IJ little singular asks K AV y that thol tills this exterminating governor of ot Missouri should have hae been crossing the plains at lit atthe the same IIA the They were golm to carve out for tor their thell people a greater destiny than thoy tho could hon have reached either In Missouri or 01 Illinois ho to pass pas away leaving nothing but n a transitory name By B his astronomical Instruments Or Orson Orson son Pratt Prall determined 1 the latitude of or Fort ort to 10 be h 42 12 min minutes utes and LInd 13 seconds unil longitude lot deRre 3 11 U minutes and 53 63 lIt dif differing fering from Captain J C Freu only throe or IS 18 rods Byu 1311 means of ot several observations he also calculated the altitude tf the lh fort rort to be feet f et tho of the sell sea hlll the th Pioneers were ro encamped near Mar th the fort shops 1111 set Bt up and some somo necessary UT repairing donG done for fol the camp It Will was decided to send Amani t M Lymun with sov Bel iral other brethren to Pueblo to 10 meet the Iho detachment of ot tho Mormon Batta Battalion lion encamped there and hurry hurr them themon I on to to 10 follow Collow tho track if Jr tho I Ilon eu I Fort I or as UK It was formerly called Fort William and later la tel F rt John Johll tho first permanent post lost erected In what Is II now no V It Will was established by b and HaberL Campbell In 1834 with the tho design of the We trado of or thc tho Indian tribe who rho loomed over oer the country from the th Missouri llIs on the U tho Sweet water will 1 1 on tho Ihn west weISt of the th muck Black Hills lillis namely hoe hoen and Sioux and warlike It lt was S while their to OG their Tho fort wall wag situated on Fork l OIk on Oil af at affluent fluent of the tho n II and beautiful str winding through meadows lile wild lId currants goose and which were wee dotted hero and thill with of larger lanel trees It consisted ot a IL II IB 18 high with bullion In III two t O cor Ol a II f fw w mall houses tn In 11 I IlK K Fort III I lifter In III 18 tho Iho IK al sold 11 lo Milton r 1 three Hire other fur who had l with tilt tho American Kur ur comi uny lifter an nil active rivalry of lIer during which the e two lIeso h d driven all other Ameri Amerl American can fin fill trailer out of fill Tho tort fort was Wd rebuilt In III by Ii Urn nn own owners OW Irs ers ut ul an outlay of It and WAH by lIy a It pun port or the Iho company Fort John hut bill tho namo could be mado to the majority Tho In hi the nettled tha th 1 differ once nce by 11 out their bill for Fort the of or th UI liIn on It wan WILli situated nil more lilt to tn bo too than Ihal or John Johll which b 10 It Jt to bo ho a fort nf or orth th American Fur until 1849 ii HUN old to th eov nt Kork of lit the JIll u 1 trapper by Ui lh r r who In tI t fui wan killed by 11 thA on till tIun which nar lh Iho foil IM I about lut 40 0 yards wid I On a of r Indian II th II to 1 tha country nn 11 lit III the time tin Ih pi mer NI h entirely iK p Hd the fun II b hig ia on the lQ or meat me lL and on OIt the tho states for of produce The Ch timber of this region Tc lon Is scarce con COli consisting of a few fe a h and IUM U I s 3 is Jt lT IT The morning was with t hIgh t wind the ther I stood ut deg r F In n tho 1110 pioneer camp l In tho morning tho company commenced ferrying the North Fork ForI of or till the which nt III that point was WIlS wide being deeper than usual u averaged ed about four wagons wa ons an houi From 1101 u IL small party three or 01 ton COlli persons of ot white men who hud hll l ar nr lived lIel ut lit Fort tho day cIl und who hurl had made the Ile journey fion the si rite In 17 11 darn d lH on horseback Ut the pioneers learned that a large of lit emigrants wOle on OU the tho road 1011 the gentlemen referred to having 1111 about 2000 OO wagons In detached com l s on 1111 their 11 to Oregon On small company expected to reach th Foil Nt Laramie tho next morning another I tho next day and 1 01 still larger lanel the 1111 day following 11 was WI that these th se wore w principally from Illinois and Iowa lown Many ather I companies were Ions to leave tho frontiers soon I those tho e gentlemen left Ift About Abo noon J Iders M t Ly L man VOI C John Jolin 11 If lIds IMIS and l HI Stevens started I cm and 1111 1 for Pueblo Young Kimball ls and Pratt accompanying hl them to 10 tho Iho 1 Fork where they held hel l n council had prayer and blessed the tho brethren who then forded tho river pursued 1 their while the tho four Apostles returned to 10 tha camp In the tho tho camp was d by II n IL thunder storm tram from tho west accompanied with high wind and ami hull |
