Show OUR PIONEERS PIONEER S siney lewis sr I 1 as born august 1 1818 in a I 1 itle we village called mosquito creek near council bluffs lowa low my twin sister was named olive our names i mere symbolic of two of 0 the acred mountains in the holy land lard ml NIL sinai ind nd bit lit olivet my father david lewis was born april 10 1814 in the state of ken and became a bimber ot of the L D 8 church march 24 1833 1835 in my father and mother went ment to missouri they settled on a piece of land about 18 miles from far west and about one mile from hawn a 2 the scene cl of U abe kitowna mill massacre my ily father vent through this massacre assure in without ith a ingle single ecar scar although five bullets pierced his clothing and be h had shells strike near him in many instance instances after the mill was raided and the men retreated to the blacksmith shop tor for shelter they ere shot out like nt mits when very every man had been killed or bounded voun ded dedin my father walked through heavy rifle fire fir e to a patch of woods where ho he sought shelter in some way my father got to ether an in outfit consisting of a teara team and light wagon and took toot us back to kentucky where his po PAO p o pla and lad in mother others people lived dur ing uv the absence of mj MY parents from my grandfather trail had died leaving a large estate esre my mother took her sha share re of the estate in equipment for emigration tx t e west one aigro slave called jeny jen and money we started back to the gathering ea therin place ol 01 the migrants in with two yoke ot of oxen two tso covered wagons well II 11 loaded with supplies Inc lidin seed grain and garden seeds bed bedding ing clothing and tood food we left ken lucky tucky sometime in 1819 my father was a cooper by trade a and nd he was kept constantly busy supplying barrels tutu tubs and kegs for the caravan the journey was started across the ithe great pla bahen lahen ben I 1 was only L lo 10 0 years old P remember vividly a huge herd of stampeding buff bucalo that rushed through our camp grounds they were upon la Us almost afore we had time to turn around I 1 was sitting on the waa tongue and some of 0 these plunging 4 g I 1 snorting no beasts leaped over the lover end of the very tongue upon aich I 1 was sitting we reached salt lake valley in ithe the fall ill of 1850 lf mv tather father located a i scant adobe house and mored the famay lito IL it the winter was lone long and very cold for us a as we were used t to a much milder climate clit rather and MA jerry imy the negro oa cc PW aba rivel LEWIS LEUIS ir SR continued from a one I 1 jimmied ht aed brood od fw for th the e one fireplace from ahr hr copon near heit fort douglas nov not Is located the ine next sprint we e ranted ithac hal little gra n and jd bred e hd had left expect ine a good top crop but that via the year the ara st 0 o caire cave ard 1 se ere not tor to sae sate any ny at 0 cur our crop mp the winter inter ol 01 1851 52 u 9 lust ut ag U pird as any milous one on hd bad beer u AS p bed had try cry I 1 atle to rat which caubet us to fed 1 I the th coid cod kenly mother bought a little hone home ho ne and bout about ilfin 1 aerts en of land rot fur far fron from where the cit and county new tow tends stands with the ui braccey the hd had amed from ber ct of grandfather a estate ve all 11 II corked ok ft soon as a vae e Y cre ere old enough and id each hd bl job ot of arms to IY dm in n the fall aler the banest mother ue the I 1 vw arr hiler pr n th h her to some wie recently vacated by the rep tw herp here re vv ot id glear the few i of grain hey 1 l left und and rut rat then them in mother mothers pron apron when we lion hoine we th atie a irmin out ot of the th 1 aks ik mh ith etick or by rubbing it between our hand hands and blew blow alito chart chaff aay it vw woo then thell rand thi thorough rough in an old coffee mill razed with cold water into a better batter by mother and ried tried to in ac c iron skillet held ow over the coals raked to the front ol 01 tle tte fire tre place ve N t lere ere each g in rn one ot of trebe caits with a unal cup ot of each evening and nd mornant A e know that what nutche were arl iad d no flirt and aw teel steel to tart start our ore tire but we a in the form ot of a tun sun glass gla wh h ch as quicker at d surer than any otter ethod of starting tart lux nits as long as we had haa dry maternal nut mAter trUl tal when I 1 ill as lift years old I 1 tom ed a coin community herd ot of cattle and each cub ur day took tem mem in i gme alon liml the eart bench as it was M then cau calil ed the U of 0 U now no landa stands als far kr north as the pr pre acot ant site d of 01 the capital lod u tu ta south as the penitent iMY continued next wet week k |