Show PILGRIMAGE OF Ol THE UTAH PIONEERS 1 SIXTY AGO TODAY TePA y The Tho story atoy of the tin of ot the pioneers May MI 3 i 1847 was 11 Inadvertent Inadvertently ly Iy omitted front tho the News New tWI ot of the corresponding date nto taut week AM As ninny many Inny readers are clipping each nh days clAS narra narrative 1011 tive tIse for book purposes the thai ml Inc big date Is II published today tocla MONDAY MAY MAV 1 Y 3 j IS 18 IT 17 The rhe team teals rather rothe weak uk tot for the want of elt sooth rood tho the concluded to 11 rest rent a ii u day 11 A company of or hUnters hunter were sent pent elt out In II search march of game gain when I Iny returned they thc brought two IWO i lit buffalo calves and a ml one Oll 01 antelope Another company wan wa n to the country In iii ad advance vance allce other were steno employed In netting 11 wagon tires tiros Rail And jn In various other du ilu DAV MAY I o 1817 IS 17 Thin Thi hl morning th Lh In the tile pioneer c mp stood at at 67 17 7 deg F l with I it n sl from the lie south which continued to rIo bout About 8 S the tile cOl ll following the tho gen geli oral course ur of the th Platte which front from t to 10 southeast A tithe little before Idore 12 1 the pioneers found a ii small 1111 spot of Ir grass 1118 which hall had hallI I escaped he lie devouring clement also 1111 some water wal They rh stopped to let their fe food d having traveled about eight miles In lit the hit tl afternoon they lluy lwy traveled about six miles 1 during which tune time some of the tho killed hunters one buffalo hulo cow cO and mil five fh calves and cap Cal a ii I good od calf air alive al which they th Intended to tn keep le A high son south southwind Hi wind blew during dulIng the day duy About I p m in I the tile company conW IY came all to the tilO th of or fire which crossed their 1 path running from tho thio th river to the tile north as ni 81 far as n tile the th eye ero could extend They 11 concluded that It would bo be the tho th safest to 10 camp upon uon the tho lie burnt prairie Some SOI small email patches of ot grass 1111 that hIatt bud Ild escaped the fire fre were wro which the I he animals J until lark dark hatIng belim watched by b IL a portion of or o the camp Ill y uh I V II 0 I Hili IR 7 About 1 I o ok k this It ruined a ii 1 little lite ii tt It In iii II the th t he a lP net camp suf sufficient iii f In tn I ul lay Iny In II some olP small ln deKi de the lw t iii duct du s I und and ii d ashes n hs of oC tilt the th I tit The It h camp started sin rt ii early ii y und a nii I about ii two t L tl 1 miles ls tilt U lILY I found iou mitt ni ow more mere li ii I the 11 t st SI I Hide sI II tie of tf r rth hit th lie I y burnt lain i I nt Icy th h for breakfast and nimi to 11 it let their tram ha 11 feed fOet At tL 7 tho th titer stood at l flu rl deg uIe r F I A brisk gale 1110 vms 1 from tho the northwest The Tho 10 sky HI ky char iI They Thc traveled I I about eight miles the forenoon Orson Pratt Pra t took I oi ik n ii meridian i It fl observation loll tion of ut the mm stilt Sti by hy sextant 1 ant from frol which he hut li determined tie tho th latitude to too be 10 10 IQ den IloK 18 48 8 nun hull 42 sec sO In n the tho tl they thoy moved 1001 on tn shout about nine encamped tot for to I the Ih night During thu Iho whole day A herds h ot or buffalo 11 were In lu sight on oi ni both sides of fr th Ihl the river ret many hundreds feeding within wi a R quarter of a Ii 1 mile of o the tho road read did didlot not lint lot seem to tn b bi be alarmed At nt the thu ap tip approach of or the pioneers During the th of It If their halts they hwy had to tl cm I ili their trams teams to keep 11 them thiem front from min mingling gling with wih thi Ih he buffalo I 1 think writes Or on Pratt I 1 may lay safely say A tutu Hint I have lap semi 11 1010 during tIle the U they day Some few fest antelope which came calne near neal our 0 isI killed for food meat Inept le was I lis very vety Cy excellent but Jut wo su WI did dIl not 1101 allow w s tn ii kill any ni game only im its Ill We wanted it I ten for food flOI One cow we I found near our road which lo ho liichi or II weak steak through old nII age ng although tible Ibl to tt stand strind tn nd yet t sho ph ho did not hot lt feel teil disposed t to tn run mutt rUI vr ic gathered mound around her hor while some 11 Ill nl II ht I her h bv Ity I hi e horns hilt bill hit she slin 1111 WIK tiis too enk 1111 to iti 11 do in any lY I litrin 1111 We W t left lid bet h to lol tu live hIve or ortI tu tn tI I die Il ii it iii ii lilt the Ih I he it Voting OUI lost his hl spy I glass nR several UI Imek Istuk hll In hii hut It I mull could not ant be lie found fund Young buffalo fre DC frequently came In Iii way WiY and tutu we h hail haft l to carry thorn them to a I distance from the th camp amp to protect prevent them from us UR 1111 helm being In out our 0 way WI S |