Show n nn n nn n n I T w wo Brave rave w Women omen Who Shared c H With Mormon ormon Battal Battalion Battali ion r F the tho women who saw sav Salt SaltO O Lake valley a ley in July Jul per perhaps Ier Imps haps only two mo now living They aro are Mrs Irs Albina M 1 WIN ot ur Soda SatIn Springs Spring Idaho and Mrs Mis Phoebe Lodema Thompson ot or Smith Held Utah Several Severn I there lucre may muy ho bo of 01 the tho gentler sex BOX who as ns little girls came with their parents parentI In III that lint month Otto Onn nt at least of or the tho latter class clans Is Mrs C ot At Logan Lo La Logan Laan gan an eldest daughter dall of or Mrs Williams who was wn 4 years old when on July 29 JU an sho she was by her hor par parents pari i to the present nt site of ot Salt Stilt Lake City CIt Mr s Williams Will I Mrs Thompson hompson are aro sisters both butil born at nt Elba New Yerk the Iho t former tOlmer July Judy hi C 1820 mid 1111 1 tho thin latter hatter AUK Aug D G I 18 1 2 They vera wera tho tue daughters or ot Samuel nail and Odell Mi lf n III The older either sister he bo the tho lie vIto of Thomas ff i f Aug 35 25 1842 I nail when liar her bite hus husband band blind In III tho tito Mm moil Battal Battalion ion bit rm in III July is 1 S 16 IG I 6 she ho accompanied him With her h r wont her sister 10 Lo dema I Merrill a fl veteran ot nt Ito tho war var of 1812 having served as ns a 1 cap captain tain of oC heavy artillery luring during thin tithe second with Client Circuit Britain Ho lie WIH wui In III tho ho exodus ot or th hit tho i people front Illinois when the waif for COl or COO 1 00 uncut mon menio io to go so to California and mIca inko part In lii tho the Will war thoi thol on Al AI Although though ho Ito an nn aged mini mil 11 and could III afford tO tn tho the ut of ut iiii i y of ot his hui family the Ito spirit ot Of loyalty and patriotism tio sO deeply lin in In of ot Father 1 M Mr Mar ir ihlI Hint I he ha tn tu lila lilu cotta cotin calico one ono fion two two t two Wo daughters lita suit on Jn wua C M wio who bo hue Came tho OIO of ot the tho battalion the hue were Cot Col Colton top ton H S the tho 1 worn Edwin Colton CuHon and nih tho the rH won were tho the of lIt IC title sketch v lion hun tin till lie battalion Santa Sunti Ie Ico F Now Jow It wn decided h by byCo Co Col Phillip ut st Cook Coull to sup op elate from thu ho company nil 1111 tho the nick d inch and the te women V 11 lal n ot of 0 the tho lit In that tto Uw r might a ut 1 there moro rapid march to the Iho teat seat of Will wui Accordingly Capt James Janues Brown Bown was vas placed Pieced In charge of the detachment anti and tho the same lame was conducted con hack back to old Fort Pueblo on tho the Arkansas Arkansan river thu th present of ot tho the tho the city of ot that name In Colorado Mm Mis 1111 VII Wll and Mrs litre Thompson veru of ut that party It wan ivee late Into In lit tho the all fall of ot 1810 1816 rind Capt Brown to spend tho ho winter at tho hue Spanish fort It Il was hundreds of miles train from rom any settlement poorly protected but butU It U was tho the bet best refuge that could bo be obtained Tho Thu men who ho wore well able to work wor set about hue tho as Indians and coil Spaniards wore vere almost dally daily threatening H upon the thu fort food fOId nd iid clothing occasioned much among men neti wonton and antI Tho aunt num nor hut of graves In the flue little cam tory story nn IN the population of lC the till place hulaco and but hut for 01 tho tender inn nursing slug of tho the women of the tho camp many more moro would have been heen added to th city cly of the silent lead dead II A I PUEBLO PU mf HOME MI Spring came cumP at nt last and anti then thon the was wan conveyed to tho hue Isolated IRola 11 lit little little littie tle tie colony COhill that a II start hUll had heron been made by buy II tho the pioneers to find a new homo home In lii the thun fill far wont iveRt The Tho soJourner at nt ivere oro Instructed to 10 proceed westward No limo lima was ins lost In huh bid bidding ding to the hue little old fort ort on tile the A Captain Browns com company compan pan pany fell 11 in tutu wake of o tho and nil all but bitt overtook theta them L torl the lie valley ulley of o the thu Great Orent Hull Halt hako was wan AH 1 u Ii waiter of If fact Home of at thu Ihl battalion people caine In hut with that tha first or of the lie Ill bui but hilt the wagon l anti her hor sla slater ter I or r i not jot arrive nt at t tho ho of lIt City cie creek k until 11 live duy dus utter had lund pitched III hie IM lent 1011 there thure MArti BV flY 11 In Ill Ht l cl l Phoebe Lodema he hue cume Caine the wire wife gf of 1 A u I few eulI later Inter the Ilia husband hll en cn lii III n with hili him I Inlaw H Ii In 11 I H 1111 t nurse of ot It line lh the Unit irni van onu u uC ht lur ul raid most t in III it city ll ty lit In thu tho caily eathy part of ot the 1110 yur I fluId took look the tho mute loute for fOl ala nia to 1 birk bick u a 1 wagon train of or merchandise The They he hind haa a u large lar e num number her ber of oC wagons drawn by b to hO I lilian of or mules employed many teamsters Near on March IS 18 the two IWO men lOOn were shot down by h Indians na oil they the voile lode in lit advance of ot their th h wa iva wagons gone gons OilS In t of a 11 suitable Place e to tu cilia camp p The Tue Indians ne an 1111 old man bull and his Iiii three thice sans cons appeared fuli and ouid told of or good grass and water swater Just ahead The Tho unsuspecting white men mell allowed the thu redskins to fall nil Into the tear when I hy bier i In III I u front flout woe ed by b two I WI armoIre In III Inthe hithe the back Mi iti Jackson foil eli fui fare downwind don I I In iii Inthe the sand and Ills his romp aion supposed him to be 10 dead Mi William gallop cd oil away in n a lIml and reached his ills men mell while yet et enough life lito In him to tell the story As he 1010 along ke 1 tried to pull lull one of or the tho lie arrows from root his hack and the lie point was ofT off oJ Inside him him Hu lIe died that When Wh found Mr AIr was wan olive alive butt but had linen ter tOl terribly ci bv by I the Ho lie pa ra and a lid untie ii to help lIell I in lit any way Wll va to reach n Ii pistol In III his hue hip hll pocket Four Kour had hind been emptied nt lit the Indians am fluId the tho fifth bullet was ic to touted he ho told his to III put pUl an Lilt end to 10 his bin own eisa suffering In case tho thu worst mine little Mi lh lived hived one month to I the day and lieu lies bur bum burled bulled led at San It was months the hue news newl i reached cached Salt Lake Of or tho tit entire outfit but one pair pall of mules was returned to tho the widows widow the tho appropriating tn to IC them themselves solves selves tho thu remainder ramal of ot the lie animals i t t I II ITi I Ti kwi 1 a 7 11 W irL L 4 k I I yr il Y 0 0 j r s ri i iI iI 0 j M I t I ii p f 1 I IrP 0 I 5 I IL rP L IL i c ct t and thin the iii out Ii t ii Tilt murdered 1 ants mu had hiu it beet been bee II of much taul es as estate tate ate In lit the city Mr oil Williams owning the tho corner where now stands thu the De National bank blink tho lie two holding much of oC tin lila stretch ot of ground between the Ihu hotel anti the tho tison and muc h other real 1111 estate In inthe tho the heul of if the t lie city elt But the tile at af fairs of oC tile known most to themselves mid and the lie loss IusI of ot and documents cons cease death upon tho the mens reduced the from affluence to lo 4 almost poverty Later Mrs Jackman remarried but hilt Mrs has hall remained r a 11 widow who Both are In lit fairly good health nod and hid hl l lI T I fair fuir to live yet jot ol nInny year years i |