| Show t I SPENT Hi LIFE PREACHING I Ii 1 1 I i 1 I 1 i I L LA A A L Li t i f 1 t i I H A A r rv AIMON K Dh TENNEY I p great at cane catte becomes till the motif t to many mews urea bore IN II tin nn tolling lolling what or of will result ThLe I le tile the story of a man who be Ikea see In ane and hu bas spent hi hinl hie nl Ufa to white men mento to whom thousand of American boys bely have bave carried the me ap of their but to where the workers sro are few lew and t the record rd of their achievement recorded ed edWith With this atol story be linked the ator story of another teacher who was old w when he we very sad ad JI JIto to the without to 0 or results to ba bless tile the days 48 of 01 Ira bI work The life lite U lines of thew UIl two me men jut just on once and nd till th a w was not notto to In mall little pioneer settle settlement ment vote re planting themselves In the d desert be herb at the tho time But It fl 1 was on an one of those Site tea th hives of 01 Deseret Aril began to send forth their warming youth and maid mald maidI I to new areas of sagebrush In the be then almost unexplored west went That of 01 tile the two lives lIeM each being hInK loved tw u 4 ud owe s little half bait a century ago o The old older Id Ider er ot cite tb the two wa coming Jr back from u It to south Amert Amerl sea and II told th the wIth w wh h m this desk bout about hla feeling and ot of a work to be done for which Ir hi his hll day the time was not Id eid eider er r man has bu been I in his hla pave t fast mon monY many Y Prom the hour ut th the younger had bad en 1 ambition to to the And through h all his Ilfe till this has haa been the light that he be tae baa tol lowed The last t Um time throngs gathered In kit alt Lake Lall h among them m to listen to the words word of fellowship that were spoken the stands and to ehik k hn hands with those thole bed worked tar lar from Ih the of er Ili III I t with earn eLn for tor the tho mt final ends ench O BY 1 INDIAN And nit It wits waa during this time that t ha t a News N reporter In securing tram from him the brier brief from which the fad facts here set lIet down are writ written ten In the half century following the meeting In he southern set t at Uw the very ery time It ft CI a weak k bo boy n 11 antra where the older of the Church h could be entertained m h lass ha boon baton a 1 Not the or of It i that M Tenney TeDy Ie i rathel of a put blooded white child who was u baptized Into th the Church by a Indian eon con to this same me Church and md u a hearer bearer of ItS Ita priesthood by the father ut of the boy he baptised bap To get t a full and clear understand In tog of 01 this work It I ne necessary at to that all tea are not tilt the wild In with which young youn alt It Lakers Laker name much In contact 10 years ago aco Comanche Bannock children know I these ho tribes with their dirty and nd habits habit But further to th the ro the tha Mexican Melean border there are no Indians Indiana who are u mo more and nd Instead of living roving settle tUe Iowa down to hard liard work hum building and sometimes even tit to dl city building The Mormon convert whoa h picture with that of hla ha wife and aDd child In a baby bua buggy is II shown hown h here owns on to day th three nit oily lot a good a house UN th three cows a horse and d is 18 fees I hum frum debt He till tilia a little farm and nd III ht doing this II i doln doing only what my malty as ae did the people po ie who came cam Rem across the continent north nh ut of the lies Mex ken border In II the tale of India missionary Mr er 1 the result are more ut In that southern country than In the tho north And It la I o or this that the work ot of Ammon M Tenney Tenn has baw brought satisfaction to hint him and an old a age In which he can look back over many a well ell spent year ear To begin at the beginning the fIlth fath father er of Ammom M cnney was aa con on vetted to the Church beto before the Utah exodus set t In and he came wept ward with that movement In In 1811 the family became part or of the llan an Bernardino colony which moved in ID wagons waton westward from Irom Utah over the old Spanish trail to found a way Station Salt Bait Lake Lak and the west lIt cast oest What happened to this thiN colony olony la a awell well known story When Brigham Youn Young called 11 1 his people back t bt stand or hi hie kind ore 1 doing Ina for In Mexico olo o O th ruling tau clans did not dispossess the Indian and round him u a for lor are a re ur 01 tall rail together In ht th the army crisis Venus with h het tether fa ler amt back Into southern where h hr saw II th the town ut of founded and I later th lh loon of t HIrt th afton He was a Jut fuat a mere slip or of a 00 boy then III ht hla hi I fifteenth year 1 and nd lit mm trail frail that hl hi I parents parent wore re ID fa constant tear fear that he would fall to tn grow crow to manhood and perform dorm 1 service as they thay hd had alwa hop d he ha would RI His dailY wor work wa was to hard bard th the Church cattle attle the cu cooperative hard rd a as It was a tail all tailed ed and when he was out with the rattle he kept In how hiM hand a little and d studied all he be could In this 18 for tur even then he saw before I him m the kind of a life UIe M he hehe baa he since a bee bees living and felt elt heavily h 11 ily upon him bm his duty to prepare him himself self Ills RII first u use fur the lang lana language carne at t Vir Virgin nit elty and viii when the Navajo Indians went nt nn 0 the war path ana an began n to teal steal rattle aIU and aDd drive the settler tr III As Aa nn Interpreter young Tenney y had bad gath tta mod 1 I puta and w was sent t nut to I talk to the tho Indian With Jacob Hamblin whoa missionary to thu Iho InD la I already wan 11 known lit he afterwards visited tin tho Mogul and Runt down don the Colored tm from Kalab amid at this town too he be beane became ane a a as dl lb other otur t The of M Jacob oem earn the amount It of this lint first mission Lint It ii is with another tile the gist late lato this paper will Ihl deal That w was tin the undertaking l launched Tela Teensy Into lal his f masion A As a men maa or of f few y h wad a subordinate and the was In the heeds of older r youth In the ItJI was W WI I Ivies vi w who on only I laM Iut year was isle el elby 1 by Joy John lohn C Cutler to visit Ua the in dl dlana of southern OIl on of t his hla lu lung port Ibsen al perl which at i OIl this HII dots 11 him ble for tor 1101 A Lad to aha feet that YOM 11 never 1 ran II toll las ca II w waa nut d in III tit th 1 wt what docIl p marts will fallow th the of many II In a taus u It ma may bot b be hero to remark that Uw the of 01 the young white whits child who w was bp bap lI d tutu Int the faith 0 of It b by um Indian arrive the th name neme or of trifle In Tenney an giver Ill nut 0 of regard r fur a whose IU tip has led liP up out or of ervi 1 tnt Into tho th ern re ht I Ier s serf er h Ire of t th It r n nI II tI I ht BOON n of It It was al In III Irl nt r that a pitk lerl Itch h II 1 h for Mexico under the of Ilan m mW W hones who halt had t been een lall p pointed to the be by b 1 n noun Young oun At that Ume vel very little UtIl 1 net known In Utah of and an nothing noth In ing of the country beyond Among Amon the equipment the peek II hor carried was wasa a little pamphlet b by the De er t tN I N company It we a It 13 raga a in Slid consisted 0 of the Ant tran j from the Book of 01 Mormon Int t panl At Salt lt Lake the party part I d of L I S a Stewart He ma 11 Pratt tt Wiley C Jones Ion R It H end and lien W lone Jones At Sine llna It and at t KanAIt Kanab Tenny Tenney It its Anal member Ten cry guided th the outgoing seven ell ellor or of them on waddle the va I I viti village b by wa way of ferry and andon lId lIdon on Into Ian alt River valley wd h an lad Indian I sr carrying a h I front from Brigham roian Count had Into In d them was WAI to be explored by them themAN themAN AN 11 I The Th lint pf f many un uncertain moments i In III which on nn Indian missionary lOy cony lOyb hr b hi his last hour ut or misunderstanding with the people he hC I Is Okla out tame eam to till party nell near the th ebby river Indians were nr camped fled Oft cwt till this stream who had killed Dr In ID a noted Indian ml moe h r few years are before belo end and they hits nver n ver come to stoke peace But ButIn Butin In the which A Angus M Manion anion had 14 out oat from Salt t Lake ke to recover tile the body of Dr Whitmore Tenny Tenney had served as interpreter and ae soon a 5 he be this band of lurking In the willows willow near r the missionary camp amp be gave pye Ih the alarm Irm b by shouting Here they are In for It to 11 describing the Incident of am Elder Tenney Bald Really I felt no fear ar for Wl we were sent out a as messengers of peace to this people I 1 knew their nn and 1 1 went nr to mt meet them the camp w H a prepared for atam I 1 told them a as I advanced that we were wert their friend an nd had a good heart hart towards them 1 Twenty brave on t t horseback came for forward ward anti and t I shook hook hands with Ith them Then we welcomed tor k our camp amp hd had them turn tum their thel ho horn out with lIh I Iun un ours and gave them a heart din dinner I nero ner After dinner I talked with until bedtime In company with Broth Brother J Jer er Jones and next morning he 18 gave I Ithem them a Ia paper fr stating that he hR had met md them and ad that thy they desired peace It II was Wall a close 10 call all but bul t i have had many I like It since in and J I know you con can al alway way trust on Indian if you dont nl make f him afraid a of you Thi on It Its way ay ayt I past t tan tho C Into lilt Phoenix where he a report was sent nt beck to Brig Brigham ham Young and on to Ih the Olla OIIn where h hIhl the Ihl exploring of now country so far a as hush were e concerned was a In earnest It we wa at on this Ihl river that th the Pima drat had ut m W to read Id III ht their own lbs word or M the In At a meet meeting In ing to tn which the Indian for males at around und were summoned time the hooks that had been carried on pak pack all n nth th the way from gall Lake were given D out At Al the th next meeting Juan uan 1111 from up UI and down 1011 tI the tile came In to tn rOel eup p I lee n of th the Hook Hark ot Mormon and the Ibe old net men of th the told their friends of 01 tile the Mormon battalion and anc ita It weary march to th the west coat coast which thy they bed tt witnessed In part M II years be bc tore lorl the desert when hel the battalion had d so intensely from thirst the made their wy wily At 11 el Paso tile they c crossed tile the Mexican U Une and there th they separated ted Ammon I Dan Ilan Jon lone b 0 p go up th the river er while Jo Jones and others I went on to Meek Meal 4 TRIG THE T I It wits here re that for lor ham let result or of Indian missionary onar began n Ant k 14 make themselves vl ent There war wre native hf he mid I up that river rhe 0 nail nW And with a companion companioni I set lOt out to rind them It Il was a hard country urr ua lOt got there then I often otten felt complete end ones In my v nut ut entire Iy ii Flimsily u II I 1 rode over a ahill hill hili top I saw w a viII shoal all I n ant ut of r It m R n I I II I I 1 11 ti Ise fur m mc And p Tiled la rr ff n I 10 I the tha meanwhile that I hH I Ir Irn I n reran fur Ivr he hA hai net ht n i t I IAmon Amon among the Mogul wh when I s II m their vII village to with lIh Rn tt The Th youth lobs II th about Pie mI They y all wre wr lot n I Vow Ill for many I e I In L seen n a light lIht ah Su of me ar l I k ki that to tol low It H was this wy y I c cAnd And this light Rd I a I countered th this Mend I r that tbt this welCOMe Into th the country en an rte rich with n proof that divine hail n h to tn me It w wa r when a little later ar after arI afterlee I lee of Un many of lh I were IId ready for tor baptist Do you recall tile the ease r t l I prophet ot of the Book r 0 t 1 monT molt H He w the th eat to tIM the after whom I Il IlI named and whoa what II life i 1 emulate At the end of 01 hi his I Irn rn fen hinting upon the ground v 1 n by the toy Joy of his labor Jabor and nd Iii Ih i I IIII III hag with hi his brethren again A I stepped Into the stream to tn lapu 1 Iho those converted datives nathell I 1 tun overcome and OM or of the native nath rII rIIto u ua to a me In the water ter a as thE left Itt m my limbs and nd h he lal 11 i Rit on the bank so that I 1 I watch m my companion Proceeding IlL 1 the h baptisms Sow Now when I wu was a boy the who had COMe to me at al my h L I n Bernardino and had ad bless i n II I I with A blI that dIt I 1 should cam I rt It the molar he be lead bad undertaken I a athe the Indians was Parley Parly 1 P Pratt Ii H HIt It wu was who told tile me I should uld be b mat whole and serve a great all and 1 useful mission Anti And It tents he be also who h me to learn the 1 language and to prepare myself I knew III ht th those moments while I tar lay exhausted un on th the bank or of the stream tream that I la the joy that Ammon rIt H h hen h met with hi his brethren after his Ions Into t tIon stun Ion and I knew then too ton thaI I had found the work which Brother y 1 p Pratt find hru eld orold c h be 01 while I 1 11 tie 1111 lilt hill I hot hm whose who parents ii I nI of r ever er hll bring lr ohio able to 10 ral raise It h rI rd r Annum 11 1 T I I 1 r hi hirl frt rl II 11 hit In InI I Ii i fm oI ry Y 11 t iii Ih time 1111 Soong save I ii I sehl 1 1111 Irom I 1 I an n Ih the Rio three I h he grew up and nd If lira II ulli were re I Art After laboring there nine I ii returned tarn to hi hie home bmp on only I 11 iii I out to th the tuna Bunla again and andI I I I a founder of Woodruff I r stake Arisen Itt Pt John Jolin I trio ho wa was a settlement In whee h hh I he h applaud It Was wa the Man ft I Dunn t tit h which was wa iU U Inn into tilt the torn orm ormI tl I Nt John Elder made for hili s home and Id a first r front hl tits tn for a Short ort while lit n 11 h ho tonk to th this gain acaIn aad d re n nI I II 1 he une of the minion et t Hubl Here 00 soul were waft colt enn evil rt nod right bran branches of 01 th the lion hur h were r 1 S Now III ii 1 the h mellow yea years ot of his life lif Am M 11 1 Tenn 11 tn n I th the e It that 1 III In rut Ixl Ii tI ii not vent thaw Iho I ninI III I t t to to 11 I the gospel raw 1111 sta 11 In n 11 and n that It 1 I not hr long In bf before to all II that hl has be Med their to th the 1 la III Th ha have among mon them lit he II lined orator writers artl artist t an l 1 preacher Many of their 1111 t schoolhouses and often the r rhomes homes set splendidly decorated IMS In let while good exterior tu ture has haa not them by teaching twin only Ib It vl s shod and hod this old let veteran of the tn Mr th the I Church hurh Is I currying tat his hi anal year upon th the earth se th All an abid abiding In ing faith that his hll much Jov loved tt anon n boo b where they will furnish their own Church missionaries And this will the fruit h ha ho hopes l front the seed he has h helped t to plant IMAM Li |
