| Show h March of Mormon MorIn on Battalion c Years Ago Today The rhe tenth weeks march II nit It ap alt appears pears here herl Is le I taken from the tho journals of or Nathaniel V Jones Jon First t sergeant nt company I n and William lIlIam Corny First 1 orderly sergeant company 13 U We lle e oh ob servo ro fe the march marah now Is aaroM Boro tho the great American desert anil and nt at this time they wore were on rations over oer a country where water wa hen scarce and mall mail many ware suffering with fever f fer Sept Bern 17 1846 About 7 T Hru Dru race Pace who had l been e n to the Bluff on tat an arrived arrival with J D I Leo and nd Ian They brought I with them th m u It large lar package of oC letters leUer for the Battalion I 1 received throe three from th the show showing Ing InK us u the Ih right belonged to Copt Capt Hunt to tn Mil 1111 the place of oC Col Cot Allen and th they v hoped no other ollan man would be bo permitted to take tak hit his ht place plse Much Information gained coined concerning our families and II nd tho the pro prospect pct t of oC th lr removal over er Ir the mountains In the spring nl i on the th distribution lion tion the th made of oC our money mon which was waa 4 f Pr fr r the benefit of oC our families famine The Tho rh Lf 11 has bee been n hot lot and many are re f for r water wAler we ar r S gird d to 10 get our rations ration Ve We travel traveled tJ ed J mile Sept lpt IS 18 1 SH 1 Continued our III a nothing of ot Importance th the plains are arc ar still UtI sandy lland end ami completely devoid ef of all verdure and spread prad nut ut like II kr one vast t sandy candy desert denert It Is Indeed wonderful how the and antelope in to such ucb herds harm I saw w during the day In several Nal large herds Nn No timber limber and vary r little water wAler which w we found Coun nt III In a 1 ho hll by I the way wa our Ul teams did net not come tip till 1 until midnight and Rod wn w e stout slept without our tents Traveled 25 miles S Saturday S Sept pt IP 19 p 1146 Reveille this thin morning at al half pat past two ocl k kwhn when we w took tonk up lip the line lino nf of march Our nur mules arc Sr ar given Riven out nett total 1 lv h We ye traveled I 1 miles lIr and came to toa toa toa a spring prInK k our nor tents lit nt 11 H This place u Ia I railed the tho Ram mean v Sundae Sept 30 0 11 1848 J CS We W traveled It 13 I miles mil ea at night the Ute commissioned 11 I officers officer stet met in council with Dros Hancock J D Lee Pace ace and RIt K hgan ran had all RII sorts aorta of ot n II time Wo we 0 had hall to In dig for water when we wea camped a tit Monday Monda Kept SOpt 21 n 1846 Wo still continued en our march up this Ihl stream If It would he be proper to 10 o call It n a 1 stream There lher was va no water to 10 bo be bocen cen Senn It wa was like a valley alloy of or sand and about half halt a n mile nilI wide and we have hao to dig dl wells to get pt water for or man and beast We marched 20 miles Tuesday Sept Sell 31 9 2 1846 IS We stilt P continue our march up the th valley the tho country Is III windy randy and rough Co CoI Cot Smith called t up UI tire the tired tint Sergt of ot Co CoI C I I II 13 for screening men from Crom duty whet i they were wr not on nn Iok list lIal he hI In Inquired I Into Inlo the matter I 1 frankly told wId him that when we WI went to the Ih doctor d with the Ih sick nick he hr h nhu ed cursed ur and t Insulted instilled them and ane the very ery 1 name of or j doctor had become a dread that thet our i messmates chore choso rather to stand IAn 1 their ground for Cor he h had been heard to t say 81 that he did 1111 not eRr care a n damn whether It l killed l or cured theta them At tt t till the captain replied that he dill 11 1 not bin hl blame me mc the doctor tend and declared d If It j we made false fades reports any an moro ho would have us In Iron Irons These flu are try Iry Ing times time far Cor u ua So S mans a I man has hR f stood guard when scarcely able hlo to 10 stand alone determined If no possible tn to h t adhere to 10 the th In counsel of nf the tho Ih Twelve and not hol take medicine Wo lo 0 marched 11 II mils miles Wednesday V Sept U 26 moraine we to started darted 1 It in good 10 shape n traI 12 1 Z mile mil find and Campo camped wo ne n her obtained nm moto mOIe lon which were from R a command that had f tune IlAn i on n T slier alley lI continued as all be h fate It ws ha II a mn moat mOllI singular the j wet wat In eh en rr lied del 1 nt nf th Ih the valley alley vAile sinks J JIn to In the flop depth of f or S 3 feet which hie 4 VOM P 0 m Main heln hi by t for It sufficient fr roo 9 loch tk sod and rp e sith h It has hu a Ir hur hurIt i alty alt It H fA tn to h Ie t verb verv fOr rr the II sand sard M i elan a V Peed p with lIh a n thin crust of r salt a nol which onu 1 many 11 r n t I r a In Ih the cause ue it itis Is I the Ih doleful elIel nine it Ae ite t e es If 1 II Ie M n ben toned ert ehn hov h ill 11 II dhera hr 1 reminded on me of r th the Dt Dead y flea Ci a nr tor the Ih plains of f and nt i I 1 h n 1 the It P l 11 It II corio In a 11 en The Th l nod nn genie H rn the I that skirted l Its for Cor wf taken borders t |
