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Show NE of th most thrlllm. $ tender and of the In thf fciMr-rpathvtl,- chapters Citurrb la the fttery f the- liandf-af- t led tem to whoce drvotion l a ptim ip1 aacHfle personal , omfort surmount dlfH'ultiea And endure haruV&Jps Hn to th, (fMuig of Uvea for a taliae vt hich they hnJiveJl to i The ntor of the handcart plpnter v.li inc,!v tAo d down future feneration itr th. pie 4ho were willing by their io ta mt prove the Ct k 5 I 4 - s r-l- y vetra. 2 and by attempting and 4 cjrrt;.g k i I i - 7 p JKCatfy Survivors' Living - r from the oi country wer bght great jracHflqe, and often valuable piece , - . 4 ul yet-ena- , , 'f I; i : of cloth- were thrown away. Captain J. a. vuiey's company started, from Florence, Neb, about the 10th or 12tb day July. lSoS, about the time the Martin company arrived there.. After completing the- - manufacture of the carte and fading them with the 17 pounds df luggage for each iieraon. Including heddlng, utensilq,and supplies, the 1. rolled C0,mTed and.the lon tmln hand Neb., at 2:10 In tha afternooh of July M, 18&S. The companies of CapL John: Toone-mnJesse C. Haven which started a week hr 10- days earlier, were blended with the ' Martin company at Florence, , and continued the Journey to Salt Igfke as one company. It was with, happy hearts that the members of that company started upon their long Journey that bright afternoon, no prCmonLtion of the Sufferings and trials,- - the struggles against wild animals, still wilder savdges and the rigors of an unusually severe WesterrP winter which claimed of their number coming to them in warning note. Little did they reck, that they should face starvation, that theiR feet and hands should froxen, that their limbs should become weal ana that some at their number should lag behind the caravan and pray jhat they might be re- leased from further sufferings by death. Their hearts were light and they lifted up heir voices in gratitude and song that they wereat last on their way toward the gathering pfoce of God's people, and they cared not what . waa before them, so that the end Of their toHtngs in 1gTTnahdthatF,yy mhrht ' come to Zion. ' "of Although M yearjhave elapsed since the memor- able handcart Journey of 1814, when out of nearly 00 f people who startrd.out to reach the vales of dhe mountains by tuhtog a handcart across the for-bidding plains, a third of their number perished on survivor of that fate-fthe way, there are trip whoare among the best citizens of the state today, and whose tales of the experiences of that eventful year are the Inspiration and adhiira-tlo- n of their poeterity. And It would be difficult to find a single man or woman of that noble band who attributed any jinwolThy motive to the men who were responsible for their embarking on that Journey, or who failed In th hour of critical trial to fulfil his or her duty In carrying out to the utmost the strenu' ous requirements of the time. The' unanimous sentiment of the surviving mem- bers of the company of UK, and of all other Companies for that matter there were 10 handcart Companies In all was that Brigham Tpung was actuated by the one desire to gam for them their temporal and spiritual welfare a hen he advised them to leave their homes- - In Europe and brave the rigors pt an uninhabited land for the building up pf Zton Ills purpose waa to inhabit the waate places of the meat; to conatruct a commonwealth which ahould become a material factor in the development of the country; Ul lve tp those 'who, had been downtrodden. In their former lives the Inestimable privileges of religious and political liberty wbkh had not theretofore been their portion, and now, after half a century has softened the memorkes of the hardships endured only the noblest of motives is ascribed toHhe leaders' whose counsels resulted in the undertaking which forms one of the most pathetic and inspiring chapters In the entire history of the Church. While many difllrilltles were encountered by many of the other companies whkb crossed the plains with handcarts, the company which suffered moit and which will perhaps be remembered hmget was the company ot 131, known as the Edward Martin company. There were live companies in all which crossed during 1&6; and that captained d arrhed in Salt Luke by J. O. TOlley started valley only a few weeks prior to the Martin company. The Willey company encountered the earlj storms of the fall of and there were, some deaths and a great deal of suffering among the members; but the valley was not so tar away when the storms came, and the long and arduous Journey waa successfully conclude d without the !o?h of life or disastrous experiences suffered by the company. , 1 ed Inf djc.. M ' d - one-thi- th -- -- vir , .No Tops to Hand Carts. Thp more Hrfvd snd Infirm of the company were placed In the half dosen. wagons which accompanied the train, and the more youthful and mblebodie-'- , men. women and children, put their hands to the progress of the company in helping to push or pull their carts. Most of the 'carts had no tops! as owing So the lateness ot the season all the hkst possible tn making a start sas deemed necessar. The carts, therefore, in most .Instance consisted simply of two Wheels with a framework- - covered with boards for a bttom-an- d handle extending out in front, and the i , A t Anchor Weighed at Liverpool. . ii It was jpn Kund.iy morning. May 2', 1 $5. thr.t ship lIorlKUi cleared from Liverpool wlih jg, passengers on board, all of the Mormon faith, bound for Boston harbor. Edward Martin was i.tptuin ot tbe company, with Jesse Haven and George P Waugh aj his counselor. In this company wire the men, women and children who dared the of the slain, still under the eaptalncy of Edwnid Mard tin, knd who yielded up in death of (heir to the hope (lint was within Dumber as them and as a monument to their unfaltering faith n 4as without parte Tha voyage across the Incident, the ship, casting am loir In sight of Boston harbor on Raturdnj evening. June 2X, is;s On Monday. June 30, the pnsvcrisrr win- towed lute port and debarkation wo tnn-lAccording to the who marie (he rntlre Story ef Thomas Iwdison. Journey, and nour resides nt Forest Rule, the member of the company rode from !Pton to Iowa t'ltv the outfitting point for that e'ti'grutmn in bog cars, with seats built up Inside very mu h like cft In a circus tent. But the huiiit wre i hcerf u! and happy in th thought that they were appnsn the goal of their hopes, and the incnncnileinos of the box car trip did not distress them On Tuesday, July It the eompanv crossed the M's- -, hlppl river by forry, and ojreln too if the cars and reached Iowa City th snme afternoon. The cofiv. Pny set up tents here and began preparations for th long march across th prairie. shops re Improvised for the manufactureCarpenter of handcarts, nd as many could haiidls a sew and a plane were (? good V x i. one-thir- 4 . oc-a- - ' - - 6 1 . Slow of the Rescue. goods and supplies of the on to the frame, exposed cart owners were only through the effort of the others through whipping. or slapping, being thua aroused Into a condition of anger and frensy which was the, means of restoring circulation to their froxen veins. The adventures of this party are recorded In a story written by Albert Jones, entitled, "A Night on The Plains the name of the participants, however, being suppressed. trapie4 to the storms and the weather. Scarcely a change of clothing or an extra was allowed In the 17 pounds allotted pair of ho to each Jcerton, and much suffering on account of the failure hr the wearing our of their stioea, and from being so tightly ctfict, was the results But little attention waa paid to these details at the start, and as the ,dye went hy tha spirits of the company were cheered by the strains of the hand cart song, which was, acrerding to S. 8. Jones of n route by one of their number, ProNo, comiKiaed William Hobbs, whose memory will be honored by every member of that company a long aa life lasts, for giving to them the words of the song Which kept heart among them when almost all else failed. And as the long line of carts stretched Its way across plain, up hill and down dale, along the length of tha procession could be heard the enlivening awing of that cherished chorus: "For some must push and some must pull As we go marching up the hill, , As merrily on the wsy we go Until we reach the valley, oh." Death of Aaron Jackson, who waa a member of the com. Josiah Rogefwon, pany and who resides in this city, hss written a book on the experiences of the Martin hand cart company, and be describes tbe death of Aaron Jackson as follows: "Aaron Jackson, whose widow and several rhHdren " have resided tn Ogden since our arrival (the widow, Elisabeth Horrock Jackson Kingston), having passed away, however, about two yetr since) was found so weak and exhausted before crossing (the Platts river) today that be could not make It, and after being carried across the ford In n wagon, the writer wns again detailed to wheel th dying Aaron on an empty cart, with his feet dangling over the end bar, to camp, and after putting up our tent, assisted v, hla wife, in laying him In his blankets, the last time Ftrst Dcdths on the Trail. on ea(th- , It was one of the fitter cold, black frost nights, It was on the ltth day of August that a male near the Black hills, and, notwithstanding th hkrd member of tho company, and a child were buried day before, I was awakened at midnight by the wayside, these being (h first deaths. On , JoumeyCthe to go on gdard again till or 7 In the mornitv-"Puttinthe 11th of August the second death occurred, Mary Jacket or coat on, for both sexes Had for Ihe from Manchester Hcott, conference, dying In Weeks- past laid down at nlght;tn the clothing we one of the wagons The body was 'Sewed up In a had traveled In during the day, and passing out in counterpane and burled by tfee side of th road the middle of the tent, my feet strui k those of poor Th company arrived at Fort Laramid Oct. 8, and Aaron. They were stiff and rebounded at out cold weather was encountered here. Franklin D, stumbling against them, and reaching my Richards, who was returning from Europe from hand to his faee, I found that he was dead. The 100 over the buffalo mission, purchased presiding faithful and good man Aaron had pulled his last robes at Laramie, and these were eagerly secured cart. by the members of the company, many of whom One-Thiwere nlready suffering from the cold. The first snow Perished. storm was encountered on Oct. 20, when the 'Platte been It has claimed by some historians that about river was reached, and here two more werwl added 100 deaths occurred In the company, but It Is unanito the death roll. The snow continued falling for mously agreed that at least of those who three days, enveloping the camp in gloom and apstarted from Iowa City passed away from exposure, At this point occurred the death of prehension freezing, starving, and from natural causes during Aaron Jackson, hnd deaths began to multiply until that terrible pilgrimage MF. Itogerson ls -wTlrca burying squad" was appointed. It being the duty logs, says that six or eight bodies were buried every of these men graves each night for those night, and never leas than three, On the Monday who loosed away during the day. Provisions began evening of Oct. 27, Mr. Rogerson s larrnttve conto be very scarce and the appetites of the people betinue. previous to Wednesday when we came correspondingly stronger It was along about started west (from Red Butte) 11 adults again were this time when the terrible experience of three buried in three graves, aide by aide. How mcmlx4s of the company, two men and a woman, easily death came to some ot those exhausted souls Is who left the compunyln the middle of tbe night and shown by th following incident: One while morning returning several mile through the heavy snow and at the Buttes the wife of Samuel Pucell, about 55 or bitten cold to a spot where they had seen the carcass 0 years of .age, from the n ox Ivlng not far from the road, almost gave Of branch, Lancashire, England, came to our tent and up their lives in an effort to secure the meat of the pushing aside the cloth door said, calling to ox to appease their hunger and thus preserve their mother. 'Mary, our Sam (her husband) is dead my lives. On this trip the metf and the woman were and Til not be long after him. When I am dead, do thou froxen to death, each In turn giving up to f bu"1 when thee gets to the the Influence of the cold and each In turn being savej there. No words of mother . rd one-thi- In-h- Trjing as had th hardships of the Journey been with a long, hard winter staring the pilgrims in the Taie, with scarcely any clothing to keep them warm in many Instances no shoes' at all, with the scanty provisions rationed out on a starvation basis, and with nearly 400 miles travel before them, hope never entirely- - left the breasts of those, handy myn and While snow storms beat them In the face women. and frozen ground waa their nightly couch, their overmastering faith bore them up until the deliverance, which was even then hastenlngtoward them, should arrive.. Mr. Bogersons narrative relate X dream had by one of the members of the company named Rod well, while .the company was camped at Red Butte. Rod well said: 11, dreamed that it WQ Tuesday or Wednesday, and about noontide, as near aa I could Judge. I saw a mule, packed with conking utensils, come right into the middle of our camp as we are nod. followed by three Californians, wearing blue soldier overcoats, riding mules or horses. They stopped and told us of teams and relief from (he valley, after which we started again on our Journey. Rod well said we should see this dream come true, and we felt then every member In that snowbound T ramp, every word of that vision." It waa Sunday morning when' Rodwell told ef his dream. Mr Rogersona narrative continues: "Men-- ; day passed and the dream, as yesterday, waa the theme of the camp. Tuesday morning came Prayer meeting was called with remarks of hope, comfcrt, and cheer. One meaner bite for breakfast owsr, the sun shone again a" few minutes at a time, and noontide was approaching, when all of a sudden th ' stillness of the camp waa broken by a shout of Joy and gladness; the mule wra In camp, the mute messenger of relief and life was there, motionless and tame aa a Shetland pony, surrounded by a score ot women and aged men, all tn tears, and severs! of the mothers' armd around hla neck. God was praised. and the heavens were thanked. "Wo saw all thla, and we had been looking for It for three days. After a few minutes of thla frantic Joy, la rods our rescuers, Joseph A, Toung, Ran Sonet and Abs Carr. Handshakings, thanks and praises followed for some time, and If there was a dry oheek tn that company there was not among the three of th relief express. Immediately a meeting was "exiled, th news and particulars of the whereabouts of th relief teams from the valley made known: a pound of flour per head waa ordered issued to every adult and a porportlonate amount fbr the children and the balance of the day waa spent In cooking, baking and getting ready for another start in the morning to reai h the mule and horse relief teams soma C miles to the west of ua, near tho first crossing ef the Sweetwater and a few mile east of Derlfs 5. S. Jiones. -- 8 8. Jones, of Provo, and Ids brother. Albert Jones, are survivor of the Martin hand cart comBoth have been honored by the Society of pany. Hand fart Veterans. 8. 8. Jones being president of , tliut and Albeit Jones being treasurer. VVlille the Journey was said 8. 8. one, Jones, we lisv nothing but R best of feelings for the men v ho advised us to make th trip The purpose was a glorious one. and the motive which the advice for the hand tart company to make the pilgrimage was a noble one We have nothing hut unstinted praise for the men who came to our recu-- , and met u at Devils Gate with relief train nnd supplies. Ily the emigration of the hand mil companies, thousands were gathered to Zion who would not have coine otherwise. The band of God was In it all, and we today are grateful, thrrt It all happen- - d Just us It did assin-lati-m- Albert Jones. Alliert Jones, also of Provo, was a young man of 19 when the hand tart company crossed the plains. With hla brutlair.JL 8. hi mother, and LydU Ellxa-bd- h llo-.U--r and Mary Ann Greening, making five In company, he helped push nnd pull the cart conMr, Jones has taining their worldly possession. written many Articles and recently delivered a hs lure before tha students of the B. T. University at Provo giving a history of th experiences of the Martin hand cart company, with many interesting reminiscences In hla own recollection. He, like hi brother, la still hulc and hearty, and la a fund of Information regarding the historic Journey of the hundesrt company. Thomas Dobson. Thomas Dobson, who for 30 yeara was a watchman on the atreet of Halt Lake City, was member of tit Martin hand cart company. He was on of th "burial squad, and did guard duly every hlght, snd went through th hardship, and n experiences to th undertaking. Ill mother, slater, broth-e- r and he were In th company from one family. Mr. Robson tells-- he story pf th Joys gnd sorrow com-mo- fcrew w - -- w, rWl . cnmpanv In graphic detail, and how, after all auffertre:- - ihe men, women and children In camp shout- - J Joy on beholding the rescuers from the valley rich- - into their camp beyond DdvH'a Gate. His shoes gave out on tho Journey, and In traveling with sacks wrapped about" them, hla feet were, froxen. Eph K. Hanks, who waa one of the relief party, promised him he should not lose hlg feet If he ' w ould exercise fnlth, and at Fort Brldger h got ome sock to 'wear. The toe on hla feet turned black, and though It wns thought they would have Jo be amputated, they were healed and according to Mr Dobson, are as serviceable today as they were In 1V4. chosen captain of the Scotch members. This company. Mr. Gardner says, left the old country on th. good ship Enoch Train, with 775 passengers on board -on March 1. 1V4, landing In Boston harbor on May L Not being able to get railroad rates from that point the company went to New York, alarting that point for Iowa city. Hand cart were from built and the company left Iowa City for ,h lJ00.mll. Journey about the middle of Jun. "There were about 00 persona In the company and It was soon discovered that th company was too unwleldly for advantageous traveling, and arriving nt slorrnrf the company waa divided, the ficotch under ing th. leadership of Cap.. D. D. Mc travelArthur and the EngHsh peop,. under C.pb Ellsworth English people came Into ihe valley first. closely by the gco.ch peopU, who were travcim hind, hut caught up In the canyon and raced with f 1W,d Ihe cuymb Crapnr " be Are, In Mr. Gardner ssd hi. wife, who I. veteran, will celebrate their golden annivere aary onChrtatm. day. They werewedding united m e Rec. 2. 1M0. Mr. Gardner -- re rays: lire till Christmas w Intend holding a gold-- n e,u Wnt " th " rt he prerent.' ' a resident of Nephl. and first vie 'president of ihe Hand Cart Veteran! nr- Langley A Bailey, now g. miration, was also a member of the company. Mr. lf an experience of Ihe emigrants after Bailey tell le Journey from lies- -' they had completed the 1,500-ton to Iowa City. "When we arrived at Iowa City," Mr. Ballsy, says, we wt-rInformed when we left the train that we must travel four miles on foot to ri' ramping grounds. All felt delighted In having the privilege of a pleasant walk, and ws all took up our bels and started ta walk the four miles. We had not gone far before It started to thifnder and tr-rifboll of lightning shot sc roes th sky, followed by a downpour of rain. The roads became very muddy and slippery, and progress became very difficult. There were 600 of u and w trudged along with our beds on our bank. It was night before w reached th camp. W were conducted to tents, and packed very close together w stood up all night in our we clothes. "After' arriving In the valley, I waa weighed, and tipped the beam at Just 10 pound. I was 11 years old, and nothing hut skin and bone." James Gardner. Jme Gardner, now g resident of Goshen, was a member of tho hapd cart company headed tat first by Edmund Ellsworth and R. fi. McArthur, hut which was laiff 'divided and mad into two worn Ellsworth captaining the English company and ME McArthur being ( .. Jane Haines James. Jan. Haines James, for mn77eara a 1 resident of hand rsTtomDany 8 be was horn Jan. 1. 115. and married to William James. August ini. at flrl,! It -- . Hampton, Wqrcreterahire. England Rhl ,:vix Won ch,,d orenn. She crossed the plains In thpt. Willey-- , hsnd cart company, her husband. Wllltnm James belne froaen to death on th brarnev sometime In Nevem- her. Reuben James, her wn, waa thought to be deed, but he badly frown and recovered and alive today, Th company arrived In Halt lake nt Hunday, Nov. , after experiencing many hardship and prlvationa on th plalna. Mr. Jam. 1, Idemm With the Rellof society m Provo, and n h ,h tofTJd' L"J. "-- al 1 kt M t ll t (i The organization of the relief train was a George D. Grant .waa selected captain, with Robert T Burton nnd WlllUm Kimball at his .Cyrus Wheel k. chaplain, Charles Decker guide, anil Daniel Wl Jones, cook. Th rest sf the company was made up of the following persons: Joseph A. Toungr Cbstini ey Webb. H. H fluff. Kimball. George W. Grant, Ed Peck, Joel Henry GoldliorouRh,- - Thomas Alexander, benjamin Hampton. Thomas Ricks, Abe Garr, Charles Gray, Al "Handaome Cupid. Stop k Tay'or, William K. Broom head, Ira Nebeker, Allied. Amo Fairbanks and Tom BankhesJ Three," said Dan Jnnea In bta book, "are all name that 1 remember. If there were mors 1 bars been unable to find them." While the suffering of the belated company not over, much cruel, cold weather was F encountered between Devil's Gale and th vsIW-anmany graves were yet to be filled from the to Jinated ranks of those footsore tollers, yet tMf were cheered by (he presence of the rew spirit train and th fart that they had not been forgotn They were given renewed courage lo again take sf the Journey and determination to carry It nut to successful conclusion, which they did, arriving o'" , Ih mountain Into Halt valley on Sunday, Just as th afternoon meeting had been dto missed, nnd were welcomed by the people. In honor or those Intrepid nouta who braved danger of the plains and tha element to ft2 the gathering place of th fialnta, n movemeat to been Started among the younger generation of U descendants of the hand cart pioneers of companies, to build n monument to "Th f th plain," and la glv thOIr ancootora P1 mong th roll of those ho through Iheir to long and nohl nrrificea are remembered i"'1 Mc1lcea are remembered n rmp. Ui Mormon Battalion, and th Sd Crt Veterans. fifi (11, f Krt-dii- mar-rlag- i V Psr-rts- .I, . le h. Volunteers to the Rescue. TT Langley A. Bailey. ti in Dan Jones, who waa one of the advance guard sf the relief train. In hla "Forty Tears Among th Indians. tells of the rescue and the rescue party and the men who composed It. Ha say: I attended the October conference In 14. Whra conference opened President Toung arose and said There are a number of our people on the pish who have started to com with hand carta: tho will need help and I want 20 teams to go out sad meet them. If the teams are not voluntarily furnished. there are plenty of good ones In the street and shall call upon Brother J. C. Little the marshal, to furnish them. Now w will adjourn this conference until tomorrow, Brother Toung was In earnest, H seemed moved by a spirit that would admit of o delay. et of th t) President Youngs Call. Ashton-Under-T)- tbrir ti Gate. Personal Reminiscences by Surviving Handcart Veterans oofr-an- ? !" crn, the'-prbm- act. ' Prov o, jiirevidrnt. James (i.inliicr, Thonlav Dobson, Albert Jones, anglcy A. , John Y . Smith, Alexander I.urt, Albert Jones.-Jame- s Meikle. James Moyle, directors. of the ' handcart when a celebration was held jubilee Jcar VrFa!,izrtcompanies: cKeunrons arc held every year in the fourteenth ward meetinghouse, Sait V f Lake City. v - lnn ly-- cv t S, S. Jones, put to work on the' carts. Tin- implements for IhM wares, in iT fnifit iVf t!) o vairuj. were made from unseasoned timber, with wooden axles ant! Vfmxlen boxings. A the Journey progressed and-t- he timber Cried out, (ho- framework to hitr. handcart whljk, contained thei ail Uk this worlds these people guided by blind fanaticism good ii In their struggles for religious emancipation, or was 1t the voice of inspiration, impelling them to sargiftee their friends nd their World possessions ef fort io insum the salvatiod of the su!s? The wquel must snswer 'And it cn le wid of thegrvat of majority of those who encountered tbs pritatl that rnttnorable- - Journey, their catriOcea were In warded? by d peace ef mind and conJcntmeD a comspiritual and 'temporal blessings, lhat plete vindication of the faith which Sit them uj In the hour of trlaC and a fulfilment 'of made .them hT those whw Words bad Influenced ' could cheer her up . or .dispel her conclusion. later . than the accond rrjornlng afterward, trot the had gotta to her Sam, and they wer' laid aide by aide at my mother'a request The t daughter came to Utah and hare resided for yeara at Cedar City, but tha .younger of them hi,( her feet frown and amputated toon after arriitn In Salt Lake. ORGANIZATION OF HANDCART VETERANS. -- put In the f ate of obta'dea a pi!primjgA"iscune Itwuperubh " ly paralleled in the ar.nala of t Whwt shall l aid of tho hrrjicttyU tv h braved gie danger of an ocean voage on ttailing vcbsWs; the djacomfontt of a r2 across lroo miles of court- I He so many' cattle; faced try Id box car, coopfd s ibe perla and hardbns of a Journey n foot for in which each man, woman anti child 1,9X1 miles, was compelled to do his or her share In pushing almost. - .' Is merrily oii the wo tee tr reach the t aliev oh. I r.til we rr t i Chorus' Somt wifi pus h mid some must pull We go marfiling up the Ml, i S-- r i I a un ir II r.c iin 1 ini un tn fr fut irt thl k K1 Ph: A.1 t for V I hr tn rnt th of tu dm |