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Show THE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER H, IffU ! r8 w- t THE HISTORY OF ZION'S CAMP - t i j across sixtesn-m- ll County, andnoon a atop arae made prairie. At the animate at a tor baiting no alx mllee Hem timber, having w. er th.with to iood water drinhj liv, aueh a it was, wlggler. and ing antmali called betore It eeult bad to be etralned be vied. This waa the fin extenhad the Camp sive prairie that so Mr crossed an their Journey to Many and waa a great curiosity tt waa et the brethren, level that the deer Kttt 1 fhort dtotiBO WyJ Some of the brethren started out the their mistake aa to prised e( Cthelr roletahe is to the prised ot, diatanoe. Arter crossing Ithe prairie and iteedurtntheday t ravelin or the night. the company-oatnpeour wrlteat "We continued Joseph inaroh. pulling our wagons brouirh " a email creek with Mr. Wayne, .came to the house ofthe ty, Che only aettlir la well ofvlcln weter, toned a where WO . ! the one of waa which eould harsrcetvd , coin (orti we almoat and , were parched, we as waa a Ion time before our itcould or dared, to eatlatym thirst, Wo croiard t heonK a emeu Rlvor and encamped one branch of the anme about went. In pltcbln my tent we or measasaugea, found . threo which prairie rattlesnakes, t but to kill, were about brethren alone don t hurt said lht them ever serpent the will them) How eer venom- - while the -. vfnta Jta of Ood poaaeee the wme dieM? mS Umm the brute harmlees. before men heir lose when and tioni aad vicious, dispositions the animat race, the lion j V j j f ".."I A i. Jtr j d t ontrtt-l- y cRUed th UretHreii to bmand about alive to the subject, ouE, eleven, oclock thtaevennbat they guards picket on the . the fire of the mob arose I Instantly southeast ef ua. the la take; but m discovered aad wishing the brethren to I scene a well aa myself. tny aun wasyn dtchanr4 - arms' slsnal to call all men tn; When the eompanle all paraded and reody for baltie,j - I pointed them to the reflection on of the rislnx moon reettn of timber In the eaat. whlch , n'l wr, points appearance et the reflation of the llshAf a number was flrce- - The scenery rmostcamp well was delightful, and any one rising worth tho troubletoof wHneak who M couch from never tho like on seen the had broad prairie before. This circumvory stance proved that nearly for battle, maa In camp waa ready waa not except Dean Gould, who Jeremlab Mixed and Captains Mkeo B Smitli. whoIc. and did not leave col with The whole Incident wae bta GeosehAf'8mlth wrttee under We traveled f Spaaed tbrouh Parle and croaeed Grand Prulrte. Our aaartnhallofthe wae si mile from ' noon hot t5! berj The day was exceedingly "3 MAT TtnSdUAT. 7. on-th- e pad r log Kaskawkla. where together, canoe, which wo lashed across the aad ferried our baggage our horses stream. We then gwam wa arrived and wagons, and whan the opposite shore, the brethren at tha to wagon fastened ropes tongues and helped the team out the steep, of tha water and up of tho brethren miry banka Some tolled a taiV time across the river, on which they passed over and carried some of their baggage on tho r backa While we were passing over.a Smith discovered George A. with a little digging spring that furnished up with an abundant water, wbloh supply of excellent afterwards received the name of . Mormon Spring.' This t afternoon Elder Solomon Humphreya on aged brother of the camp, having become exceed- -, tngly weary, lay down on tho -- 11 MAT WEDNESDAY. --- The mile in camp traveled about !screen two a westerlyon direction mile and tha oth-- r prairies,mile It wideencampe.l - and It ot for tho night on a small Mream water In Macon County. III., after mllee. 10 durlnthe day traveling tor flhe eoropeny suffered much want of weter and eearotty ot too J. A horns belongln to John Tanner Tf,?,1? morulns the camp wa the two eompanle. roandod by Joseph Srntth After a bvl other Roger Orton. traveled ft drill, thep company and across tho Pralrlo mllee rtv-eOkaw Fork of the Kaakaakka u r. two The brethren lashed Canoe toxethor and pxmf Prt ot the luggage ever. They then swam their horses and dragged the wagons through withrope. Homo of the brethren felled trees Soros a narrow placo and over upon them carrying their lugEncampgage upon their backs.west sids ot ment wae mode on tho tho river, fhe water being very PJoiwiph the Prophet wrttee: "We Branch ot tho arrived at the Okaw we found ' -- ' e' destroy aad the lamb eaa dweltcan ay aad the ouckio ehlld 1H0 with the erpent in oefrty. brethren took the T"t SJf oa aticka n4,carTi..lht( folly aoroaa the creek. brethren not to kill ot annyeerpenL bird, or an auluial onleee It kind be-- , .dorm our Journey, , came neoeaaary In order to pro--I hner. serve ooreelvee for on this subfrequently spoken ject. whey on a certain occasion who brethren to the no cam 1 a were wale bin, a squirrel anon to them. to prove tree, aad know if they would heed my counsel, I took ,oae of th.lr guns, passed bn, shot the squirrel and the around. leavtn the squirrel onwho was Jut Hyde, Orson Brother behind, picked up the that thl. will cook, said. 'We nothin x may be tost. I perceived what understood that the brethren did it tor., and in their pracUoe Isave P ha " more heed tom yPr s aUJM pla vfcicll W9M Parley rP. This evening Brothere Prmtt nd Amu iL Ljrmn from the turm-Tr.etHhV'm)' Indiana, Jwhoro I Am And"' additional Tam n inrin with my teeth We in croeain SjiS the pralrte WO so could eoo a log cabin sov We encamped on distant, a small branch of the Hmbamis grot In Ohio be River in a littlewould opening, which " called a prairie vv " drink wa Witll wlxxlera difficulty sloughs; that we oa miles huh t i foil feet hlmaeB and saw, pralrlo to awoke he asleep. When he ona foot ot hie coiled up within head, a ralltlesuaka lying between him and hH hat. which ha hadln hie hand, when ha let! asleep. The around him. brethren gathered ue saying, it I a rattleenak. letsaid Bro. Humphreys kill It. Bus No,- I'll protect him: you than t Burt him. for ho and" I have had a good nap together.' f 1 f . By Elder Nephi Jensen and bra suffered MONDAY.' xSkT 8. Thl was a aad were compelled very hot dir-- Thr Camp, resum-l ftllad hasp whlfOK wa hr,'V ing the Journey peed croatui-M- , Her I of Beat Pnrla, the county - -- 1 CKurch Department ' Hied. i It The MAT THURSDAY, Jouraoy. samp, continuing tho acrowe tha traveled about It miles ( prairie. Joseph tho Prophet Journbuy alised ae .follows: "Having to until worn detained a horse, weThere mur-- I some waa near nooil. brethren, many muring amongontha and not tarry with wishing to go tho tor the company tho it and eOme worn already etarted. day C sent fori them to return, collected the whole company together, not to scatter. and instructed them went ahead of Y told thefn if they condition, tha came lift a scattered Ha down weary, become would thev blood on the ground when their be was heated, aod they would fev-- r ae auoh liable to take diseases, are which and argue, ereyalent They would also ta Vthta Climate. Be In danger of being killed " enemy and none of uo bo the wiser for a for It. I thenweproposed divide the camp that sham Into three parts and have o. aBroth-I Battle, whlirh wa agreed or Reger Orton led ooe division, another Frederick, O. Williams while I remained In the division. They leamp with, the third retired to the wood with their divisions and ooon attacked tn rt f by varVamp, which we defended for some time. ious maneuver Many of ofir captains showed oon- IL aids rati Is hurt and more ) acquaint-wnc- c with military mattara than I Bad sxpsjctsd. Everything passed off with good feeitngs, although In Captain aIleber C. Kimball. CaptiUU hcharge. grasped lag lAwto Hobrlskls sword, and, in ndsat orinx to taka It from him. Bad the Skis eat from tha .!- palm of hi hand. After tha sham - to-'a eras over I oalted the eainp the men to gether ana Incautioned the future and conbe carefulI s euch.clrcum-Wtancein trol their spirits so as never to injure eart the other. Wen traveled aoroe Bralrle aitd encamped In a strip ts of timber! When we to stopped the brethdine. I wrote a letter ren In Missouri, dated "Camp of fmraeL" requesting some ot them to moot US as sooo as poeslble and stive me n formation ot the state In upper Missouri, and Of thing post ent the litter to Springfield Wiloffice bv Dr. Frederick Q liams. At this placo I dtoeovero'l a nart ot my company had that servc-with sour bread, while been I had received good, sweet bread from the Mams conk. I rep g vet Bro. SSebildee Coltrin for this partlalKy. tor I wanted my brethren to far aa well as I did." FRIDAt. MAY 8 The Camp traveled 2' miles, passed through toe miles from larl Springfield and encamped for the night on about three miles Creek, Spring from Ipringfleld. Following Joseph Journal entry for this day and Fred.-rltWilliam G. Almoti W. Babbitt went ahead of In the camp Into Springfield to learn the feeling of the people and 'procure some powdoi. In parwlngl through SprlnitficM. our appearance exciting couHldcr-abl- e curiosity, and a great many The spies questions tor asked who had flllowed us ao long purus vlry closely, changing sued il their drool and horses sever a da Brother Elenser Milltime er with othi-- Joined the company with three fhorsea about noon, a (Sangalittle east If Rooheeler mU'a mon Co. 1)1 I about alx oSr Thlar southeast Springfield). wa very seasonable, many of oSr horses being afflicted. as they) very frequently are in and changing country, climate arter food Many ot ,th horses, corn and prulrio eating the dty grass, would be seised with cnllo badly. Brother Kx-r- a and bloat medicine Thayrea Ikdinlnistered mixed in quart stone bottle prefollows: A threepenny pared htlf nn ounce paper of tdbQco, two tabli spoonOf copperal and the fuls of rayonne peppor, anil he bottle filled With water whin Olio-half could not llprecure whisky of a betthj constituted a done curs and would almost invariably a sick lioral in a few minutes, and is worthy of r membrance ilrot 1 Inn re callfd his modlclnn IS by 24 Wo encamped about three on miles east fron Bprlngtleld WilAprliu; t'leejit. t'red orlok 1 reliams and Almqn W. Babbitt turned to Hi camp with two kegs Ot powder, hnd reported that the people were somewhat excited, to more, howcherTfrom curiosity know where wie were going than A from a dealre ito hinder us brother cam to seo us with the news that niy brother Hyrum had paaned on west jth day beforo wlh north a company, hbaajt fifty amiles fin comof us. saying, he has pany and they r all look mighty us asked ILitO to aceompsny bul he replied. Iatcan a to Missouri,wnlnt and stayed He ot' spies, tavern over Hniaht with the who said they followed usto three take hundred mllhs pn purpose sometsdvantago of Us" re-V- eit j I I I i J 1 k r i , 1.1KERTY STAKK Ward Teachers FOR OCTOBER. eaflet 19-- wtnmNG wunifin who ore leauled to nuke woincd of Uie prica they moy xpcot to f They should bo warned that there are more few cnelavlug. overcome, Tho following itolemeut of Ihc ra,,e can be defended on the authority of most eminent medical mejn: An abndrfnally largo number of the gals now forming the of abit will dio beforo tholr fortieth year and a large number sunhen-eye- d, bo are sallow, beforo fifty will they those who survive wizened, nervous. Irritable, prematurely aged women, many 1 of them' given to the smoking of cigars an pipes. Tt? of mother or the childless to be either expect weak-brainchildren. ; Most men who begin with tho, clgareltc take to cigars and to that the believe pipe as they get older, tt appears reavonabhi eame. to women the cause tty will samd growing apeptite Dr. Hugh 6. Cummings, United State S irgeon General, ha as reports aaid' If American women contract the smoking habit, nation now iodicafe they are dolng.ahe physical tone of the whole man. will suffer. The habit harm a woirian more Ilian it does a When And Dr. D. H. Cresa of Washington has swiUen: race 'women take up witl this practice bf smoke inhalation the w to be addirU to will be doomed. . . . For both man and ife Is good; Chilsmoke inhalation is destrucUve of everything that born. been never hate better had dren born to eucij a tetr and We invite fathers, mothers and teachern to warn hoystobac-co IeOfcTs vaming, that Ub lieed to H ia glrUjhow Imporlant man." not good for Y OUM.J weak-hearte- d, ed j funcerely yOur brethren BRYANT 8 HINCKLEY. FRED M. M CJIELREN. &TRTNOH M A.8TEVEN8, Stake Presidency y a' er I MKW (ll'llRWXlY BOOK Bavaria Blatter fulr Frankiahhe loaves for Franc an family research Vol. 8. 1888 to 1881 bound in one Thneringer Monatnblatlter fuer HeimatkuUuruband Vaterlaehdtscbos De st Troeg. lished monthly by Walter 1 31. Weimar. Thuerlngla Vol 10, Famll-ienkund- e: NORWAY Groenvold fmIlleM otl rrodrteli Msrtlnu. Gonoahv von Gorciivold and i ter and theli) six children Vol. if Klverum eO Begdeboskrlvelni Bind 8 t ' 0. 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