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Show ' 8 Church Depa r tmenf NOVEMBER 7, 1935 THE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, v THE TRAGEDY AT WINTER QUARTERS nu niliH mf Wm mhm arm fa Himmry mm rmfmrmd tm urliilmw pmMitkti Ikm Char cA Smrtimm, Am. IS mmd S9. Tim W thmia hM r- Ifebt up tm thm amimUiJr h'mlmr Qmanmrt rmhI hi Chmrmk h A mMt Mi h . . Richard according to the statement of Robert I. Campbell. Apoatle Dr. Willard Amass M. Samuel Richard. Franklin D. and at WinW. Richard still remained reof ter Quarters. In, chargeH. the 27, May Saints. (J. maining 1043 I Elder MAY 29 MONDAY. at Win Ceorge D. Grant arrived nu tec quirtcrt front tht Elkhomrout en reported that 200 wagons the crossed had for the Mountains Teams Ktkhom River that day. continued To rdll out of Wtnt,f (J. Quarters for the encampment.those H Mar 80. 1343). Amongon this Winter Quarters who left and day worn He her C. Kimball family and Newel K. Whitney and TUESDAY. MAY 30 After its vacation by F.lder Kimball a Winter Quarter presented A terrific thunaect, deolte over the place, der torm by a bun iron. which and tore wagon rover to khted whUtle-- l fearfully through the empA few straggling Inty dwelling. in the premise and dian camped BiibaUted tiKn the cattle whleh had died by poverty andH . what May they had picked up. (J. the 13 JUNE During TUESDAY. were (rouble-somnight the Indiana causand hooting and yelling claimed ing great excitement. They by other been fired upon h.vl they Indian. (Journal History. June in, who died SepL 6, 1847. Apostle George A. Smith, writing from Council llluffa (Kanes, vitle) under date of Oct. 20, 1848, said Winter Quarter looks pretty much aa It did, except the roofs and floor which had been brought to this aide (east aide) of the river. The Indians visited It of late and feasted on the potatoes that grew in the old cellC, and also upon L. D. S. com-man- r. rtt fcntt About com-poain- the bugle sounded from M Lyman's hmme at Winter r and Col. Scott ran through Quari.-"The Indian! the vtreet rrvltig: man turn out. are upon u. every Ram A m tea foot ami six hoie-meend Col. Riott took reendel ommamt of thy footmen, while took Flake charge of the Cspt horsemen. ApohUe Atnasa M. amt addtessed the brethren a.n i that a great deal of excitement had prevailed a to the wliealwut of the Indian, but the alarm had been given In order to ascertain who werg ready in cate the Indian did come.arm Tlu of Clinton was fired ant! the the brethren tnapccted and the iewed. roinpan , A.re Smith and Wilfotd George Woodruff, who had Just come into camp, addressed, the brethren on the propriety of alwavThe being and careful ready, sale dismissed till the followthen Alton seventy n Brother rom-pan- v (Journal lllsloiy. June li3 I hit l.Y. JUNE Hi V westerly Wind pre ailed at Winter Quaitri i. was kept up A pilket guotil wa Utrongll the day and the flty cal.1 guirl- -l at Might halfGuard hour, the were ptade every ttie words 'all time mentioned and aloud out (J. it. Is well? called. June Pi. 13 13 ) I'HURSOAY. JUNE 20 Apostle rollel Aju iso M l.y man's company out of Winter Quarter en route ing 14 ha- - nigh'- U. 3 L- - ,. Valley Anomie C'sirge A Smith and Kara son still remained in Winter Quit much time visiting ters and Hollow at Millet's tile Samt 1 Ben- w eeUa. itxpiest of townspeople. a Seminary is 3 held for at 00 p m. adults each )Vadneday Class mvmbenddp 1 gi owing rapid-v- , mteiesd consideiable tVKlnating Escalante At the in the expei uni nt. Gi unite Old scats in one with n w have IkcCti niodern desk-- adding greatly to the tomfoit id student?. ilas-roo- tcpl-ico- Son rial students Giantsviilc have recently jmrti pa ted as speak-eim wal'd i.airamcntal meetings. Juab Make A five nnle "Hoio liiko was paiiuipated in by rJ studenu, all dreed as hotes The building has been icpaudcd and ovit, ami with a icaipng loom fr stmltuiU the upper floor, ptoidM on Isjgan Ihi seai the seminary Is pleased to umtounca the laigcst iUs-.es i ln-i- dj in-i- d, in Cliuich History since it beginning. Munti 1 ho ( Uroom has lun cumplctcly tchuvatcd and ten lHMk added to the Uhi at v. for Midway thUhoi A at Highy, studenu' ws enjoyed jurw OC Id. anti tolwuxo proJ.M t has been inatigurau.! by student' Approximately three hiutdmi dollar has been expenld rently for new (Mpnpmeiu ami new lihratv book. A nuinlatr of recently tv have spoken tiirttei letote the sUidcntj. blackboard Millard Stake and a piano have recently be-- i iixalahed in the new chfco-- i ooox. An outing to loiva Montjx'her been perfected, consisting of presmh u pi ident, and 4 counvd. which v i e ftuni ea U a repi of this claas. ltcguUr meetings group at e held and they aie now rindtulhm. Utatng up aThree uu4.iesfvd par-tieEphraim one fy r hk h class, were ic cently held. The aiudenU ate a seminary aong. scleitmg a colors and designing seminaryStudoUW hae cleat ed the banner. grounds of a heavy growth of 1 14 Seminary News Notes covBancroft A modern floor clans-loolaid on the ering has been floor, whkh akls greatly to the attractiveness of the room Beaver The recent HoIh Hike wa a marked tucce, and an en class party has since been ioyahie Black foot AS organisation has p.-wei-l ) II WEDNESDAY. JUNE 1 the Indian coin and the volunteer squash and auch other vegetable as grew without culture. Winter Quarter afforded more flies and flea than anything less , far-gae- . n the previous day Winter Quarters looked "deeolate; empty and r rouhi well eM (Journal History of Oct. SATURDAY. JL'I.Y 13 The last SainU who comanv of loiUer-damade Winter Quaiters their slatttown deserted left the ing point, on this date to bend their w ly boundle-over tlie westward plain that lie between the Missouri River anil the Valiev of the Great Salt Iake. The "Frontier Guardian" of July 23, 1840, ha the following in regard to tins company. "Slowly and majestically they moved along, displaying a column , of upward, of thieo hundred wag-oncattle, sheep, hogs, horses, turkeys, geee, mule, chi kens doves, goat, etc. beside lot of men women and children. In this company was the Yankee with his maenmerv, the Southerner wuh his colored attendant, lire Englishman with all kind of mechanic tools, the fanner, the merchant, the doctor, the minister, and almost net essary for a settleeverytldng ment in a new country. They weie from provisioned for nine months wore the time of staiting They A. Smith led by Messrs. George and Exra T Benson (Journal History of July 14, 1849) Franeher Sttmson, who crossed the plains and mountains to t ah foitna in 18."mi and who kept a dailv lout nal all the wav, has live follow Ing to sav in regard to Oliver Quartet s' It wns near night next dav (April 21. 8. , before we werea the Missoni River, and aero?. camp made on the west side There was no home of anv white man then on that side of the MUsoutl, and none were seen bv us until we re hed the end of our loui nev m California. (Julv Id. 18.VH, tur camp on the west bank of MONDAY. JUEY 3 Dr. Willanl company rolled out of Winter Quarters, on route for G. S. U Valley. Apoatle George A. Smith .wrote a follow from Winter Quarter: "Tht day closed the starting from Winter Quarter Of the second company and Xhfi City is a perfect desolation for place onc ao thickly Inhabited. File, fieai, land lota of vermin mice other bug, abound In the dtuina, Six or sev-eraerchanta haye moved into Iowa. Miller's Hollow (Kanesville) aa It la called, la quite a humming The winter place of business. wheat cron la ready for the ciadle and very fine. Spring wheat look well, aa does all the other crops. (J. H. July 3. IMS.) RUward FRIDAY, JUIJY 14 John Martin (aged 7 months). Son of Edward and Alice Martin, died with dysentery. He was born Nov. 28, 1848, In Nauvoo, Illinois. He waa Interred In the same grave with hia brother, Edward H. Mart- - Mom WEDNESDAY. MAY 24 than down wagon rolled out of Winter Quarters In the morning, among them being Thomas Bullock, . the Church scribe who drove a wag- on containing the Church records. (Journal History of May 24. 1343). MAY 2S Pres. Brig-ha. FRIDAY, Young and other leader of ft to Church left Winter Quarter for the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. This was the fifth time that President Young had left hia home and property r since he had embraced the Gospel. He joined the rest of hia company on the west akin of the Elkhorn River. (J.H. Mar 2d. 1343). SATURDAY, MAY 27 After the departure of the large company of a 20. 1848. page 2 1348) (Continued Prom Lnat Week i- than mate arvl In transfer! Ing th remaining SainU at Winter Quarter to a place of aafety June 2d, acroaa the river. (J. (Kaneftvllte) M fa rfMMr chrmnmtog. icml arAmr, Amy hy Amy: Mm Qu Assistant Church Historian ' Winter river was nea- - th met s of the Mot mons, tlie ftrt thu per'Vuted wintering 'll icp of had been driven people attcr they from Vi'ii'M That was the winter of HI'VHIT Tint was to them a mernnnblo winter Many wen? the den hi imong ttem which result the By Andrew Jenson Ornrtt Tkm ImimrmwtmA Hot Springs was enjoyed by the atudenu and a number o( Individual class patties have been held. Mount Emmons The seminal y new build i now In&tulled in it ing Two x rupbook- one for poems ami one lor tlnfrth pk tutes and literature, arc In mg lompleted by ea h stiuituU A lavatory room Mt IMeas.mt ha-and alutlctil hten . tctmi-dicddesks The opening par-ttXi uh t h Sta.vc ot the veer, dm mg which swim mmg and loller .skating weto en Jo ed. w.is held eotly this inonh. suttes-fvopening PanguUt h patty was iecentl enjoed, a ateum of pun, Installation was Jut omph ted heating new in the builumg. 2iooh.i semmaiN n tl toily make ium apoinid, plans fur an tul tent.s, wind pio-g- i aina. etc. Salt loike Kavt get acquainted ai ty in Mill t rek Canyon was i ti unih enj(D ed. South Ot'e hundrd Salt m at uden- pm tji ipu'ed filly (M'k of reft ehments and pa games at a get a quumec. pat ty in t (jUon-001 t an on A sueees.-ftSalt likc Went qCiung so( ml whk rtnenUy held i'll the fcemmai lanipus. The heavy remstt.it on ShelleN tins tall has exceeded the previom, aUidont entolltmnt ieotd. he st udetits hii e Snow flake enjoyed s pet ml talks hy a letuttn'd man. mirtsiouMi y and a business Both are graduates of the uiv of some ycats ago. enrtill-rnen- t Spt mg die Jhe atudent icimd was broken hy the heav igistralion thi fall. The lat gest enroll-men- t Tnnpanogo in the histmy of the semmuty U rejKM ted are jvai t U Ipat-inri nal Si iri manv ways throughout the of the ward $fake. thiough the Rubio. medium of the Student lmgt imnung Bureau. h Wa.aU'h Stake The bmlding lKen cimpletlv renovated through out, lnst l an I 'Kit - from Its rig'ofs unhouseri. a were and with Insufficient f.xvd and clotMm During our q4V In h.it ramp w e Ulted their burial place on the side of the bluff overtlie river The looking mny with then overgrown mounds. a story of suffering and 1o endurance which has since then been told and retold, and has, throughout the civllirod worl I excited feelings of pitv and adrniri tion Their history wa-- then tin-niton 1 he liad pt e edxl u only over a venrs tracklea tliree m l 1', mountain at i etch of p themhad made for and desert, selves a pew home a thonind mile aw av from t)e scene if their suffetmg. and hv their llirift and were already making the Indust dcsei t hhwsom as the rose Tn h! Idmg n1leu for sever il months to the r( !li7cd worl we w ei c then doing, we were tjt follow for h imbeds of mde i route soh'cted v their gtndis, and hv them and their animals ttoldon Into s well bonti-- wagon roa I vep mountain nnd il im which si thii time fif'v nc.iiv Inter (1800) i.s ,idt distinctly visible lr iilaces undid-turhhv cultivation h The litle log b.inilrt on Tow a side of the liver, Kanesville. of made wholly up ixsob altluvugh of that e t was not intendel o I o jfr permanent settlement h w u merely a w.iv station for the uf puttie, win fitting of Morrn(n would follow on to Salt I.ake ho land of promise To one of the wsgop wheels of tlodr first emiiched grant paitv wameter and a ultahle person wh nvm I detailed to take note was kept of e.a h dav travl an I distant s In one colutnh the distant e fmm saitmg place kn column the distance from fh which would hist camp Ohlfi cveek-st notice grove along the river hot k. even soli of willows on a diinin plain rtxk. of peculiar and not,,,, able shape wete named and noted After rea hing their dvi in.i'ion ttic-- i w o? e arringtsl anm I in namt)hht form puhls)ud sent h.u k to their outpost Mll' for the Im nefd and guidinov who weie to fothiw of the S.im f Whcn we w in e there mpte M u to n Guide w Book till c supplied a athihlo whh them and found them of mu h value We knew where wa"er eu( 1 hnd and foold sehs t out cunt), r moie aheil ing pl:u e. n la well m irk. s We foutmurd in td r ,d to the sirnutil of the KhI few mites Sv m Mount mi Soull Pas, thi. r d divides W od they gra. 1 I - 1 omlvu 1 d m (otn-mite- e V d I mlk-nt- s e Idaho Falls Priesthood Is Active In Project Fcj Quotum of the M fuv. d k and Aironn PfiKth.HiU m Nm th Idaho 1'alU Stake will eni t e un-l.-fl prop gage m a sen ft k Churt h (', unt h Ihi-uhD.ivid Snptli, t a in follow mg if 'll! Pti,t- - that stake )iMd lemhis du!t ni()u. pi groiriR the plan n u in will ,( pH s uiio iM'i ns itnnh Quotums under the plan, ns K n It oped at the i oif ti'iH group will lvcgm lmin diateh to l.m u fot next f f.ir (.rowing piojist mis u letts pi it a toe- - and other of vn m.muf.u ( iou 'utr crpa e arid the gntheting of hmIu! i ials are atul tnatf among ptoduits the prnsts being constd.-r-'Elder John D Gllea field of tlie ,, attcndef the confereo.s h ca. group to parte ip,o urgsl w tiole hetu tedlv In ran v ing m iho of the iko pomm.Mi.htionl l.mcv Seven! of th. groiqm prel at vex fv hive proys M undr way ( Piie-.ih.H- ar-ti- PtC'-idm- |
