Show N COH correspondence I 1 I 1 I 1 CAPT A 10 COMPANY kompany NOON miles east esl of G SL City may 15 1856 i EDITOR editon DESERET NEWS sir the grass has been almost entirely wanting from east kanyon creek to the platt ferry perry when we ve arrived at the upper crossing in 0 of sweet water we took a right hand road denominated hunks cutoff cut cat orf off traveled five miles and camped on the evenia evening of may ad near an alkali pond at 10 pm a dreadful storm commenced from the northeast and continued to increase until mornion mor the men turned out of their beds and tied blankets upon the animals and thus preserved them from perishing they were driven in the teeth of the storm tou to n patch of willows in ia a bend of the sweet water about three in les distant where they cluid could get a little shelter and gome ome brush to eat the storm can cau Linued with unabated fury for fio fifty six sim h irs ITS the snow was drifted to a considerable appl h most moat of the men got no sie sleep p during fht h s orm but kept their bedding ledding tied upon tai tat tapir ir animals also fed them flour biscuits etc and all but two were saved though the whole were greatly weakened on the ath we left our stormy camp and regained the road with considerable difficulty which we coald could not follow as the snow was dritley in all the hollows in in many places five or six feet deep most alost of the day was cloudy but in the afternoon the sun came out for a few hours and all our faces were severely elder orson pratt thos king 0 P rockwell and several other were struck blind and suffered the most excruciating torture for several days most of the camp were also afflicted with inflammation of the eyes while on greasewood creek on the night of the loth we encountered another savere severe storm which lasted most of the next day while at willow creek snow covered the ground nearly one foot deep on the we crossed richards bridge over the platte paying sa 3 per wago nand each for horsemen capt heath is stationed there with ga inen men ile he has a shian chief in irons and intends to keep him until his nation delivers up some in dads daes who murdered h a white man near that pos about two weeks since capt smoot exerts every energy in his pow er to facilitate the movements af jf the company been retarded beyond all our expectations p stations by the storms and the want of feed our oar animals are however impre improving in and the the black hills promises well weil all in camp are ate enjoying usual usuff health OF LABONTA miles from G GS S lacity L city may 16 we camped hurriedly last night seven miles back in consequence of a heavy raine calne storm stord j king 0 pelted belted us merrily all night rander rendering i the ground very soft we seem to te be bless biess blessed t with si of great severity seventy the grass since we e s struck truck the Plat been continually improving im improving provin and promises h greater abundance than we have feer fier heretofore seen on the plains if the grasshoppers which se bam sam sem bem m to be hatching out in millions do not devour it all creek miles from G S L city didy may 17 7 am S br benson found a ford which with considerable difficulty was crossed the crossin crossing Z of the Ia labonte cabonte bonte bohte was also troublesome as in both boti I 1 cases we hid to drive from the main road and cross the creeks in very rough places oar our iian lian hunters brought in an antelope which was the third since we left home game very scarce camp ready reidy ready to start yours truly GEO A SMITH |