| Show the companies yet on the plains DEVILS devins gate nov 2 isug PRESIDENT YOUNG dear brother knowing b the anxiety you yon feel for the companies comp aules duies still out and especially for fur the f land idad cart carl company I 1 have concluded to send bend in ill sotir your sti ati s ui joeph jo eph A and br abel garr gair on an express from froin toils pice place we had no snow t to 0 contend with until we got to the sweet water on he the and loth 0 of 0 october tober we encountered a very severe snow F 11 ow storm we met br Will hils company on the the tha snow was from ax to ten inches deep wilee where we met them therit I 1 hey were truly in a bd udd situation but we rendered them all the assistance in our power br dr win 11 II kimu returned with them also several other by beti bell ethren iren the lars lira of this company you havo hivo h uvo ivo doubtless learned before this tinie time they arrived on the geh gih lust as dready already noticed L ED J previous to this time we had sent on an express to ascertain if possible the situation und and of the tile company yet set back and report to me not trot thinking it safe sare for them to 10 go farther than independence rock I 1 advised them thein to wait there when we overtook them they had find heard nothing from the reat ci companies and we had traveled through snow from 8 to 12 inches deep all tile the way from willow creek to this pla e nl not ot having much feed for our horses they were running down very fast fasts and not hearing anything froin from the coina companies uless I 1 did cid not I 1 hat hut but wha what t they had hud taker take kup quarters for the ilia winter consequently we sent on oil another exers cx prebi to tile tilo platte bridge when that exp eap e reb res s returned to my surprise I 1 learned that eliat th the a compaine companion ir wera all on oil the tile river near tiie upper cros croF crossing ising and had llad been encamped allyre hille ulna da s for th tho to snow lo 10 go away or as they tiley said baid to recruit cru it their c cattle title As quick us ws wo we learned this we inov moved ed on to meet them met it br M INI atins company at greasewood creek creeks oil on the list d day ay of octo october er br hodgetts compan was a few miles we dealt out to brai coin eoin piny the thai clothing cloth ing lag ac that we had llad for thi jiin ti in bind mid likht morning after our oar wrig waag oiTs s full of tile the icik blik muk mck the children cli cil ildren and tile the with ill a j good amount of lugg lurg ge started hoi hol homeward neward abolt noon tile tha 8 snow ow began to fall very fist rist and coti Coli linued birtil late at night it is 13 now about 8 inches deep here berr and the hie weather lier ller is very cold it is not of much use for nie nip to attempt 1 to 0 give a description of tit ill ki tuition of these people for this tins vou ou will learn earn from 5 3 our son josep joseph h A and br garr who wiio are tho ilia bearda of this ulis express but you can ran imagine between five and six hundred inen men women and c condren eil ell orn down by drawing lland liand carts through snow know and mud mating by the tiie way side tailing chilled by tho the cold children crying tile limbs stift tiff ned tied by cold their feet bleeding and soine goine of them bare to snow and frost tile ight is too much for the stoutest of usg lut we go oil on doing all we can not doubting nor despa despairing irina our is too small smail to help much it Is I 1 01 only ly a drop to a bucket bucked us as it were in fit comparison to whit is needed I 1 think ahik III ili hit it not over one third of br Alar titis corn company piny in is ailo allo to walk tiis tvis you yon may think ia is extravagant but it la Is nevertheless true some of them have good cot cor courage and are in good spirits but a it great many are like children and do to not help themselves much more inore nor realize what is before them I 1 never felt relt so much interest in ill any mission that I 1 hive been sent on oil und and eill till 1 he uie brethren i who came out with me feel the 4 sim kim finx we wo have prayed without ceasing and die tha blessing ble ule blessing saing of gol GOA has been wih avith ti uit br dr charles diaries decker has now traveled ratel rayel d this road tile the time lime and he g flis tys he lie lias his h bis is never b fore seen so much snow allow on the sweet water at any seison of the year I 1 am sorry to inform you yet of the death of br tennant Tenn nt amon among b thosa who have fallu fatia by the way avay side br irr company are ara two or three days daya baci back of or us yet br wheelock will bo be with them to counsel them thern aso also ado some of the other breth brethren reu who ilo lie eime came 0 out u t i we wil wll move inove every daiy diy tow gowrd ird the iiley villey v if wo shovel snow to do it the ilie lord helping us I 1 have never seen such en energy agy and faith falth among tile tiie boys nor so good a spirit spit it aa as is those thosa vilo wiio wilo came caine out with mo me wd we realize that we lidie irdie your your prayers for us continually also alao those of or all ahe saints stints in the chevalley Valley vailey I 1 pray thit the blessings of god anav may ba be with you and und all thosa those who ab to up the kingdom of gid on the tha earth GEORGE D GRANT |
