Show letter from parowan carowan Pa rowan PAROWAN june MR EDITOR sir it is with pleasure I 1 write to inform you of if the peace and prosperity that attends the saints of iron county the spirit of the people to ig to carry out the instructions given in the epistle to the saints of iron county the brethren of cedar fort who organized themi themselves elves into a company for the manufacture of iron I 1 are going ahead final ly there are about twenty of thern Who have given up their crops and are devoting their time entirely to the manufacturing of iron they have made considerable progress in erection of buildings for that purpose and are determined ned that they will not go to salt lake fity city until they can carry with them a specimen of iron iron manufacture the brethren have been to work on coal creek kanyon out their taxes the past week and have opened a passable road as far as the coal chaj the crops in iron county look well and promising and bid fair for an abundant harvest to supply our wants and the wants of our brethren who may come into our midst also to give to on ayr r red brethren who are in our midst and who are very kind and friendly the old chief Aw wan annap nap or as walker calls him Quin narrah requested me from time to time to go over and visit them at the pan pang fl quick lake for he had his men collor ted there or r that purpose A at t I 1 length en ath I 1 told them we would go and we went t myself and div five others having brother 1 D L lee f fop or an interpret fr we went up centre creek took the first left hand fork and about eight miles up came into a large body of pine saw timber also a vast quantity of poles upon the sides of the mountain sufficient to supply the wants of this people for fora a great many years and easy of access it is abo about ut 18 miles from parowan carowan to the top odthe of the mountain where we could see at one view our vallies and the pang quick lake and a great grant of if otry that is covered with plenty or of the best kind of timber we then descended a kan yonto the lake about 9 miles which brought us to the laki lake where our oar red brethren were camped they saw t us no coming and came running out to meet us and i 1 received us with the great greatest ert feelings of kindness next day we traded with them for their fish g giving them flour and bread but they wanted us to to I 1 trade them powder which we refused upon this I 1 refusal the old chief grew angry and said we were not his friends awve professed to be be made a I 1 long speech and seemed very n much inch displeased be cause we would not trade him powder but broth er lee began to talk to them and they began to j feel well and even better than they did before this I 1 discourse took place and there seemed to all appearance pe arance to be a lasting friendship entered into between the natives and us the valley is in extent about four miles in diameter lying in the centre of low ranges of mabun caius covered with timber the lake is formed I 1 from three streams running into the basin making I 1 a body of water about six miles in circumference we ascended the mountains on the east and discovered a 9 very large quantity of pine timber to ta the e east and south of as the indians int informed ormed us that there was a valley on the sevier about ten mites miles north of tho the lake lab L they ai also wormed informed us that the outlet of the lake was waa one of the forks of the sever they aso also told us it wis was one days ride nde 1 T 7 n I 1 1 I 1 to the main fork f the sevier which induced us as tw to take another trip to explore the upper sevier cons couo try we now took leave of the indians indiana being about an hundred I 1 aft number and returned to raw par owan after a tr trip dawe days at it being about 26 miles mile according to former arrangements I 1 started on our contemplated visit to the upper sevier and south country on the lath of june in company wit hJohn with john steele john D lee john L smith john dast solomon chamberlain P meeks meek and F P T whitney on our iriv ay we passed through brother dames seti settlement lemen ind and found them endelos ed with a good and substantial picket fort and dl in good goo spirits we traveled up 09 little atle anek km you yon which is is a tough rough rocky place until we came to the summit and found that to be a dividing ridge between little salt lake and the sevier valley V we e then began to descend into the valley below pass ing down some very handsome open kenyons kanyon kan with I 1 plenty of poles house logs and saw timber and good water kt at J length we canoe came into the great valley th that atlay lay stretched out wort ws and found i that there was wan a stream running into the sevier about one rod red wide and eighteen inches deep being the lake outlet there is a good chance for a small colony to settle there of some 50 or families who might wish to go into the lumber trade as this is in a good country for timber we then crossed over unto the sevier Sop Sopo sear we were then about 25 miles mies above where the road crosses to san pete on the presidents trail we then traveled up the sevier two days did not find any countr country jr worth speaking of until we came to the head of the stream which as near as we could guess heads behind coal creek mountains there would be a good place for a small settlement plenty of timber grass and water we continued our journey sou southeast south thad east passi passing nig along the heads of the main divides we next came to fox creek this stream is about 6 feet wide and IS 18 inches deep rich soil plenty and aad timber pawed passed over another ridge into pleasant valley this is well named for it is pleasant w with ith a eji stream running cr through it it is about two miles across the va valley aey next over a ridge into deer creek thence on to the mountains which lie low and level so that a team and wagon might be driven any place unto the highest mountains which are an entirely covered with pine timber we traveled three days among this timber which is of the best bed quality and clear of underbrush we then thee crossed again again the divide and came into skull cap valley anil 1 I creek which is about 10 feet wide and I 1 I 1 deep thence up that 8 or I 1 10 0 miles and crowd crossed an 1 other ridge to the south and came to the head waters of the levier skin thence down the levier skin about 50 miles there can be a good bajon wajon wagon road got from the sevier court coultry try to this point there are plenty of hops hop and timber and some handsome places for I 1 settlements ments in the narrow but fertile bottom 4 the stream we ibave have now to leave the stream on account of the driftwood drift wood and narrowness of the passage down through and take to the here the chance for a wagon road ends enda and after considerable difficulty and winding round we arrived upon the virgeon bottoni swithin one days ride fide of the colorado here a number of indians came to us who told us as that walker had told them of us and they seemed I 1 very much pleased although somewhat afraid at first brother J D lee gave them a talk which pleased them very much to think that we were not corn com to kill them I 1 these indians are very smart quick and active almost naked with bright intellects we then proceeded along followed by our new friends who would not leave us showed us all the curiosities they could think of amongst the rest a kind of weed that will quench thirst this is a fine country covered with verdure although there are no streams at this point but it has the appearance of raining mining a good deal we i then got some indian guides who brought us to the jerks of the virgeon levier skin nd and ash creek where we found a number of indians raising grain their corn was waist high squashes beans potatoes ac looked well they had in cultivation some four or five acres their whet had got ripe aripe and was cut I 1 looked around to see their tools but rould could not see the first tool only their 1 hands to dig their ditches make dams or else the piute chief made mad us a speech showing us their destitute situation without clothes or food brother lee told them we would learn leam them to work and raise brad breadstuff stuff make inake clothing ac at which v aich they were wh well pleased and wanted us to e ome come soon and nd make a settlement among them this p point is is some 30 miles above where brother lee intends to settle we then crossed over ash creek took our old trail and soon arrived a it t paro wan being gone 12 days h saing traveled JW miles and found all things mid the brethren doing the best they cai to i 1 1 ij IJ the lite work and promote the interest of 0 the redeemers Red emers remers kingdom in I 1 the last days P S we have not received any news from salt lake city since the president and company left with feelings ot of respect and esteem we subscribe ourselves your tour brethren in the covenant of peace J JCL C L SMITH JOHN STEELE |