| Show capr COMPANY PARLEYS park palte ath sep i editon editor deseret NEWS I 1 be beg t to forward you a brief statement of our journey from florence to this thia point believing that it will be interesting to you and i numerous readers second church train capt john R mur dock left florence 01 oi 01 on the of july and reached this place on the of sept making a short ant aul most mo st pleasant trip in fifty nine days daya first day out our camp was waa organized charara 11 Oi was appointed chaplain jotin clerk ser Fer sergeant geant of the guard and wm reid rell secretary our train consisted of sixty five wagons and about seven hundred souls of 0 these three hundred and eighty four tour were danes swedes and deglans norwegians Norwegia eg lans ians ns ule uie balance were english and ana american an I 1 we have had fourteen deaths two marriages and six births the deaths were chiefly rom irom fever and eala I 1 am m glad gad to say that peace and harmony existed te d with ith us during the entire journey and the arrangements made by the authorities gave general satisfaction that the honest may soon have the privilege of being b esse esie d as we are is my earnest desire with kind regards I 1 am yours yourd sincerely WILLIAM willlam REID |
