Show V A from 00 out foreign erom FROM tre THE rocky HOOKY MOUNTAINS TO THE ALPS II 11 WITH tun TUB TRAIN an ox train is an institution which i with its cousin the moro aristocratic mule train will soon be numbered among the tho things that were being superseded pers eded by the iron horse and as in all transition periods this change of affairs will effect in the beginning a great many people among the first of whom will be the well known bullwhackers wh ackers 11 you have noticed when you come the first time on board a ship with what airs of supremacy you are looked upon jy by the sailors as a greenhorn about on the principle of that coachman in birmingham some 12 years ago who finding that I 1 did not understand english Eng turned with disdain away from me as from a an n idiot who did not understand a language that he himself spoke already when a child these two instances illustrate about the feeling of insignia Insign insignificance if 1 1 e a n e e which was forced upon me on j joining 0 1 n 1 n the train by the professional bu bullwhackers who accompanied it As far as a great many of this class are strangers r s to our people and our principles I 1 feel e e 1 little concern they finding in other rc re gions congenial employment where their adventurous disposition may lead them but as brethren also have devoted themselves to this kind of life it would be well for them bopre to prepare are for the coming times which wily wiil will make higher and greater demands on the intelligence telli gence and capacity of every man in our people than mere bull buil whacking in 1 even if some one has kept himself corn coln corn ively freo free from the contaminating 1 nina ting influences connected therewith of all my sketches however which it i maybe my privilege to d draw aw in ill k the course of my journe aings I 1 none can ever have as pleasant and animating a subject as the one which that crowd of young men presented who were collected together in that little train from several beveral parts of the territory the most of them previous to their thein meeting unknown to on nother born in different climes and nat nations ioni loni olvar otvar of various lous ious occupations cupat ions lons manners edu eda aleon alron and age but united now for one purpose and i in one spirit 1 r 1 t which soon was in te their 1 r friendly unrestrained and social intercourse in which never to my knowledge one act was done or one word spoken that was intended to hurt the feelings of another or that was waa below that standard by which we judge anything we call good true praise worthy and amiable verifying throughout the principle that the least a true elder in israel must be is to be a gentleman there are many features featured in this way of traveling exceedingly trying to good nature on account of tho the novelty of the situation such buchas as nor for instance when you bee see ee a druggist experimenting in com pounds for fon culinary purposes or a probes sor being forell forcibly reminded former botanical excursions by gathering gath ering efing buffalo and other chips or a bookkeeper pe r all notorious for long jong sied sleeping ing r you know roused up in id the morn morning 1 ng before daybreak or a young chap of scholarly habits habieb washing the dished dishes or your jour pancakes fall into the ashes in turning or the mosquitoes or the hard bed or the rain or the etc etc when it goes in that style and you have no other encouragement coura gement than that of the scotch elder who comforted his compan companion loa IoA in tribulation with the assurance that the lord was preparing them only for something worse ethen khen then mr mir editor good nature does not give up but it is a mighty close shave the mountain scenery along the whole route is un surpassingly beautiful especially the so called parleys park which reminded me of bf the grand valley around kulm and in bohemia and nothing is s wanting to make it surpass even t that hat celebrated region in beauty but to have the rims of this romantic basin covered with gardens and its centre with lovely villages lages the realization of which dream hY however wever will be prevented to a great extent by its altitude and consequent cold climate therol thera are other points too in count countless less leEs numbers which need not the hand of man to enhance their grandeur inasmuch as nature calls forth I 1 sometimes nies by b her er wonderful formations not only the attention of the manof man of science or the admiration 4 th Artist but speaks also in her sublimity to eveny every man that has a heart although thou thouy sands of men pass through those eib iii in the course of time and never notice these things and und even if it pointed out to them fall fail to appreciate them like the yankee who in beholding the niagara falls deplored that such great water power could not be turned into canals for working mills where it would be at least of some somo use such people would cutup cut up the blue heavens if possible and sell it by the yard to make pants 7 BERNE switzerland aug 27 1847 rabi KABI G mawn MAESER X I 1 historians IANS lans OFF OFFICE lon ion t 1 t NJ J oct 1 1187 EDITOR DESERET NEWS enclosed is the autobiography ofero jos S alien allen As it is similar r to the history of many mandof of the veterans and pioneer pioneers iio Eio of mormonism I 1 I 1 and is govus in a such a correct and interesting manner I 1 thought I 1 would let you sae see it that you might publish it I 1 if f you think advisable I 1 glo GEO iwas I 1 was born in oneida county sta ata afa of new york june 25 1810 islo my fathers name was daniel allen aliens 31 my mothers name before she was marrie married li was nancy steward my father removed to ohio geauga geaugh county town of thompson phere there I 1 received received the gospel in february 1831 A few days after I 1 received it I 1 was baptized zed zeo and was soon afterwards ards ordained a teacher I 1 remained in the state of ohio till tile the spring of 34 when on the oth of may I 1 started from kirtland to go to missouri in the tho company known as ziona zions camp organized and led by the prophet joseph smith arrived at fishing river eiver clay county june 21 remained in clay county and was married september 2 1835 moved to far west caldwell cald caid well weil county in the spring of in the summer of the same game year iwas ordained a seventy under the hands of joseph smith jr and joined the first quorum of seventies in february following fallowing fri fal lowing being driven from mis missouri sour T I 1 moved to illinois ll indIA crossing crussing the river at quincy I 1 went up about thirty miles and settled in the town of lima hancock county in june following I 1 r went on a preaching tour to indiana and was absent four months after I 1 returned home I 1 was ordained a member of tho high council of the stake of lima tin 7 in consequence of mob 1 I in company with father morley monney to see joseph while whilo returning home we were waylaid and assaulted by three armed men gehad we had a horse and buggy one of them seized the horses bits I 1 took out one ofay of my pistols and ordered them to desist informing them og 0 the consequence if they dialot did not whereupon they left leftus us and we proceeded home without further molestation according accorded S to bro Josep josephs lili counsel I 1 moved to nauvoo it t being a time of trouble and danger in in I 1 consequence of our enemies I 1 took a part consel in defending ef ending the lives ab and ana d property of the saints by acting as picket guard also alao night and day guard in started with my family for the west I 1 stopped at put ina lna in a crop I 1 left lef let it ind went wt onto on to council bluffs according I 1 to bro bm brn Bri ghania 1 advice I 1 passed the winter h herding church stock in campal company ny with ten others up the missouri niver river in the spring I 1 moved to caminer quarters and andr alsed raised a crop I 1 acted noted as goun poun counselor selon to bishop houston at this place while I 1 stayed on the missouri r I 1 buried burled four children 11 j in 1 emigrated to the mountains in president youngs company wintered in sati saki lale lake valley and in october 49 1 I was called in coni company compans pank with father morley and others to settle settie sanpete San pete I 1 lived at Manti mantl mant and was appointed a member of theY thet the ligh high council at that place plade remained there till 54 then father morley morlex was called to salt galt lake city and by his request I 1 iho ino moved bed ved to little cottonwood I 1 put in a crop here ilire which was destroyed by crickets I 1 next went utah county and remained there three years jl was counselor counsel pr to bishop colinan Ho holmann linan I moved back to sanpete ean Ban pete and stayed there till the call was made to seft lethe colorado country I 1 volunteered togo to so and got as far as as the sevier sevie ii was waa detained on account of high water and stopped at glenwood GIeh wood sometime in july I 1 heard of eather father morley Morie morle ys Is death and started to go to his funeral when J had got about ten miles the horses stopped without sly siy any aly apparent cause and in no way could I 1 get them to go furth further cr I 1 turned bak bar bah k and the team traveled home freely fn an a dax day or two after lifter this bro roberts who lived at south bend and was returning home from manti was killed nearlie ne arthe anthe place where the horses stopped soon after this I 1 and bro staley were fired upon by a number of hostile indians who came within gunshot of the settlement I 1 escaped without harm bro staley was shot two horses horles belonging to him were shot down as the they y were standing near his door thia this was merely a blind to draw attention from another party that was driving off a band of horses in another direction while iwas staying at glenwood the most of my stock was stolen by indians in the fall I 1 was taken sick and I 1 concluded clu ciu deato to go back to sanpete and try to repair the loss I 1 had sustained in my team I 1 went to moroni my health was very poor all winter when spring came my circumstances were such that it best to remain at moroni through the season the following incident occurred at 1 this place in march 1866 five hostile indians three men one squaw and a boy having been captured were brought here and put under guard when my sons turn came to guard I 1 took his place and went on at eight in the evening with another man by the name of bilkey the indians had now been here a week or ten days and tb the e squaw had been perm permitted bitted to g go 0 about unguarded she succeeded in putting into the hands of the indians a knife and a lare large wire wiro both sharpened with a file which she had procured they also had two clubs stout rack stakes concealed under their blankets just before the assault I 1 discovered one of the clubs and threw it butof the door about nine one of the indians wanted ta go out under a false faise rad ead pretense re tense I 1 went out with him I 1 had begun to suspect their intentions and antl cautioned the other guard to be on the alerts alart he drew his club from under his blanket and struck at me be forel borei had time to prepare my pistol to shoot raising my arm to avert the blow he knocked the pistol out of my hand off twelve or fourteen feet from me the second blow struck my mouth knocking out my front teeth at the same moment that this indian commenced on me the squaw pickled picked up a stick of wood as if to put putt on the fire and struck bilkey with it heran reran he ran off crying for help I 1 succeeded in ilet flet getting tint lint the club from my assailant w when en he begun agun using the knife on me another indian came out and stooped down ne arme hearme near me to pick up the club I 1 had thrown out bilt I 1 seized him by the hail half and while holding him down the third indian came out and struck me with a stick of wood I 1 worked around till I 1 got in reach of my pistol holding one and keeping off the other two as well as I 1 could who were using the knife and club dub when I 1 regained my pistol astol the indian that I 1 was holding broke broue broke loose and started off I 1 fired at him the shot breaking his ankle the other two I 1 killed on the s spot p ot I 1 fired but nour four shots my clothes were cut through in several places on my breast my wrist and thumb were cut and my face severely gashed after ishad it had thus terminated the alarm given by the other guara guard brought several of the citizens to the guard house about thirty rods from fromn the school houm houn house where a dance adi was going on at the time ishad it had been snowing all the while some of the boys tracked the crippled indian he was overtaken and shared the same fate as the other two the next october I 1 started to the muddy and arrived here in december with all my family these are a few of the many circumstances that I 1 have passed through in my life time should you think fit to publish any part of them in the NEWS you afat are a t liberty todo to do so I 1 remain as ever your brotheren bro therin the gospel covenant JOSEPH B S ALLEN alilen on the muddy sept ti 6 L UTE COUNTY i An arizona A iZONA oct 1867 J editon editor debert desert kems mews news the health 0 of f ane people here aio nio alo also at st thomas is generally good alid and I 1 think would compa compare e favorably with a like number of inhabitants inh anywhere in utah the cotton crop is good cotton picking is of the principal labors of the day wheat sowing is also being carried oa on with an energy that is commendable che intelligence that reinforcements were called last conference to streng strong strengthen then the settlements on r the mudd muddy y seemed to impart new bew ilfe life to those here we need more help here much has been done but there is still plenty more to do the weather is ii pleasant with but bub little evidences of frost as yet though indications are that we will soon have frost as the nights are getting cool peace prevails with the natives rl yours R feure we re plea piea pleased seii seil to hear from our bor correspondent respecting affairs at st joseph just now the muddy is a great point of interest ili in this city this in terest promises to increase as the major portion of the families here have some of their connections or friends either elther in the south or on the way there or preparing paring to start we hope our correspondent and other friends will favor us with frequent communications from there we shall endeavor in the future fatur e to remedy all causes of complaint respecting spec ting the non arrival of the papers capers L red ed D NJ N |