| Show 11 i PAIt palt PAROWAN ovsan oiVAN may 24 1868 editor deseret mews news elders jose joseph h F smith A K thurber and IV D pace visited cedar and ha harmony holding meetings at each place at the last named they met elders erastus snow joseph W young richard home horne and col pearce who returned with them to this place holding meetings by they way making five in all A two days meeting was commenced here yesterday and will be continued today to day col pearce came up to review the cavalry at this place hig his headquarters being at st george the troops were out yesterday in force though the weather was unfavorable being rainy generals pace and thurber inspected their arms A word for the encouragement of young men trying to observe the word of wisdom patriarch samuel algier aigler of this place being eighty two years of age quit chewing tobacco over a year ago having used the article over fifty mine nine years he is in good health and spirits and thinks ho bo feels better betten for at quitting tobacco it is probable that not one man in one hundred could live to use as much tobacco as father algier has and it does seem if he can overcome tho the habit man etu chu ean can aksoy so and young een ben men especially ds st fa oved ovee overdone olf 6 hundred lots have been I 1 added to the original survey of this city and the city council has just ordered the survey of one hundred jots cots more to satisfy the demand of young men and others for building spots tp make homes elder snow reports the condition of patt latT affairs airs very vers favorable in washington and kane counties general thurber informs me that the inspection disclosed a very satisfactory condition of arms and horse equipage in this county which is very important considering the exposure of these settlements to indian raids and doubtless accounts in part for the efm eff lelent efficient manner in which such raids have have heretofore been met fila our friend durham keeps up his band and band has gavenus given us se several veral good specimens i of music musie which contrast pleasantly with the former desolation I 1 meet with many of the men who were associated with mein me in making the pioneer settlements of this county though a large portion of them have gone to other settlements those remaining here are in prosperous circumstances GEO A sui sur SMi h asui asur PARAG OONAH may 25 1868 editor deseret cius since our arrival ir ivalin in this county lasp last las Tuesday bros bios joseph F smith amith pa pace 6 thurber and and myself have attended eleven meetings six of which hayo have also been attended by president snow and joseph W young and other elders eiders accompanying them there have been bean three militia musters and we attended one city council and one dance last evening we preached in the school house in this village the sue site of PC which was originally known to explorers as red bed creek tradition has it that the spaniards once worked rich mines in its vicinity this I 1 believe arose from some hoies holes dug by A K thurber an ani 1 other miners in 1849 on their way to california there are mines of iron ore in the vicinity the first building on this creek was a herd house and it now bears the name of the chimney meadow A few families came here in 1852 and built a small stockade fort they took up bp a few acres of jand land and as the most of the famil families leg ipg had bad no children they u unanimously n ani agreed to support a school by taxation as one of the conditions of settlement here wm H dame and benjamin watts put in some gome vata and commenced the tannery business in 1853 the place was abandoned in iii consequence bence of indian hostilities in 1854 peace reace peace having been restored the former pet bottlers tIers petitioned president young while on an his visit south to lay out a fort for them and give 04 th ni a plan platt for it which they rt ct building ng a fort feet square amt ami high with outside ou tide tlde wlm wim ta in the story and d ronia ro ni A wenty feet I 1 wide the doo doors rg of which nii hil opened into luto into the centre of the fort the foundation was stone and the walls of a dabies made imade of red earth which is color edwith iron rust that pauses causes the r wals walls to look ike burned brick I 1 have enjoyed many delightful visits within alc lih the tlc 4 safe walls wails of this fort which isnow going to decay the inhabitants are now occupying lots of rods each around the fort rort fort which occupies the centre of the village the scarcity of children soon disappeared at first it was thought there was only water here for two farms but it has continued to increase in quantity until the present time though a constant op position has been made m ade to an increase to the settlement yet we now understand that they are willing to accept of an addition of ten families provided they would be sats satisfied nned fled with an addition of acres to the field sonie some of the farmers have only ten acres though most of them have more the soil la Is very productive when well cultivated the tumuli tumult east of this village indicates that it has been more populous at some former period than at the present there have evidently been habitations built of pf earth sufficient to hold thousands some of the have beau een very large A slight exploration that has been made brings to light char ed corn that have been burned and flint arrow heads ac I 1 spent a couple of hours examining these remain 1 in n 1851 and then than resolved to make a more tho thorough roligh examination but have never found time until the i present their water catini cahal led through about the centre of what is now the village and the remains of the dam where d the water was taken from red hed creek were traceable at that time au wanup canup the pled plede e chief told mathat me that his father mold told him thata iding longtime tind tino ago i the flie maquis lived here i i t li GEO A SMITH i 6 tso too f the following follow in gietter gletter ietter letter fro mElder T TB B foote is well worth preserving as he is I 1 I 1 probably the only living witness who was wal present at the tho court martial referred to in it and heard lucas pronounce sentence of death on the prophet joseph 1 I 1 I 1 NEPHI may 1868 editor Jk seret news 1 I came to far west in lir 1837 and bought of the united states a quarter section of land on long creek creer four miles southeast south sout h east of far west the title to which I 1 hold to td this da day of this I 1 fenced and broke forty aeres acres on the evening after the saints were compelled to deliver up their arms to gen geln lucas I 1 was with bro james hendricks who was wounded in the crooked river biver battle with whom I 1 watched all night and in the morning as soon as it was light I 1 started to the camp to see the prisoners I 1 soon met a sentinel but passed on without speaking or being questioned JL I met about thirty horsemen who ordered me to surrender and I 1 told them that I 1 had surrendered and given up tip my arms the day before which command by the horseman and reply by me was repeated three times two of them then rode up to me one on each side and took me by the coat collar and started off at full speed dragging me into camp where they let me down this heroic deed was greeted I 1 by the crowd and horsemen horb hore emen with terrific yells of applause they repeatedly threatened to shoot me and cursed each other for not doing so this conduct astonished me as I 1 had been a prisoner of war in the hands of the british in 1813 and was treated with civility I 1 passed anand came to where a guard was placed around the prisoners joseph smith S rigdon L wight 0 baldwin and anh geo W robinson Eo binson and I 1 think another but I 1 am not certain who were seated in a wagon fro from niall all ali of whom I 1 received a bow of recognition except from S rigdon who sat eat with his head down and his face buried in his hands bands I 1 walked around the entire guard composed of about men who stood shoulder to shoulder around the prisoners and was frequently saluted with terrible oaths and told to look for the last time on my prophet for bis his die dle was cast ae after passing around the guard I 1 passed on 04 and met wm E mclellan form formerly erly ekly one of the twelve apostles he was armed I 1 asked him to explain why he be was there he said the Bib bible bibie leand and all religion are matters of speculation and abb aft from be beg 4 ginning to end and joe ig Is the biggest speculator of them alfill all ail I 1 told him tuat I 1 had heard him bear testimony that joseph jos ephias was a prophet and that the book bookoff of mormon was waa true and now he be said to the bont contrary and I 1 asked miko him if h he would tell me which tima lie he liea A crowd having gathered mele McLe tiann llari slunk away and ano and 1 IL never baw saw him again r I 1 1 I I 1 te t t u soon after arter this T met linfon rufus allem allew who had been p a prisoner in aj nihl anion anlon among some som bom beef catt leIn a yar yam P I 1 saw silv alok a yoke e of odett which hach belonged 1 I to his hid father anid acid 9 d asked him why lie he did oid not turn themous them the mout out but he thought it unsafe to do so go I 1 watched an opportunity let down flown the bars and turned the ocen oxen towards home ma alx 1 I 1 I 1 G i eni ena lueas lucas i oas cas WAS p presiding es ftp fig I 1 ca cus eus ston slon on elih abbu ruhh Smith 6 aeto yard auty W gap aap lii iii 1 a tb b 0 on 0 m knit 0 t bbb 6 nidre aldre ulf 0 FUX fum 01 vel jel tha exta pr gru aral gral Q A P fillio W 6 f be he p gp ar a 0 as illegal as uen ben and if t the decision af ti as s court is bc cute eute P it t I 1 4 ald gud dud iWand rhu tir tit wu vr ain AID 0 T alek aw ii imade viii stay slay here hero to witness it joserh joseph SA civilian amal t 0 al hi iii any piny i ay y ap and if ap ho 10 was s yeu yur ourt comp seq 4 of f on nop ka naif q af pf 90 t emare emore G dd 4 pt pelts peSts eus ems and dri are ard 0 alif not t M mihi ill lil tary y men under auy any circumstances altti 0 andi anti have 11 night right to atoa bit on a court artal 1 after thid this I 1 returned ed to fa wes and th ihen then en to my horna TB B j i S sri SKI dile une I 1 88 sJ Editon editor deseret news the brethren have been at war with the locusts which have been hatching from fron time to time in vast numbers in the springville Spring ville biefield big nig field three days last week were devoted to burning driving into holes and into a large ditch dug by the brethren ad a sepulchre for the I 1 ivar var mint minte this ditch was dug to intercept the insects which were invariably journeying northward in the direct direction 0 of the great portion of the crops of this vicinity many bushels found their last resting place in their last ditch I 1 on thursday and I 1 am informed that since that time the destruction has been very great the cannon carion east cast is alive with the hoppers 11 which are tire often found mound pi piled plied ledon on each other several inches in depth in addition to the labors to prevent the ravages of the locusts hobble creek greek has hag brethren busy in ih protecting its banks from washing mho the tho street north of the tho public square has been pro oro te eted by laying brush and piling large it tho lot below contain in ing thO theresi residence dence deace of father parish was with great effort saved A breaker con many tons of brush rock awid arid earth was constructed about half arda araa neros noros the stream st which changed the direction of tho the current the creek has commenced doing damage to bro St tons tors east of the public square having washed lout sout several large apple trees yesterday Test yesterday erday i i y you oil will I 1 ino ifo doubts pleased be to learn that some sisters sisters here have commenced braiding laud land snaking their own straw hats one oue of them remarked to me a few days ago that she knew no reason why the ladies of utah ulah we as capable of creating their own fashions as those of paris that sister eister is sensible berta herta certainly yours ciras D EVANS the mie following communication a difre different ent coloring upon the circum circumstance yesterdays NEW under the heading nearly serious we direct the dt attention of T F tracey Es esq to it that such a thing would wo uld meet his pro prompt pt f probation reprobation c DAVIS dawis co ju tuno Tune 13 e 1868 editor suitor jast t Wv evening ening Zeu ew Dear da mir bir A circumstance ged qed yesier yester esteb dayh dayi created a feeling ofin of in di ga tion here aa As two of bro lot liot Smith smiths lz boysia boys bout about eight pr or ten years year s old were doming down r from orom om weber both e iding riding the same horse and driving a cow the tee stage overtook them on a dugway A n weber Kanyo nf nr and aud wi without giving thenia them a chance to gei gel gut out of the way the driver suffered the stage to strike the horse home which iz knocked ed at tit into ftp the civer river river niver one olle boy jumped offa tf time me p nhen neen self buethe other remained remal ped on the horse hors e which abam the tho niver river but brt coulee not ot faud fina a landing on the other side the boy howo however ver vrr gotell got eff off and let the hors horse e swim baek back and then traveled on foot along the other side of the tho river to the mouth of the kanyon hauyon a distance of two or three miles the stage driver still went on until some gome of the passengers jumped from the coach saw baw the one boy te oy safe on the other side and brought the other othen down to the station I 1 the water was not very swift where this happened or both horse and rider would baye have gode gone down stream sueh such outrages as this should come to the notice of the company or we i may have to record something with a less happy termination with jdith the exception of this incident I 1 i nothing disturbs the quietude of our town the farmers think they will still raise a crop in spite of the grasshoppers ers whichard which chate chare are bad in places good health generally prevails respectfully your bro brother brothed IV STAYNER |
