Show AN ANSWER TO tro 13 SEVERAL severan EVERAL QUESTIONS IN RELATION 4 TO THE HISTORY AND DOCTRINE NE OP OF THE LATTER DAY SAINTS AND THE settlement AND PROGRESS OF utan UTAH TERRITORY BY GEO A SMITH I 1 continued 1 the battalion were tele discharged at los log angelos one year from the date of their enlistment without means to enable them to return to their families at the request of the milli tary commander in california who feared a spanish revolt one company re enlisted for six months which service bervice was performed in a ill lit highly ghe satisfactory manner both to t the h of officers a and the people of san ran diego where they were stationed WINTER QUARTERS after the departure of the battalion from council blu biu bluffs fis fik prest young gathered up the scattering companies and established a town called winter where log logli cabins and dug outs cabins half under ground were built during the fall and winter upon the site bite of what isnow known as florence nebraska at this point the saints suffered extremely from sickness exposure and the want of the necessaries of life ilfe several thousand wagons were also en camped in various localities on the dast east side of the missouri river where the saints began to build up a place subsequently named kanesville Kanes ville in honor ol 01 thomas L kane of philadelphia whose kindness had bad endeared him to them EXPULSION NAUVOO when it became known in illinois that the flower of the camp had enlisted in to the service of the united states the mob assembled with redoubled fury formed a military encampment provided with artillery in the neighborhood of nauvoo which now contained the poor the helpless the sick and infirm as all who were able to leave on any BUY terms had done so during the spring and S summer ummer the tho mob under command of rev thomas S brockman increased their force to about 1800 men made several unsuccessful attains atta ks upon the city which could barely muster mend men killing several men and wounding L a number of others and battering down many buildings they finally succeeded on the day of september after several days slewo siege and three days bombardment bar dment in daving driving the people helpless and destitute of everything that could make earth desirable across the river into iowa here many must have havo perished from starvation had not the kind creator fed them by sending u upon 4 on their camps flucks flocks of quails sot got so tame that trtat the he women caught them with their lands hands in y lay MY eeg exposed sed othe 0 the storms af f autumn rj in view glew f a thousand nd ap pp empty p t Y h houses auses belonging 0 them themselves selvis and arlen friends gs until teams were sent baek back froin from the fhe camps to remove ove the survivors m many auy aby having died to crown their victory the mob suase set fire to the temple of nauvoo which was the most beautiful building inthe intha western states etwas the first specimen ofa new order of arch architecture tec ture introduced by president joseph smith and had cost a million dollars the light of its fire was visible thirty miles very little real estate had been sold boid though the improvements property pio plo perty and buildings of tho saints in illinois were among the best in the western states such a vast nast amount of property exposed for sale in hancock and the adjoining counties had a tendency to glut the market which together with the hostile influence of our enemies prevented sales even at low rate fortunately oxen were cheap and companies continued leaving till late in the summer making the new route foute a grand encampment for miles milis a 3 wagons were to be seen at every watering ater place 1 s 4 pioneering JOURNEY in the spring of 1847 president B young with P pioneers i 0 started in search of a place 0 of f settle settie settlement ment he was led by the inspiration of the almighty for no one of the company knew anything of the country directly to great salt lake valley where he and company arrived on the day of july having sought out handmade and made mado 8 new road nies miles and traveled a trappers trail nearly miles on the of july the pioneers received addi strength by tiie the arrival of capt james brown and a detachment of the battalion and a company of saints from the mississippi who wintered with the detachment on the arkansas river seven of the detachment died on the I 1 route SALT LAKE LARE caty oaty oty the population being now abo abc br it four hundred the building of Salt sait labe Lake city was commenced 1 the arrival of therlon the pion plon bis gis and this detachment of the bat Rat battaion Batta tallon Uon all armed and carrying the flag of the united states the commencement to build a fort and the hoisting of the stars and stripes although this country at tha the time belonged to mexico had a tendency to impress the wild tribes of tho mountains with respect and made it comparatively easy to promote friendly relations with them thera the twelve apostles organized salt lake city into a stake of zion and appointed john smith president charles 0 rich and john young his counsel lors tarlton Lewi lewis bisha BIs hP and a high council this thit organization zali zall n went wint into hato effect on the arrival of the immigrant companIe companies 3 in the fall pall of 1847 when about wagons laden with fa families millea arrived on the site of salt lake city i the whole basin was so barren as to produce I 1 mie besides a species of bunch grass and the ground was covered coifed with myriad myriads of large black crickets which were the food of the india indians g i gri this i desert detert place the site of SA salt L lake guy city puy was surveyed J t not a single person in the we who whole ie company had a full supply of hs but all were on half rations augut one hundred who had served in the mormon battalion found their way here from Calif california druia drula in the winter without any provisions RETURN OF THE PIONEERS on the tho of august 1847 president brigham young and about seventy others started on their return to winter quarters at the south pass the sioux bious indians stole part of their thein animals which compelled them to walk most knost of the way to the missouri Missour riTer river depending mostly upon such gam game 0 as they could obtain by the way and being without suitable horses for chasing the buffalo the few obtained were generally old bulls whose glesh flesh was of very poor quality and not sufficient in quantity to supply their wants 5 in arrived again in salt lake valley with about eight hundred wagons the crickets during the season of 1848 came down from the mountains in myriads and destroyed a great portion of the scanty crops and notwithstanding every effort was made to drive them off by means of bushes long rods lse ac whole families an and neighborhoods turning out en masse until almost ex hausted haust edthe the whole would have been destroyed had ad not the almighty in ills his kindness sent gulls in vast numbers covering every nield field driving the crickets from the crops into the fhe streams and even iven into door yards and devouring them thew untie cr ammeil crammed athen a i vomiting them aud and devouring more notwithstanding the mormon battalion had been in the service of tha the uni ted states those of their fa famili eal eai which we were relocated located at winter atwitter quarters were required by the indian department in the spring of 1848 fp leave their cabins and thet the river in Into Jowa yet it was well known they were wore only encamped there awaiting the return of their husbands fathers and brothers who had been discharged an the pacific coast without meins means of transportation or rations GOLD discovered 11 IN california in the spring of 1848 gome come bome some in members emberg of ozithe i the mormon battalion discovered gold lri iii in california thus opening to the world an unparalleled source of wealth and ana adventure LOG tabernacle conference AY aita a general Confere confare conference nw held at the log tabernacle in in december 1847 at kanesville Kanes ville iowa the saints acknowledged Bilg brigham liam llam young pres president ept ent of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints 1 and heber 0 kimball and wil lard ichards his counsello counsellors coun this action was confirmed at the general general conference held in salt lake valley vailey after the tild companies arrived in the fall fait of 1848 john smith was wag chosen patriarch oyen oven over the whole church and in february 1849 charles charlese Charl charies esC ese C rich lorenzo lorenza snow erastus snow and Frankl franklind inIX richards ric Bic hards were ordained to fill the quorum of the twelve twelver apostles 12 churon CHURCH authorities ith i the tha church authorities the then them i sto stood odas as fol ool follow lows brigham brigham young president heb heber er C kimball and willard richards counsellors coun selfors orson wyde hyde pres president 1 defiol of the twelve apostles parley P pratt orson pratt john taylor wilford woodruff george A smith amasa s M ar lyman ezra T benson denson charles C rich elch lorenzo snow erastus snow and franklin D richards members 0 of the quorum of the twelve john smith patriarch daniel spen spencer president of the we stake of salt lake aua ana and newel K presiding bishop organization AND ANT dair daie CAMP RULES 0 our u r companies for the plains were 0 organized r at the elk horn river about 18 miles west of winter quarters now florence florenee florence nebraska into anio companies hund hundreds ed s fifties and tens tans ibach each fifty was provided with a blacksmith and wagon maker with tools for repairing wagons and shoeing animals three hundred pounds of breadstuff were required for eacil each person emigrating and a good gun with rounds of ammunition for each abbed bodied man many cows were worked in the yoke each family was also required to take a due proportion of seed grain and agricultural implements every wagon load and team was inspected by a committee and they were not allowed to start on to the plains without the required outfit A strict guard was kept over the cattle by night and day and also in th the e camps which were for formed medin in an oval shape the inside making a corral for the stock pigs and poultry were carried in coops attached to the wagons no person was allowed by the rules to wander about not even to hunt except under special directions and these precautions no person was lost and but few accidents occurred and loss of animals was although traveled ten hundred and thirty from the missouri niver river to salt city through an uninhabited desert desent region saturday afternoon usually occupied washing baking repairing wagons and shoeing animals and alid sunday was a day of rest and worship morning and eveni evening evening ug and songs of praise were never in the camps and occasionally a the companies being favored lavoren with musical talent thus the refining influences of and civilization were continually felt and kept in view and the moral of the camph campa preserved inviolate all the fatigues hardships and expos espos ures and vexatious ious annoyances of entire journey BREAD regulations fbi for about three years every head of family fanelly issued his breadstuff bread stuff in daily dally varying from one quarter to pound per soul according to the of provisions be he had on hand band most the time the rations were from half to three fourths of a pound sometimes accompanied with vegetables milk but if without these the was not increased for it was th that a it should be made to last until harvest this order of things until the population increased to lcy icy when in 1850 1650 an abundant harvest put ut an end to the necessity of rationing tio ning in 1855 most of the were dasti destroyed i jc rog rol d by 1 by a ar grasshoppers was las boppe hoppe is and drouth rou compelling the people to subsist principally upon the surplus of af pf previous years and the adoption again 0 of the system of rationing which continued until the harvest of 1856 isag anad in audition to the loss of crops by pers bers bera vast numbers of cattle died incon in consequence pf af the verity severity ge of the winter of 1855 6 materially lessening the q quan ua n tits of food during these periods great 4 numbers of gold hunters 6 ei p r route for california came into the valley destitute of food who were fed and aided on their way from our scanty supplies in all aliese these times of scarcity measures were t taken aker to supply those who were 0 o supply themselves fast days daya were p proclaimed ro claimed in irk all the on t the he first thursday of each month mouth and the food sayed saved in ln that way distributed among the poor and thousands of per peri i sons who had an abundance of og bread put their families on rations so as to bave save the same for those who could voul d not otherwise the gwise obtain it and so wise and liberal iberal were the regulations during periods of upon lipon bottling the territory that no one gae per sheal pr r evell sq suffered materially ier for he want I 1 of rood food and all ail were ren nen jauk jark j bly oly healthy J civial government in march 1849 1449 a provisional Pr ovial government was farmed and a state constitution adopted by a it convention under alider the hame hamb ot of the state of deseret ll 11 A ele eil elegate gate was sent to tar con gress gross with a petition fon for admission into the union at the fitt first general election a gover nor secretary chief justice justlee and und two tivo associates marshal marshai attorney general I 1 assessor and Colle collected Col coi lecter leeter ctr treasurer and magistrates were elected 1 territorial CU CHARTER september ath 1850 an acta act passed ass asb ed by congress providing for the organic organization atiqi of the territorial government of utah was approved the judges of the su preme areme court did not enter upon their duties until 1853 YOUNG GOVERNOR brigham young was appointed governor glovernor of utah until tha the tho arrival of alfred cumming gumming in april I 1 1858 and performed the dutie duties of that office to the entire satisfaction of the inhabitant desired desfred his reappoint appoint re a p ment STATE TAT OP PF under the provisional government Q of the state of deseret and before the ter rit orial organic act passed tho counties of bf salt lake dayis davis weber utah san ban pete and iron were wera organized and the tho cities of salt lake ogden provo mantl manil and ana were incorporated bridges were constructed across oss the weber ogden and broyo provo rivers and two across the jordan river riven new now valleys were explored and roads opened into verious parts of theSta the state teall all ali of which were free from toll although costing an immense amount of labor in consequence of the rugged features of the country the great difficulty in getting timber and the scarcity of saw mills although the country was one of the most barren by nature ever emer inhabited by man scarcely a tree or a bush growing below the snow line without irrigation no colony ever progressed with more equal and uniform rapidity settlement OP OF COUNTIES salt lake county was settled fettled by prest brigham you young ng and pioneers who entered salt Lake Valley vailey july 1847 they tilley erected a rort fort af of logs and and sun dried bricks enclosing ten acres 0 of f land now known as the old fort 2 in the sixth ward of salt lake city davis lavis county by peregrine sessions Session si in the spring of 1848 he ile located at bountiful weber county by capt james brown in the spring of 1648 1848 he purchased some shanties and a mexican grant of land from miles Goo goodsier Goody dyler ier ler an ind indian laia lala trader on tho the site of ogden city utah county by john and ard isaac hl higbe ig and thirty |