| Show ott VERMONT may 1870 editor deberdt mews news it was in september tem er in the eastern states on alm am lesion lealon to labor in the vineyard I 1 soon fel fei felt feit t to cry ou out t I 1 10 lo ilo the vin vintage tage is done but the lord of the vineyard led me io to where there were a few gleaning of grapes I 1 found in westfield brasburg irasburg troy and jay in vermont and canada east some that bad been baptized long ago some of them have returned to the faith and othera have bave obeyed the gospel that never before heard it they all are now happy in the faith but there are others whose pame is legion that stand aloof and are perhaps less ha happy than before and some may feel appy that at they are tormented before the time I 1 have baptized in all twenty five which were all represented to be in good standi standing rig tig at our conference meeting last sunday in Iras burgh on my illy way from the mountains here I 1 baptized one man a miner returning from the sweetwater mines minea I 1 traveled with him two or three days and preached to him as we rode along he was fully convinced of the truth and went on to his family in tennessee rejoicing the members of the little flock here are laboring with all their strength and faith to gather to zion this year and I 1 hope and pray that the lord may preserve bome some good fruit ft dorm horn om this vineyard in the beason season thereof your brother in the gospel W P WILSON an WIn ain twe lwe lalan dlan dian whom H hatch aa ir called sneak ethe the name bialy indicates his character who bothered himeon him considerably sider ably one morning when he was washing in the creek a short distance off he saw an indian bandli bandling rig tig over his hia things in the wagon and called out to him to stop it or he would whip him when he returnee to hib his wagon be he found the indian to be sneak and still at work he tried the effect of a cut with his hia whip when sneak instantly drew his bow and elder hatch his hia revolver sneak evidently thought the revolver would be too much for his bow and buffered suffered his wrath to cool down it was running a narrow chance for a serious quarrel which for elder hatch would have been extremely dangerous while elder hatchway hatch was alone elders ezra T benson 0 pratt sen ben geo Q cannon john van cott colt wm miller samuel miles and others returning from missions to california passed by they considered bro hatcha hatchs position not only very lonely but dangerous on their subsequent arrival at st clara they recommended president hamblin to send him company and in due time bitne bro thales haskell arrived during the winter many interesting circumstances occurred to break the monotony of their lonely duties col thomas I 1 kane rang and party on their way from california to salt lake city remained with them over night and a portion of the following day he requested elder hatch to make a treaty with the indians concerning a cave near the mountain springs in this cave col eune kane had placed a number of bottles of medicine and wished it called dr Os borns cave he desired the treaty with the indians to stipulate that the contents of this cave should never be disturbed and that when a sick white man got into it be he should be safe his object was to provide a place of security for white men on this thib road to be c called ailed the travelers home and also for the indians to get the idea that thai the medicines left in the cave were good only for white men he told elder hatch to apply to the indian agent of utah or the governor for the articles which he might agree to pay the indians in the treaty he afterwards made the treaty as requested and applied to dr Forney then indian agent for thel thle articles to pay ray ay the indians but without success he never applied to governor cummings dimings the m annar in which conversation wa wan q carried on during col col coi kanes ranes visit was rather novel elder hatch had bad spent BO ao much of his timea tim d with the indians that he spoke english very indifferently while coi col kun kaneb kanea eis els excellent Eu duglish glish was almost too much for his hia comprehension and while i he acted aa as interpreter between t the hel I 1 company and athard person had to in interpret tween tweet col eafie kahe and arid elder eder hatch gatch hatch itu was as a interesting reflection jbv that at here in this desert and among savages savage Ju ain sin aln a little made of brush and dirt which served to protect ro the meagre outfit from the weather we atter atEer col Kan kane efrom from his hia luxurious home I 1 in n the east kind and on a mission of kindness in behalf afa af a persecuted people peoples should bould pend spend several bours hours in obtaining m mation matlon about the characteristics and dialects of the indians and the geography of their unexplored country and laying plans for the benent benefit of sick and defenseless travelers but it is characteristic te of the mans life to neglect no opportunity of doing good all ali seemed to regret when the time of separation arrived elders hatch and und haskill remained among these indians until about the first of march when they returned to their homes in the tho settlements in this desert of burning sand and rock which a few years ago seemed totally incapable of supplying supply ing the necessaries of civilized life are now several thriving settlements of the saints many of the indians are being taught to labor and are learning better than to rob and murder in these settlements the traveler finds supplies and protection and but a few years will elapse before the past of this difficult and dangerous road will seem like a dream |
