Show lie be ON THE WAY VAY thou no n t of SUNSET Apache ant s pm P arizona gr s editor deseret news 11 f ter 4 at fort wingate e we re 0 fsr E supplies of feed for men aaa ahi 1 labz bros snow and yo young ung drol dm in t brother john W bouno pa camp IS 18 miles east of win wins the augi the of ramt om hope meeting bros brosi tenney and the brethren i h on the railroad the rei rui re nin 1 n company drove up on thi SY mountains through forests forese ext exi i fr to the cani camp P of bro L 0 dir hir E bave have 0 who was hauling logs to the aund i mil mill here we camped on I 1 ing c of the mst inot in fing fine f 1 I ana an a and nd the of the lo 10 lot lof heiri we rested in camp till 2 b y the mix MIA when bros wit 1 young returned to us as our t I 1 them w were e ro broa bros august auguse ff anc joseph JOS e h fish and leo yow you aw 11 p brigham Bri gEarn did not nob find h ctibor c iteal cited john W hence he be ittu return r grading gral din camp to wait till b ie yli elet ee p j should return from albue the brethren above named d e I 1 turned with him we up P 1 about nine mijas among along as at ft the hounam ix a 0 southwest T r rean u into the nutre valle vallet liv lih i we ive met bros eaton futon ne nelm Kels his 18 haruis harris han kan fe W ettli I 1 til all their families E bro r the railway to got get work d loth not bot we drove down ts 1 by the nutre village of zuni em their village I 1 looked ook ed sub V py t built lit of stone and their Y io flo the tho east aas t of lo 10 f them t h em d along lo 10 n g the th e b dl L th the e b hills ills lils vere were fu fuli full 11 of sh sheep beep bif na w our road in the batto bottoms as wp weter tok toh damaged and in some piar the muddy from the late raf ra rat floods and the zunis Z unis crops c J were seriously damaged damage daw dau w ork it K were w ere working like heroes wit wi 11 sickle reaping and gathering gatherl i var tar had been thrown down by th thu tha end they did not leave their tio anc ano vall can upon tipon ns us for donations th w the zunis zunli rould teach the th V or of 0 f utah a VL lesson tesson in m that di direct the tw the nutre valley vailey is a fleda fieda of lying northeast by southwest on 11 10 miles in length out pin din valley we crossed a low is join hills on to the zuni 12 milo mite 60 old I 1 savola savoia and down the i pa ing its junction with nu tre tl down the I 1 fine nine open onn valley air centre of ot which stands thew d central zuni village as the lra ira ril rii say upon the central ant hz his T th called at this village upon ebl ebi j ham ham Merc mete hant bant occupying ere ete A th the V village by this gentl erie eirfie V were shown about the rau g through the narrow street 1 pm pu t small smail open squares where ing is extensively done dond in ill f t season we wo visited the the old 04 all an dral in a C central n t position two tye h hang mag mfg in the t li belfry fry about abou lath above the ground r 0 und the brilca about loo feet 16 built of U heavy adebie walls with hea hes heats TJ T be bers rs supporting the clun clumsy f the tho walls are in a bad condition steps are being taken talen tak tal en to put t in repair repair the streets up piato plato into 0 narrow yarrow passages under buildings ipp two and am ahree three SU buildings are closely join er and rooms enough are to have the whole zuni which aich they all gather for he ie ant hill upon which is about 50 feet high and gh h to hold the whole vil many any of their corrals nud aud closely sely located about the at the sten stench ch would a alite cate date a passer pas wilser by the ut 30 by b 40 rods square eways east and west the number umber over 1 1600 goo not they ey were considered t in n winter tim ewhen en they empera temperately apera tely they take cold coid disease ease and die introduced to mr F gli H ethnologist smithsonian Was washington himton D I 1 G C who living ing with the zunis now r i has bas learned learn edthe the language 1 tt pring iring all the information put mux A the races of or red men 1 4 1 vion on he talked freely to cpr 1 customs cor language re ties I 1 j im ith dinst we drove drover to bro it bit Ten tenness windmill rd inner dinner and as we were p for our afternoon drive a orm 33 ofrain of ram nam came upon ils us 10 wever vever was of but short hand band ad when it cleared away fe i 20 miles to the seven miles below aps is on the little when we came to the iku und nd a stubby sullen lit n standing on the bridge I 1 a pulled 41 up and lie he looked t us vs as much as to say if I 1 pere pore ere you will wiil pay for it I 1 0 him to let us cross and dhe ohe Q the planks and we ve drove he made us understand bough nough to get 50 cents a I 1 of us and we felt guilty paid it and have felt since sinco since bince we e learned they lit ht to charge us anything er dark ohen when oben we reached ws piloted by bro ap all and I 1 dont think in n the world could have 0 jalace place in in the dark without I 1 the halo half a dozen families om m Brig brigham ham bam city on this 0 f having become matters there drew out bated eted at this place the ai extensive and they will lir kir ir have plenty of water have chosen a very nice 31 pd und on the west side of tand band nd sloping to ard the heir beir townsite which was by bro snow meeting meet with abe the saints in t the inze inne our ca carriage r r a 9 ge at 8 am on and the speakers were T dame andleman and lyman and t lotions 0 given alven were practiced to their condition and tie tte hees reb red pied pled down the river 10 e mouth of the conch concho 0 lip jip p that dry wash to the jn as eras erastus upon the eam in where bro bate rate ill Til helm heim wll Wil williams billiani liani is precis cje lie alce aice little valley was bro W of the mey Mei mexicans beimans mans 13 divided up with many ts who are there now em homes at present py y the old oid mexican build found to their hands bands s built a very fine reser h when ewhen finished and aud fill told will be yards ter and JO 10 feet deep aey faey can draw ot torm torn it is a very sub tuk ink k and the stream that it is from living springs spring s vary in their flow they bendid en did place where they another reservoir larger the abe ithe first firof and they have lir thel their thein foundations and heir d dams ams they have I 1 ure the townsite a mile to the gf where they are now J t a very nine fine gravelly bg tag gently to the bik their farming land id channel of or the stream pleasant little valley 1 they will be able with irs ins to water about 1000 lil ili they have some good a cane small grain and hey chey are a good warm pie ale this is the first i we have found a black we left sanpete San pete bro asel is entitled to our utting bro snows car lir kir and we found him in time for we could not my lany further without his I 1 th we drove oversights over oven sights lio rock in a northeast 1 l 1 st johns now there 1 qa ahng hn about one and a ril U the tha upper RF M ican can town we drove into first and while looking at their one story flat topped dirty adebie build ings inga set in all shapes and at random mr sol barth earth one of the brethren who sold the land and water below and including the bridge in this town to brother tenney came to us and talked with bro IS snow now about the country another gentleman who put in an appearance and shook us all heartily by the hand was the governor of the zunis with whom mr cushing in makes akes his home he was wag away w when we n we visited the village at the mormon st johns we found brother richey in charge and his place we made our headquarters brothers hyrum watkins william jamesr james R N allred ailred aib alb eed fed and edward noble were the first of our brethren who came upon the place to settle after the purchase of the country b by y brother ammon M tenney and came about new years yearns day 1880 there are now 48 families souls 3 adebie aroble houses I 1 log house 4 oid old old oid mexican houses and 40 shanties and tents acres of small grain acres of corn coin 25 acres of cane and a mill to grind it 15 acres of garden stuffy including squashes melons beans beets mangels etc 1 acre of potatoes 12 orchard trees plenty of swine of good quality many yards are worked making a avery very poor dirty looking anoble I 1 am sorry U ey have better material to build of they have good foundation rock one and a half miles away bro james richey bichey our host co have a fifteen horse power steam saw mill that will be making lumber in the Mok eyone mountains 30 miles away from st johns and in easy access of the other settlements in six weeks or less which will cut feet a day the supply of pine timber in size from one up to four feekin feet in diameter is inexhaustible their crops look well the so soil is good and water poor they are now settled in the flat very low among the farms but I 1 trust they will sere see the wisdom of bro snow in advising pd them to choose higher land for their mown town lots when the purchase is completed and they find they have good title to plenty of water undisputed they havea haven have a good place for a large flourishing settlement we spent the sabbath with the good people of this place when the lord gave them much good council through bro snow prest jesse N smith lorenzo hatch and others in their bowery which was clean and proof against winds the sides were made of greasewood a wall three feet thick and a good covering of brush overhead the people seemed very much to enjoy the presence of the visiting brethren including bros smith hatch and john ff H rollins ollins jR who joined us at this point and made the rest of our tour with us round to Snow snowful snowflake flke ike on monday the after a rather long cill eli upon mr barth in the upper st johns from whom we learned there were some chances for difficulty about the water claims purchased by bro J C naile above the claim purchased jatre jaire based by Bro Tenney we drove 1 amiles in a southeasterly direction aver a tolerably good up hill road to bound round valley on the headwaters of the little colorado which at this point is a very fine mountain stream why this valley is called round is more than I 1 can tell for it is as angular as it could well be but it is a very fine little littie valley but the heart and cream of it is in the hands of mexicans and outside whites this valley has very many natural advantages and is altogether a very clesi desirable rable rabie location the climate is cold like panguitch plenty of good timber within 10 miles plenty of good land and water our people will I 1 buildup build up two villages in this valley four miles apart the valley slopes generally to the north and lies up to the foot odthe of the Mok eyone mountains this valley has also another attraction it has the county seat ohapa of apa ara che uhe county on the bros brigham and jehn john W young came to us having traveled almost night and day from the grading camp to overtake us we drove 16 lt miles to Nu teroso over a very rough road much of the way in a southeast direction and took dinner with brother brothen and then went on bros maxwell and allred came out and piloted us into the tiie bush valley fort after dark A very good meeting was held with the saints in this place which was addressed by bros snow B young and JW young and prest jesse N smith this is a splendid valley for a summer dairy ranch too high up and cold for farming and very little water the valley is narrow is on the pa frog exposed to tila indians agns antl anil nii surrounded with extensive forests of pine timber it is the finest grass grasa country I 1 have ever seen almost there are quite a number of families in this valley vailey generally living in a partially built fort this valley is 18 r 1 I presume about feet above rea sea level victorio and his band paid them a friendly visit last summer meri mers and as he was standing very much in need of some good horses he be borrowed what he could find in the valley and has since only returned two or three which no doubt escaped from him he hath need of the rest yet I 1 call the visit a friendly visit because he be did not kill any of them when he had a good chance to do so but he went donius miles below iid aud killed five men seven women and three children mexicans they were instructed to fort securely and a townsite wow tow nite was chosen for them about one mile above the fort when thegean they can safely build upon it on the 2nd and we drove back to lu Nu teroso held meeting took dinner and bros snow and young selected for them a townsite half a mile above Min erlys place across the creek on a i dry bench sio sloping V ng to the west and north part of our com corn pany drove ahead and held meeting in bound pound valley before dark and after bro snow came in another meeting was held and much suitable and good counsel was given through bros snow and jesse N smith on the we drove five miles up the valley to where a number of our families are settled and brother snow approved of the townsite they had laid out as well as the one on which the brethren have built in the lower loru end of the valley we also dro dra 35 miles from here in a northwesterly direction over a tolerably fair road to erastus on the concho where we arrived took the good folks by surprise but they very soon turned out to us a royal supper aupper of mush and milk when we were in this town on the we held ine lne meeting eting by moonlight at this place brothers B young jesse N X smith and lorenzo hatch came to us again after leaving us in the morning at round bound valley and went by way of st john where they parted with bro john W young who from press of business was obliged to return to his railroad camp on the we drove out on the road to snowflake 10 miles to the tanks watered our teams and drove five miles more into the cc cedars and mooned and were able to reach snowflake in good time this place reminds me very much of the old oid fashions beginnings of mormon setti settlements e M ants in utah A snug little town laid ond off and buildings put up on the tho town lot and the farming land fenced in one large field with a lane through it leading to the town which is situated upon silver creek a very important tributary of the little colorado and its general course from its rise in the Molcey Mok mow eyone one mountains ia is from southeast to northwest the very nice little town of walker lies three miles above ron it on the same stream there is an air of life and stability about these towns which in contrast with the mexican style of towns and ni nl different or no farming is very satisfactory bro wm J flake purchased chased this place and has divided it up with those good I atter latter day sa saints 1 ints in this country who wanted homes on saturday and sunday the and dinst the east arizona stake conference was held in snow flake and there was a large audience in attendance the choir did good service in making music and the spirit of the lord was poured out abundantly upon the brethren who spoke and each and all seemed to get their portion in due season the organization of the stake was completed a high council was chosen and set apart and ast east lots for their permanent numbers following is a list of the bishops and the wards over which they preside bolint hunt bishop of snowflake david K udall bishop of st johns jo joeph joseph eph K X rogers bishop of smithville edward A noble bishop of bush valley peter J Chri Christou erson bishop of round bound valley sextus E johnson ibl IBI S holO fEras james C owens bishop of wood woodi i cufr ruu run J N standiford bishop of walker saturday evening all hands went up to walker and held there a good meeting meetings and their house was crowded to overflowing we found a inos ipos most welcome nj MR an www WOW pc eilent ellent spirit wherever we went full re port porta soo of the stake were read including the relief |