Show HISTORY OF ST DAVID we were a small band of pioneers consisting of eleven families with twenty wenty two wagons to start to we 3 in a then unsettled and indian milan country we left st george nh where we had previously eferd to meet and organize in corn com lany any with elder D W jones as M ent on the day of january arriving at santa clam we deposed reposed te posed of most of our household wares ares in order to better facilitate iraq vel traveling down the virgin er through sagebrush and sand preached e reached the colorado february ad 1 and had our wagons transferred tu the opposite bank which cost us RIO we swimming the horses across by y the aid of our indian guide leaving the colorado we traveled ittu we reached peopled valley bated ted in the northeastern part of arizona zona here we made 4 A short stay to rest the teams and UY tty some grain and provisions af t let leavi leaving here we made no further fla wa uri we reached a point on lae salt river about 22 miles above alike nix that city being where we ad ou our first view of the salt ger wier valley we pitched ached our marciand crand tents ats on the uh ath of Mar march and began ork on a water ditch on the ath there were some corn sugar cane garden vegetables raised during mhd ue spring ng and summer I 1 fi A few w months after our arrival others ahers D W V jones and P C ta arill received a letter from the rr dent of the church saying he wished the company to separate vw going farther south and part Y aaning ining on the river brother joi lies was to take charge of one and brother merrill of the otar W it was decided that brother arrul should continue south aud and brother h er jones remain all families had the right of choice as to what they would do brother other merrill left salt river glubt followed by five daml arriving at tucson we TG re calved ved the sad intelligence of the of president brigham young WO vve pitched our tents and re ened here a few days not know SK whither to go for we were des te of both food and clothing at athia this critical juncture a friend aa was raised up by the hand of god the mr tho thomas 0 person of a arc aner to he said if we would 9 go w the santa ganta rita mountains als 8 tt about ut 85 mues miles he w would 0 id g give ve m work for man an and d beast t at 1414 baring un bOring thither we went after working baang some time here we started tiu the san pedro river and ar ed there nov the 6 next nine head of harbu h or y year early were stolen from our then n ra band at one time our ans was ln in such distress through sh sickness that not enough well ti ones remained to wait upon such condition who was our when 0 asa apostle pa erastus snow made reent m y through arizona the settle 11 rOther was named and dedicated by of alex macdonald in honor the le martyr david patten feidt fei we iT Is ve had many reverses but ugh all our sickness and trials kl only a few have passed behind the veil the san pedro once the hunting ground of the roving and merciless savage bids fair to become a desirable place lace your our brother in the gospel J A mcrae ST DAVID arizona jan |