Show WHERE ARE THESE GUNS LEHI sept 11 1894 in marob march 1848 the following named earned persons members of the mormon bat to wit wi DAniel Browett robert henry roylance Boy Roy lauce john cox richard slater wm kelly J I 1 holmes john J white eph green 1 I J willis W S 8 13 willie 8 H rogers J B martin israel evans joe JOB dobson david moss wilford hudson francis fradelis woodard jacob truman james C sly bly wesley adair daniel Q Den dennett alex stevens blevens Bt evens james B S brown azariah smith thomas weir william holt gilbert bickmore and possibly a very few others bought one fur and one six brass russian cannou cannon paying from captain butter at butters fort cal which they brought in the following september Bep aud and made present of to the people of utah history tells teila us that hat in 1812 the he russian fur far company established a colony eighteen miles north of bodego bay on the california cosit coast above 13 san an francisco as 4 trad trading I 1 ng post as well celiaa a basis of supplies such as beef flour fl etc for their men engaged in fur bunting this colony by reason of financial failure was abandoned to la 1841 or 1842 selling their coure outfit including live jive stock stores ton ten cannon and aind other arms to captain butter who was then building his bis famous fort on sacramento river the lour four and six cannon mentioned above are two of those ten obtained from the russians Rue by captain butter the whereabouts of these guns is in not known to those who should have charge of them and on behalf of the donors as well as the people to whom they were given I 1 respectfully ask your readers who may know it if any such ouch there be anything of one or butia both of these brans braes guns to give the necessary information that they may be recovered and preserved to future generations as relies relics of defense against indians in the first settling of utah I 1 think I 1 could identify those cannon address ISRAEL EVANS lehi U U T |