Show TELLS OF pioneering MANTI may 11 1897 I 1 have bare been reading with interest a great deal concerning concer nr the grand jubilee to be held bold at salt lake city in july next and the pains taken to prepare for the he same also alio to got get abo th ablis ot of all those who arrived in 1147 my father albert dinuth arrived there iu 1847 from california but before wo w not got to bait lake I 1 was waa advised to go back to california until spring opting I 1 would not have written but bat several were telling we me I 1 ought to write something eom ething ot of what we pasted packed through I 1 incoming coming a to the valleys valley of she mountains bains we lived to nauvoo from the commencement bud and it Is pretty well known the trying times that we had bad to go through more bere until the had to leave their homes home and go to tho the mountains mountain my father albert smith smithy being called uvon went with tho the pl and 1 I smith and mother esther smith with three other children emily candace and joseph rema remained inea behind but getting n opportunity with brother dawn dame WO we started on n our way to alban pisgah I 1 driving team father met 06 u on OD wily way and atter alter stopping at elagah pisgah a short abort time we had the opportunity of going wilb brother to te wink win ter let quarters and then the chorab was wa called upon by the U 8 government tor for live five bui bundred adrea volunteer vol to enlist jim in their service in the war against mixton it being considered the men were lurnis bed and albert smith and smith were wo of the number leaving mother and three children with the church and bolding what money we could spare of our pay back to them at san ban diego we drew our muskets mu keto and cartridge boxes knape acke ste eto which made out a pretty good ba barross but we got a team and wagon to to take them on As aa ter for the hardship that we passed through in traveling raveling that ionic jon distance diBtan oe to california I 1 have note noll room bor or words to explain but with the preserving band of god we finally arrived safe eafe on the pacific chaet company V to which father and I 1 belonged quartered at ban diego where I 1 bad the opportunity of seeing eeling and gologor going on board some lome ships hip for the first time in my life we remained there until our dho dito barge the question then than was wai bow and where halt ball we hod botne borne well we bought some ome horses honea to ride and pack our provis IC ons etc ate also alao buying some stock to drive with us for beef but we auld c uld not drive theu a they would fight UP and we sou SOD had to 0 kill all of them and jorl jerk the most meat so 0 o that we could amok it with us ir with difficulty we traveled some loine milos milea north and thou theu turn log ing copt on our way to salt lakes belog being informed that the church were going to settle at that place after st etting well our ur way we were met by capt browns brown s company just from salt lake with a letter frog from mothers mother and also alao a letter from the twelve this was wai read and gave us ue much satisfaction eatie action it was wa considered wisdom for a good portion of our num ber to go return turn to california as a pro vig lotis were scarce and not much to bo be done dene at present I 1 took one bores anu and with a good portion of our number went back bach but father with four ail on to 10 salt ban corn com peny pany returned an far an aa buttera Sutter But teia lm fort goggi do g a job of sutter butter to dig illga a cana caBali to build a aring mill A few 0 ol 01 as 01 according to bit big wishes went with mr marshall Mare ball to the place now called colbur colour to aulbi A mew mill which was wae built I 1 worked plank on tb the fi fore boy and digging the tailrace and marshall marahall blasting some big rook real which made the indians indiana wonder to see iee them split plit open so BO easy after the race was wae pretty well fini fi abod and water had been turned in mr marshall Mara ball happened to pick up in she toe race the first nugget of gold found lp this was waa on january 24 1848 with buob trouble and pertev ranee we e soon gathered up some the word soon aoun got out aud and spread like fire thess gold bad been found the people bame flocking to in from every direction taking up P claims and soon made a mining 0 of it I 1 made out oui to gas gums aume of the gold and with a oompaul oom com patty in the spring prepared with some ome lagona and pack animals lo 10 go through to salt bait lake A sorrowful incident ino ident transpired that hat I 1 ought not to pus paw by three of our brethren went to find and a peas daw over the and i ot soon returning others were sent rent and soon 1000 return returned edg baying baving found a place where the arst turee three were supposed to have been killed and buried by the Ind indians ihns 1 I nave the particulars alara written in my lour journal naJ oo on july we travelee trav eleu elou bout about eight miles milea to the me place where the brethren were killed upon opening toe the grave we found that all three were there we again covered them up built is wall around the grave and it Is up with rook inside on a tree close by was wa en on graven thy by brother hu aon sacred to the memory of daniel sunse browet ezra eara H allen alien and lien derBon cox abo are to have been murdered and burled buried by the indians Indi auB on she be night of ol of june 1848 11 1 1 the fin two were mar dwa mn men but brother cox was waa not we found brother aliena purse pane with blood upon apon it and od it was brought and given to nil big wife we fired the cannoo cannon which made the bones run off so eo that hat we never got all of them we had bad a bard time to break a road through the mountains breaking some ome of the wagons but bm I 1 came with pack act male and helping the brethren pack nack their goad joad through the canyon my mule broke his log leg mud I 1 had to leave mm I 1 thee thea put my pack in the wagon and helped drive the stock having baying some ome cows cow and calves with us no abe indians bothered us ua much stealing theta them and trying to shoot us but oy by keeping guard we gox along very well we had much trouble crowing crossing mountains and rivers riven and plains until we gained our object we brought with us two cautious that we bought oi 01 butter on september ath I 1 rode ahead and about 2 I 1 arrived at salt lake city after riding about some I 1 found father mother si and ana brothers brother all well living four miles from the city where father had got io in oil bia crop but the hoppers had destroyed dee troyed most moat of it only saving twelve bushels of wheat and some corn beans beane poses melone etc grow ing but we were all much pleased to most meet again I 1 had a bolt of hickory shirting etc and also alio the gold that I 1 brought with went to brother brignal and paid my tit tithing bing gave some om to the pour poor and one dollar to each of the twelve also alao bought some wheat at 12 per bushel father had bad been back with a recruiting COMP company SIny to meet brother brigham and reber heber C Kim kimballs balls emigrating company and gut gj mother and family la nally bringing them to salt lake on the ath of october we had bad a feast made by the members of the mormon battalion having good music match march ing dg to the table in good order with our alvea children and friends lende fr over a thousand partook after which koars was waa dancing butil night we soon eoon built an aa adobe house and moved into its it and in one room ap put pat a turning lathe where we made many bot tomed chairs salt lake ci y wan wall soon built up considerably and crops got in ID but mostly use troyed by the hoppers bopp erB oa the of April was to camilla augusta taylor anil and cyrenne henry taylar her brother was wae married to emliy emily Smith my singer by Preal doute young anu heber U C kimball Kimba JJ at our iti ouse I 1 lioun dug a collar cellars made adobe adabee get ling lamar etc for a bause and sigo ajao had bad some ome farming arming land to make me a bume but lather father myself cyrano raylor with a large company of others were cadee upon to go with blabon both talt taft anu father worley morley south 0 o ettle tn valley walloon we abon uld arld out RB as boag beai we could getting neami ate eibi and started arted it we had a hard time on the way to make a souL bup salt bait creek canyon and down banat Ban pt valleys ralley to the tiling points point camping on the th mouth side ide ol of the hill upun which mantl temple to la bow built and living in small email huto buts or aug outs through the winter with plenty of gop bersand rattlesnakes for 0 company and having baring to shovel snow now eft from the gr grems to keep our took stock from starving we had bad mush trouble with the from time to time having to build a snow fort also alao rut our log houses in the form of A fort and keeping beeping guard alt all the time the indiana stole the stock and jonm om of the brethren were killed by them many ol of the indiana also alao were killed mother had another daughter born in salt bait lake city mey 9 1840 who to 1 now married to P H anderson An denon sha sh has baa a large family of children and grandchildren and in ia now president preal deat of the relief society Booi ety south wards ward mantl mant the worst wo rat trial that I 1 had was wa tur to belog being afflicted with epileptic which kept me under the weather my wito wife leaving me taking the two children with her I 1 had bad to live jive with father soa mother for some twenty years year oa september Septem bez 17 1854 mother died small ing much grief and sorrow borrow father afterward married another wife and I 1 continued living with him until 1870 whon when I 1 got pretty good health and anCL went to weber canyon working on the krc ral railroad irad built in utah I 1 also alao worked ume sums on the railroad auth south of salt lake city gettling good health I 1 married again and built a good adobe house making me a happy home my two chi children luren are now living the oldest eldest a daughter camilla P F jackson Jao kaoo being in Okla oklahoma boma I 1 have had eight ob children Ildren all dead bus bat four I 1 have hare a son aon forty four years yeara old owning A rauch at Mue Manela libell boJI yellowstone county MOO mont S be having been juluce of we the peace and also alao road supervisor UDerT lor I 1 haye have many gions from them hem father left nauvoo with the pioneers and was wai always with them mems pioneering the way with bard lab t to a get along an until til be wore himself pretty well wall out president dent wilford woodruff also aleo a hard bard nun man us ul to work with father la in the states batea and while converting with him he be said that he be could remember when father could beat him splitting rails on oct 00 slat 1892 fattier father died and has haa gone tok to rest reit from hla his labon jabore but I 1 presume that hat he to nut not idle we attended many celebrations of pioneer day and I 1 was waa generally board beard firing a salute with the old musket that uncle gain barn gave me fifty yea nag ag and last laet year it hunted bunted about one foot from the muzzle but I 1 boos out atoff it off and it does doea an ai well as a i ever I 1 have hare no rello relic of the she gold that hat I 1 picked up in california but bat I 1 have a little hide of 0 some come metal that was wa with the gold being heavier and harder and of more worth than the gold be ing somewhat the color of lit fly so ec when tue toe got gold dust duat was wai shaken haken up it 16 would settle to the bottom it Is very bright and pretty I 1 realize samo something thing of the hardship and trying soonee that have been la in the pathway of those moss that have hara oaf euf the hardship hard bip of pioneering the way from out our old commee to the of we and making now new homes home under such trying circum atances otano atan cem efti as aa I 1 have bare been with theta them sines anoe I 1 was wac a bay how little do our children realize that wiloh their heir ambers and mothers have bare had to pass par I 1 thought ol of coming to the be pioneer celebration last july but on account ot of 9 he be death of abraham H cannon it WA eliely postponed I 1 WM was not one of the forty devenere cannot te be one of them but will try to come and participate in the enjoyment of the be grand jubilee where I 1 trust that all 11 II will go off in harmony and kaii arao ion to all that will participate A SMITH |