Show PIONEER experience andrew J stewart ewart Bt now in the mer eer vice ot of the mexican government as a agent was ft a to the pioneer jubilee headquarter a yesterday mr stewart Bt ewart utan residence to is at benjamin claims the distinction of f baranic babinic built the arst house in provo he has been in mexico for olne nine years and says that many people will come to the jubilee from there the story of his life as ac narrated by himself la in an aa follows I 1 was one of oi the pioneers and was waa born on the day of september 1819 in jackson township monroe county state ot of ohio I 1 was the she son ot of philander barrett and hally dally boost stewart and lived there u until atil I 1 was w 9 years old and then than emigrated to the state elate of illinois in the he year 1828 with my mother who was a widow with seven seran children three boys and tour four girls we settled in the north part of morgan county on sangamon the bottoms eleven miles east of beardstown Beards town now case a county the country was now new and we could see large numbers of ef door deer on OB the prairies most any time in the spring of the year from twenty to clity ina bunol we lived in illinois on a now new farm that we made until the year iowa became open ter for metti settlement omeaL we then dovd into the new DOW county of iowa and settled in van buren county I 1 took up landane land and opened anew a new farm I 1 bull built a house bouse and married to eunice bun ice P howe haws on the day of january 1844 in the town of keosha qua by george dunden dundee a justice of the peace I 1 j became acquainted with the doctrine of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints saint and was baptized into the church by elder wm coray in FOX river on the he day of febra kry ry 1844 1 I attended the general semi annual conference at nauvoo illinois in april 1844 my name was presented presentad to the conference on the he eth day ot of april by joseph smith the he prophet and by unanimous vote of said conference I 1 WB was sustained and wes wee ordained by direction of the prophet under the hands bands of joseph young foung an elder lo in be church and the be senior president oi 01 all the abe quorums of the be seventy I 1 was wae ordained in the thirteenth quorum of seventy and appointed and sustained to go take joke a mission after returning home to fox river van buren county iowa and preparing myself sad affairs to take a mission I 1 went tc 91 nauvoo and reported myself to the prophet joseph smith ready for a about the first of june jane the prophet told me he had a great mission for me to perform to go into the wilderness in the moun mount talus alue with him blin to look tot for and abd prepare a place for she tb latter day saints for he said eaid teat our oar enemies would not lot let us ua live lire at nauvoo in peace but bat we would have hare to res flee to the mountains in asbe wilderness for safety he said be maid aid he be wanted a flae fine black horse which I 1 redo rede to montrose Mon troie and I 1 made him a present of the animal he amid jot for me to return bums borne and prepare and keep myself aud and horses in ID readi ness to KB go to the mountains moun taina in mexico with him bim to find a location for the sainte joseph crossed the mississippi river several times with the be purpose of going DR into we be wilderness an aa it was termed while I 1 was waiting with groat great anxiety for his arrival as aa I 1 had freih horse to 90 get him out into the indian country away rom from his false rind and treacherous enemies but each time he bad to 90 turn back at length on the of june I 1 heard ol of his hia death that he won was murdered the me day before on the by aruth ruthless lesO mob I 1 went back so e nau TOO and stopped as ai wm jordana jordan a anu ant s near montrose Mon troie I 1 was waa told by them of how bow joseph had come ovet over the river but had been persuaded by false falee friend to 6 go back mud and give himself up to what he know knew was waa nothing but a murderous mob the last time the prophet started back b ck he be said be felt like a lamb xoung to the slaughter laughter I 1 got over to narvoo just BB as his bis funeral was closing in the she fall of the year of 1844 1 moved my family to nauvoo and lived jived there until the letter latter part of the winter of 1846 when it wac agreed that the saints should hould journey into tybe tin waa erness I 1 crossed the mississippi river on the ice after a great many had started I 1 went on ahead of the first company to fox river near richard son on point where I 1 had formerly lived and aad obtained a large quantity of grain for the camp among the number was my brother R P stewart he gave me be company 1000 bushels of orn gorn when the he kompany arrived there they made a stop oree forse verai verat weeks week to make better preparation for the journey and send lead back teams some to nauvoo to help others other to come on oh an aa it was agreed at nauvoo that very every on one should help the bring brine every litter latter day saint out oat from nau TOO to come to the wilderness tu to the place where the prophet said bald they should hould come when it could be found in the year 1846 the greater portion of the sainte came to the misouri MI Miso url river and stopped at several everal locations some at Ka neaville mosquito creek and some eme at keg creek and at other place I 1 stopped at keg creek the rushville Baab ville branch early in the year 1847 arrangements arrange mente were commenced to prepare for a pioneer trip to continue our journey to seek the place the prophet had said aid we should debould find in the mountains mount alna I 1 presided pre aided over the she rushville branch and fitted out oat a wagon and team with provisions provia ione seed and farm implements for the pioneer trip sand and my brother B P F stewart Bt ewart volunteered to go with the he pioneers Pion eera and drive the me team when our team arrived at winter quarters president young reported that thai our outfit was wae the first reported ready with everything lo in order for the trip |