Show he H id iS p t S. S f 3 fi p aph m in behalf behalf of z th the thep b c. c aarts ts coni om p J I del delivered vered by Eons Eon's S 1 o E u At the h c celebration l. l b ot of ot Pioneer b in 4 on th S J i r S'S Fr I s. s i t se ted the handcart r companies of oi 1856 5 t S. S 1 1 tn 11 not a aware that a at any celebration c y tim the h handcart rt S 'S iP eb el awarded a a postS post r f S fee le e represented r from ron on stand S f. f Jt ha has been thus on account o of th their n being to lowly 10 I was was was' among among S ly If I it was waR Ie because aus they were were ver 5 5 i ld red a failure thank Heaven that 7 th tf failure as one I hay have bee i iy i. i y p IWI hum le way to o h p b bring ng success It certainly was a under S ta i that light brigade of t Mormon r. r pu the poor material ol ot S conveyances the conveyances th the hand f the ov OV JJ o of then them at tile the tileS S S 'S ou an aTI the very S t. t Jit of th the start from Iowa rowa city i 19 ly miles from S 'S j 1300 rom Utah Ulab were the pt principal l cip causes of the tra tragedy ed 5 i. i 5 enacted on th the plains in iii th the S that later laler on left Florence or orS S 91 Onna 1 for a 1000 mile journey across 5 Ii plains he e onS on IESt S Ye have hive Ie teH 01 the veary Weary mar marS S i n r he d- d iO fn en S Fv n the Plains by hy the Pi ii's iii il you ne er h heard ard of any of the Handt Hand S Cart Calt t Companies after a lon days I tramp ramp trampS S s f j 5 or 2 20 mile flutes stampeding S No ghost of Indian w warriors or the S 5 departed pit the cou could d Ii g g- get gup up any aly s ate to cause cause-a runaway or c 5 S depict nir worse v terrors than those hand aid toward the last had hadS S re ir re 9 on hand It i is proverbial that S p per er r fed cattle wax WiX fat and kick The 5 5 5 nd did kick much 5 h cart companies not 5 ami tid nd even at the outset outset and as they as they S continued ed on their journey it did dd not S. S t. t f S tat take much to keep them downto earth earths Jb fe- fe fei were i r ery g among S th Ilni m. m S course tn making a picture of the ha handcart d' d cart experience you expect some someS some'S S 'S of Ii ht as well as shade We Wc 5 S 11 isad d lights all through the i journey at atS atthe atthe S the beginning there was the Ii light ht heartS heartedness heartedness heart- heart S edness of u of 01 en nd 5 promises and a as the weary souls souls' dropS drop- drop S S iti ed on on they were vere carefully laid P r r C ay- ay and their burthen of life va was a lightened ed and at the last Jast part of our ourS our'S S 'S fra ravels ravel the deep snows of an early earlyS S j vinier lightened and whitened an and andi i r. r led rl the wh J scene ene S We Vest st r city chy in August S j. j it lt of the p pj prelude as were jour jour- i having to travel miles through a. a me c t e State of Iowa to the Missouri river riverS r S lefore we undertook the long stretch S I t J across ross the plains We were six sic hundred s divided 5 j nies of cad S to to to company There were 5 5 S vo or t re teams to each company S jo 10 o darr tile the t tants and supplies 5 5 as' as w v e i journeyed through Iowa v t- fth th our novel conveyances conveyance we assumed v i of a j- j j air The haild Sc S carts arts vele all new and we were buoyed sp p with hops hop and we merrily sang ang as pr traveled along And c nd some will S P h an and some will pull as w S lug ng up tip the hili hill as merrily in its tl the tiie vay vay 5 5 we ve co go l until we re reach ch the Valley o Gb Ob S 1 that last word t rd Oh u. u was' was v very ry v nI many yip es s bel before we r ed the v valley u li Js J's we pas passed ed through the different t owns ns in the State of Iowa till we came cause unil Bluffs the inhabitants would S out vout out and 1 look 9 y at the they l ty ly y we presented cases Cares plead with us not to toS S Irging two important arguments e were to lo lateen in second i rc s we ailor l' l pail or orUje te tourney journey But nut in n no c case s thus far were their heir arguments o of any avail the watch watch- S was onward S f j Jl t the intent of the speaker to 5 the haud cart scheme It was wasS S S Intended tended for good aud good was S In us it is evinced the nerve the t and the Saints Saint I In u the hand cart car cart t companies companie ve ye was wac iI l i r of S I ck Sh tb that r v Vas necessary to open opals u ur Pt l p a tI I l s o Ut j. h-j. r ry p r y AboUt 4 lh ibis i tit lirrie V yo you u n ul 1 b Dear r in n min mind mindS S the Indian trines were ere very powerS power- power S f 11 and sometimes hostile ve we had th the theA theS e S A ss the and the Sioux se most warlike wi of the savage tribes were no reservations f for fr r them S then pien they roa roamed the tIl S 7 he le herds of buff l t the a arh i ettie he and the theirs j jS 55 vater grass were to it S claimed nis and foey an undisputed rigl 4 5 5 those se who to question on this his S met trouble as made mounds S jj J ade ide Iga bleached skull of an ox or would v 5 5 t e serve as a head mark for fir the grave on on onS S S r- r would be written the name nam S v. v murdered t by Indians s and the the date s f But ut while the thought thought- of such a a de deaths death h 4 5 paused ja se a shudder in m many ilY blea ts still 5 they hey moved undaunted Tile Indians would often come a and ld lo look k at us us but S S 'S Py by the protecting care are of Providence e ive ve were never molested It wo inot d 4 do today today to e t r S 'S he harrowing details of oC the s sad d scenes scents hat took place ice towards toward the journeys v l se but in iii the langu ige of the im- im J. J lortal bard We could tale a unfold unfoldS S t sligh slightest lest word would harrow up up S' S hey hev soul fret freeze thy young blood etc Parents lost their children children childr n S i. i their wives and v their husbands their theu all y Yet Vet et in all this tHi 1 they had the of f 3 j j. We did not h hive have ive much time er- er t S 'S ar anti anil ll funeral sermons 5 c. c For or alone alne on oil the prairie we left their remains mains re S S 5 heir comrades know know them S n no more j iThe h wolf olf howls their requiem where i. i I 5 r f solitude rein reigns 5 v ST S. S And n the wild sage their graves cover V 1 0 er oer erfil fOr S i fil S t But t w we mut 9 ti linger chere here Quick Quick the ban are re in in inS f. f 1 S distress distress the S 'S of bf afe fe e upon i i- 45 giving out they the will wip till all be lost unless we send them help v m S r Such were wert the ringing words word of BrigS Brig Brig- S v ham Young when h he heard the news ne y 4 And quickly braye men and well fed led S W teams earnS were put upi n the road making makingS making'S S 'S 3 V S S their he 1 way through the defiles of ix towards Devil Gate re- re and ins on dle of t the l snow snow- or ot storm nor nur norS t tf r ardless s ot S ff sV d di reading ading their return they kept e t S S iiii n. n Among those le ders ers w IT fail io ion joc Ai t. t viII vill nor to 11 lt V rw i Z m r r D.- D. vM i r. r iv 7 Geo Grant R R. R T. T anks loch Joel Hi Joe JoeP P Parrish S' S t if ifS f S Y manh If U. U 1 il I Cluff Wl o Haws S Gray S SS s 's r While we tir ve m I wO would S f hot lotO omit 1 t to speak u With I h S lh their lr- lr Jw they kindness they lid ll wel their PoUt and ii h vered h-vered vere yered lIke Jike S ng a angels aro around she ck t. t n distressed For or the hand S 'S 1 a n. n ts wd it'd 5 li IA sickness than all all all' elsi t I Iv i v lL i J S r v Ce S 'S SS i t C t f j i J t S 5 5 f T iS 5 S S 'S S I S 5 i on earth yea a. a sweet soothing batni th that t seems seems to bring bling heaven the nearar r r. r Wl When n those brave bra men met the l d id company encamped in a jd of bf cove e in in m. m the uie mountains L Gate ate th the Jl handcart company was s mu much h hr t- t in in t Cumbers and depress depressed in his v trie life lIfe nU iw hopes topes ino into the f fatigued and weary Wears camp c mp Toe great majority mo of the hand bane carts carls were were verc slack stacked d at af this Pace I people fr n frd-n on i 1 fOr Kr U l os n rt conveyed d their J in y In But Dut many mall a nd find bitter night was vas endured endured- after the arrival of the teams team's from aH Lake as fn frozen 7 ll and us ij d-ij cb li u loudly testify v t t. t the h homes mes of the Saints we yee e re j ct 1 s ten tendered red the prompt relief The half famished d were nourished shed back to life The songs us of If Zi m w were r again in and the hopes that the gospel gOpel inspired were an n J v ut wh who vhO passed as assed ed through that terrible or ordeal eal never neverS S grumbled pr or ie of oC s endured But BUI they felt to bow bo their heads he in its meek meck s l O the will of ng in ill I r. r beautiful that all our sufferings sufferings' and and aid our shall serve as sweet discourses ill ili ti our ti times l to come conic And we we V l ld b fat bb S here today in ver the scenes t tf f peace aisI lV that surround us with Homes and fields and faim funi r tind l wants waists supplied in such with wives and lInd children S Rith l love luve and loveliness Oh Yes Our hearts would be as js s cold as stone did we not wot raise our voice in pr praise ise and gratitude to to Irael Israel's God who pl ced our feet in safety in its valleys these s of these everlasting hills where Temples point to l heaven eav n. n and Saints perform the S 5 cred s-cred rites Yes Ye may we all aU tr Vj And nd tl those thise se- se who I hi ii ranks of tl use the o. o r ers o or who vho Came came r nnie jit ft-jit t. ca or or ox teams team or those w v l. l ride e in iJ Pullman palace cais 1 tu to l s s anil auth in which h we live and bring f about tl of e- e eZi Zi l f our God it f l I will here state that a of vt ns s numbering about oo s. s souls ml crossed the plains s with land hand carts arts in 1 1857 57 under Cap C pt f. f c. c C. C Christians n now now a resi resident of Manti b but t for many years a a resident resident ent nt of Ephraim Quite a few members mem meni- mem- mem bers ers of this isis company company are living in ty ty and pl e eg m. m San Pete Pet Ciny t l nd nd cf ViX f 1 d of Mr Jones can ther therefore fore no riM 6 fail ail ailo to o cali cal forth many reflections both J of the light and shady side of this this experiment nt Among of ot th hat t company ar are lIp Bp C Dorius i iid fw fe John T.- T. tp rius' rius and nd wife Peter Hansen Iansen Sel Sen d. d 1 C C. C C. C A. A Christensen and j Anders Hansen and some of hl children Mrs Maria A. A C. C Larsen and I J lf Andrew O t rn and others l. l A k Th The company Je left t Ic Iowa va Ci City y inJune in inJune June une and suffered intensely from the he heat and other causes causes auses while tr ravelling travelling ab about ut miles through t gh t. ts jae t then sparsely settled settled State of p O M vW Ur a 1 n foi- foi f oJ I captain hd W little interested interested in- in in the welfare of hi his Scan Scan- and sisters When the company reached the Missouri river a new organization Y j 9 ns n- n s n h i ng furn from a missiOn n nto to o the States r tius i-tius was s put lut in charge charge- ol of the he company His fatherly and sympathetic care for or t the e p people ople will vill always Var be remembered JIe tar Isis his his company com a j F fence on on the of Ju Jui July ar arid reached cached Salt Lake c City r on the df r without any sero script serio accident or a a. great deal of oC suffering eri g i except such as was unavoidable ble under such circumstances ances tho we we weere were ere often visited by num num- b. b s 's p of t warlike the warlike Indians and also d o had Buchanan's n s Army Trams as us travelling companions part It O heay he ay the soldiers ij on jie south side o the of-the the pi Platte e riv river l' l t the e supply trains kept kep t the N North Northside or h sid side ide J. 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