Show Your Hertage and aud You I Editors Editor's note The following isan isan Is Isan an excerpt from Mantis Manti's centennial cen cen- centennial tennial publication Song of ofa ofa a Century NOW OW SNOW SNOW Winter 1849 Although the depth of snow was from Indian legend un unprecedented unprecedented unprecedented un- un the winter was not so vigorous as some since have been The weather was for the most part cloudy with but little wind February sun came out and reflected Its brilliancy on the encrusted and crystallized snow it soon rendered nearly all the men snow blind The little boys now made themselves available by leading the mento mento men mento to the warm springs where labor only ended at nightfall to be bere- bere re resumed resumed re- re in the morning Snow snow snow nothing whatever to rest the vision upon but on vast expanse and dreary monotonous ous waste of snow and while the cattle were faring thus badly badly badly bad bad- ly the people themselves were well too provisioned and anda a general feeling of anxiety pre prevailed throughout the camp WHITE MAN BEYOND SAN- SAN PITCH Owing to the non-arrival non of the teams that had been sen sent t back to Salt Lake for supplies nothing having been heard o of j them until some time in January while the now still held to it its its' s own unparalleled depth and bu but t thinly encrusted the camp w was as electrified by the arrival of avery a avery very tired Indian w who ho brought the startling intelli- intelli intelligence gence nce that a white man was as lying beyond at the foot r of the west hills in a nude ex exhausted ex- ex exhausted II hausted and almost dying condi condition tion Lion a relief party on snowshoes snow snowshoes w I shoes was Immediately or organized organized or- or organized and sent across the valley to his rescue he w wasI was as I found in a most precarious us plight The crust of the snow w i had been Insufficient to bear ar his weight and the he constant constan t friction of breaking through through- had worn his clothing to shreds and thus with bare feet naked limbs completely exhausted and totally snow blind he was as borne to camp by the relief relie f party When sufficiently re recovered recovered recovered re- re covered he explained that Daniel Daniel Daniel Dan Dan- iel Henrie and his wife with Jerome Bradley and the res rest t of the returning supply party were imprisoned by the snow at the forks of Salt Creek Canyon Can Can- Canyon yon unable owing to the depth of the snow to advance or return re re- re turn He estimated the snow on the divide to be about eight orten or orten orten ten feet on the level and twenty feet in the drifts and hollows AMANDA HENRIE BROUGHT TN IN ON SLED George Bradley and a few ew others binding snowshoes on their feet started with TaN Tabi naw flaw to make the prisoners a visit and accomplished the the- journey in in safety The imprisoned imprisoned imprisoned party Informed d Brother Br Bradley dley that they were de detained detained detained de- de a week at Utah Fort on account of Indian Hostilities it not being thought prudent by the authorities there for them to proceed d until two friendly Indians Ammon and brothers of the great war chief Walker had volunteered to join their party and Augustus Dodge carried the tid tidings Ud- Ud ings to their friends in When within a few I miles of ol Salt Creek Canyon they encountered a violent snow snowstorm snowstorm snowstorm storm and were three days making making making mak mak- ing the forks a distance of six miles and the snow continued to Increase with such fearful rapidity that they were compelled compelled com corn polled to forego any further attempt at attempt attempt at- at tempt at traveling tra Their teams were provided for in to a similar manner to those in but faring somewhat better While the party re- re at the forks express horsemen arrived from Utah Fort having followed the trail made by the supply company They brought news of a general hostile uprising of ot the Indians in the section warning the setin settlers settlers set set- in to be vigilant and cautious for a battle had been fought at Utah Fort between the Minute Men IP commanded commanded com com- by Gen Wells and about bout seventy Indian warriors under Big Elk in which several on both sides were killed and wounded As their horses could proceed proceed pro pro- no further through the unbroken snow the horsemen returned leaving their dispatches dispatches dis dis- patches to be forwarded by the snowshoe party patty who immediately immediately immediately im im- mediately returned to Another party was sent on snowshoes to cheer and strengthen strengthen streng streng- then those at the forks with Instructions for all to come in as soon as as' the crust on the snow would bear the weight j I of a hand sled which was not until March when loading g the sled with bedding and provisions provisions provisions provi provi- and placing Sister Amanda Amanda Amanda Aman Aman- da Henrie on another they commenced commenced com corn their hazardous journey which they were four days in completing and like the Eskimos constructing snow houses or rather inthe in inthe inthe the snow In which to pass the nights a J az JJ J c u a L n aaa J l r. r j w j 4 i s sq st r. r L t q W WhY i f 4 T hY it 1 1 w v I J v f. f rr d 1 4 y i i t as II 6 s I i d Kerry Lee son of Mr and Mrs Jack of Ephraim Eph Eph- 1 rains raim is shown holding the trophy which he won after nabbing nabbing nabbing nab nab- bing third place in the Space Derby held in Provo for Cub 11 Scouts in the southern section of the state t |