Show DAUGHTER OF A PIONEER GH ES HISTORIC ITEMS OF FATHER AND MOTHER mrs ellen bild blid of hanosh gives Us historical data 0 of D dis dils ils long gone by and suffering and deprivations ba b iter her pioneer patents EDITOR VISITS KANOSH the following essay was written by mrs ellen bird of kanosh and read at a meeting of the daughters of the Pino leers at that place on a re cent visit atthe senior editor to that town mrs bird very kindly consent ed that it might be published which va fl elake otake great pleasure in doing mrs bird knows that subject for she came to kanosh when she was six years old and laughingly said tic to writer that tho she was now seven ty three years young she would not think herself to be old that span of years qualities qualifies her to speak of early conditions her writing of the early days fol lows daughters of utah pioneers I 1 feel keenly the necessity of sup porting this organization and its of fibers tor for we know it Is tor for a good purpose I 1 will at this meeting endeavor endea vior to give a short sketch of my father and mother william and mary george and their pioneer experiences in 1852 they left their native coun try for the sake of the gospel and crossed the plains with box teams traversing over one thousand miles of unthinkable wilderness infested with savages and wild beasts of the desert they arrived in salt lake city too late to get work and therefore they suffered tor for the want of food and clothes however they had two twos cows which helped greatly they worked across the plains and mother would make cheese every day which would take the place of bread I 1 have often heard my mother tell that she and my older brother would dig sego lilies and cook the roots the same as we cook potatoes and as flour was scarce she made a very lit tie ve milk gravy to pour over the sego roots and eat with them she had six pounds of flour to last a month for a family of five 1 we old timers know what lum py dick means do you youa FB thinking they could do better they moved to ogden but conditions there were aal aol improvement the grasshoppers and crickets de strayed most of the crops however my father was fortunate enough to get a job harvesting what little was left taking his pay for his work in wheat mother and my older broth er would grind the wheat through a coffee mill to make bread my mother said she often boiled wheat and milk with no sugar I 1 heard her say she had six pounds of sugar IN THREE YEARS and one pair elf of shoes no thread to sew so that it if a garment needed patching she could not sew it even tho t 0 she s e had the patch material tor for want of 0 thread to get thread she pulled pulle factory to pieces and made threads out of the elings she ma made e s straw raw hats and sewed them together with ith this kind wf thread and as time went on johnson s army came that was in 1858 the people were very excited thinking the army would make trouble but they were very good and helped the people in many ways they spent their money freely and bought but ter eggs and things the people had to spare thus bene fitting them and as well helping the poor by gifts of clothes blankets and shoes then came the close of the civil war and in 1863 my father conceio ed the idea that he would like to move south and consequently we moved to corn creek or petersburg now known as hatton my father was one to help colon ize hatton and in the early days of he kept the overland stage station there jack gilmer and M salisbury ran tour four and six horse stage coaches tor for the purpose of hauling the united states mall mail and express and also passengers and as well gold bullion this line ran from salt lake to pioche bioc e was at that time one of 0 the largest mining camps in the west in those dabs das there were a lot ot of desperadoes or robbers who would hold the stage up rob the boot and the passengers and shoot whoever resisted them the loot sought was the registered mall mail containing money the express in coin or bullion and the money and jewelry ot of the passengers one well known driver by the name of dan robbins when once held up refused to give over the mall mail pouch to one of the robbers and the robber shot him oft off the stage though he tell fell bady wounded yet he recovered and was highly honored in later life and lauded tor for hia his bravery and his many thrilling escapades and reso resolute bravery under tire fire lie was tho wit ban to drive wells firgo co s four horse express coach kanosh dishop culbert king and dennis dorrity named this village kanosh in gonoir of chief kanosh though the indian chief always pronounced his name C nos mrs bird kindly gave me the is sue of the semi weekly deseret news ot of the issue lot march 7 1911 which contained the following obit uary nary notice of daniel M robbing robbins de deth th calls I 1 veteran ot of IX avasts ests earl dais daniel damiel BI 31 robbins Robb liis pioneer of rutih pisses irefully pe away auty in salt lake hero of times carries to iris his grave the milks M biks of abounds mounds Rec receded elised with roid agents he passed through many a bloody battle and achieved a deputa tion for courage and resourcefulness that extended from coast to coast he was one of the picturesque figur es of the border in the days before the railroad robbins had made his mark and his reputation tor for which he duly receive ed recognition even then in a let ter under date of september 1869 a friend writing to him about a battle robbins had with stage rob bers said my dear friend dan I 1 see by the papers you have again been cov ering yourself with glory but it gave me much pain to subsequently learn that you were injured in the general mesa efell I 1 tell very proud of you my ulear 1 dan and I 1 want to shake your hand and congratulate you and learn all about your scrimmage so Is history made the immediate work at hand Is done by each of us in the doing we make history thankful the man who does the task assigned him highly nobly courageously they are the men whom we honor I 1 thank mrs bird for the pleasure she gave me in al lowing the publication of her notes read at this meeting frank beckwith sr |