Show 1 j jI I DIARY RECALLS OX TEAM I I JOURNEY ACROSS PLAINS PL- PL I T PROBABLY I InI one cne ot of the tho most interesting In- In pioneer relics In W weber ebe I Lev county counts is 10 the jou of ot Captain Capt In l Le LeI Lett I I Mammon Hammon who oho crossed th Ih ll plains In 1851 1351 in command of or 18 13 t I wagons bringing emigrants rants to Sal Lake Lale The Journal Is at present In inthe the possession of ot D U J J Hammon a ason son on of ot the captain who I I In l no Ito Hoi The rhe he book consists of ot a record commencing Friday Jun 13 when the tho wagon ti l ft Inter Inter Quarters Neb and end nd othe on the arrival of or tho the com company pan at Salt Lake Lahe September 21 the entire entile trip 1 being made by ox teams at the tho fete ot of 15 n 0 or 20 miles a da dal dav I On arriving at Salt Lake Lak- Captain and Mammon Hammon for tor Co a few fow day da days s and then set out with his family to find a better bette place of ot m nit to tn the north to make his home hOlne Atthe At A ton a place a wa-i wa s but a u urh an and the party decided n not to tr there here Reaching the r rl rh r bottoms the tho ne next t day C Hammon selected n II place pla-o near ner where the to town torn n of oC Uinta now noVo Is I and a a few Cew days late later l went ven nt up ill Weber canon to cut timber to t build a house While In the moun- moun mountains mountains mour he was nas captured cd by b a party of or Indians who were bent on kill- kill killing Ing him One Ono of or the tho It I is b related was called caUd Old T because he ho leal ned to swear from troi the troopers with lIh General John John- Johnsons sons sons son's s army and In the tho tl plains Captain Hammon had be- be become come acquainted with Ith him this l dim dlin Induced the others to turn the tho Captain O about dual dusl dusk but not n they had taken tallen I II 1 Is gun Iun andam and ar am ammunition I L I 1 S I T The j ii mat hl h Is still In- In IH g-IH e sl It L s many mans 4 side side- de- de sidelights delights lights on the lire life of oC the tha plon pioneers ers crossing the tho dreary y e p of or Ih the nuns ns some gome 70 odd yews ago Tse first page pallo states that mon had haLl 64 souls In l pal pats t 13 wagons 50 00 oxen ox n 36 cow CO to horses hoists und and three stain tear the 11 li is an 10 loil l y pens s line that e we ate ale to lu stop slop In camIll camp IU ord cd to go 10 go on as It ll is I I lee l e- e ported that the In will saili not lot let li ho ho dints pot plat the tho limn HOin ti rl The Thu Thud oj d ly y ID is tine fine and our health good entry dated CHUl oIn June 2 24 8 1851 1 says ory I Is la fin t fl-t I ter Maddison s CO cow ha has hai pot not been found ve we e are looking f ard with joy to get gel to the tho aUL of oC the tho mountains bunday J 2 Cider Eld Orson Urson II d came up tp to camp cump tod today y to u II few Cew moments And nd then th-n left with th the third company gf of SO 50 O Further on In the lure boole booc I ed with the tho Ii ht rf t years an and hard nard usage Is thil Intel inlet esting notice Camper Camped by a today plenty 4 of or wood and ate water eater Made Ide 4 17 miles today loday from dawn to sun Run sundon n do don n n Sunday July 31 A heri her ot of about 3 buffalo came camo cam near n the tho camp today and the men mon wont ont out o and ano killed two The Tho was 38 rood Food and tender However the tho pioneers r Ier were rot r always so 60 kv In-kv as many that the hunters huntr were not in successful srul ful and the buffalo saw eathem them approach and ran Ilay anay 0 O ME a IE E LO LOST t IOn On another occasion tho book I records that two t 0 men got lost ani parties spent the night scorching for Cor them one ono of oC them not lint bein c until early the tho next mornIng days da du li tw thA had haLl very hard bard har g through sand end and mud an anone rill one day the captain records Arad ad 1 eight e ight miles tod today S-l S Saw mans many bur bur- buffalo falo and deer but non nonce coul could l be beaken b t taken taen I Monday Killed J a buffalo bent Brother Booth to fetch I some omo of ot tho thi In-at In m eat It was as very H good goI nn an 1 otter f we e felt r A 1 thud l d was nus born toda lodai moth r dolor dola- doln well ell I ISome Some of ot the tragedies of oC thos those times tl are told in the alnor notation Burled a little chili 1 ogon broke down and I Only two I milet today Some day da day c howe howeL L they the made better time and m mid mad sa as high as 25 miles on an some occasion hy August Augut 7 7 I Ino inn morn morn- In mornIn Ing A bo boy boa tell toll out of or a age n and was run ruu over He lie Is s mush mu h rust 1111 t Met a numbe number of ot men r returning from the thc gold m mines In the thi nest et and s Salt J- J I Lake ke uk e First persons w t s o 0 n m hive hate met on our r Journey They r sere ere all 1111 well Hell armed armell S I Lo Leal Hammonns Hammon was ns born m ill Holmes county Ohio In 1821 and joined the tho L 1 L D I S 5 church earl In his youth but not como come to unlIt ho va was about 30 old ol There Tl sere were nera ore Id 10 children born in h hit family He lie was ens active ethe In hl all the of or the tho early earl arl pioneer life ht eber county until the thc winter sinter of c bS bo when he went with about t 30 10 other othe families to settle Bear Dell Lake tape alle D J his hs hisson hison son who was born In 1859 recalls that during the hardships of flitt th till It first winter the tho eo to t boiled wheat to keep S cep from In l as they had e haust thel supply of ot Clou flour and halloo hal had no way to grind thel their wheat the next summer a a n band hand of or 0 marauding Indians who nho were ero ot othe the warpath heading for Cor a I with the CheY c nn es In a slopped near ner the Bear Boar Lake settle settle- settlement ment and anil demanded food Capt tin In Hammon who nho was nas bishop find and acted a as leader In the community gays g the Indians a n beef beet and l fl them until they went on east cast In Ina Ia I a year Rr or two t the lee le- leI I tUI nod and settled ettl d In Hooper In n 1867 The Tho captain lived hood theto th until 1880 1385 when he ho went to Id ho and settled In the tho o rl river riser er vane valle v he ho died In 1834 |