OCR Text |
Show ' 'X " ' '" 'RE'VDEZVOUS AT THE ELKHGS!VfVER : i c , 'A 1 The elk Horn River was the first great obstacle in the path . - '. 1 of Th'E Pioneers, but the problem of crossing it was met with ' K TYPICAL MORMON RESOURCEFULNESS. A ONE-WA&GN RAFT WAS BUILT AND ' PROVIDED WITH LONS ROPES ON EITHER END. A SPAN OF OXEN ON CUE ' ' V SIDE OF THE STREAM PULLED THE LOADED RAFT ACROSS, AFTER WHICH A "j !:-'-. i? ": V SPAM OH THE OPPOSITE SHORE PULLED THE RAFT BACK AGAIN ij 1 kX i ,V FOR ANOTHER LOAD. THE ADVANCE WAGONS WAITED AT I ' . - t Av 1 tie Slh Horn camp for the strasolers to come up. i f I' V' l HER THE LEADER, BRI&HAM YOUNB. ORGANIZED THE t-A . '?V- '. : EXPEDITION AND ESTABLISHED RULES AND ( it I'C'-iXAvi ! ri"n iTrv regulations which would insure safety X x ': . I vViXVi.HuVi Vv'F- x AND EFFECIENCY ON THE LINE OF MARCH. . 1 |