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Show Sugar House Sermonettes by E. Cecil McGavin This is the nineteenth in a sc ries of aificles on the early day history of Bngar House. The series is presented under the sponsorship of Sugar House Camp, Sons of Utah Pioneers. As the unseasoned 'timber of the new wagons continued to break under their great loads the young De LaMare set out to purchase other wagons wag-ons to replace the broken ones. Though his budget had suffered suf-fered many surprises in the the past he succeeded in pur- ble up on the heaviest loads and add more "horse power" as they encountered streams, hills, or other obstructions along the trail. Their food supplies ran short as the hot summer days became cooler and shorter. As they came into the buffalo country they were able to cnasing on credit a neet oi Santa Fe wagons, which were among the best and sturdiest, .of the prairie schooners. During Dur-ing the weeks of delay that followed these unexpected disasters many other emigrants emi-grants bound for the valleys ' of the mountains had overtaken overtak-en and joined the company under the leadership of young De LaMare. To these Mormons he gave most of the unbroken unbrok-en wagons that Captain Russell Rus-sell had made. With other ox teams purchased along the way they were able to dou- sunsist on tne iresh meat of the wild game, catch fish in the streams, and cure the buffalo buf-falo meat against a lime of need when they were not able to secure fresh supplies of the precious food. A.s they approached ap-proached the steep slopes of the Rockies their pace was. slowed tiown much more, until it seemed that they would be overtaken in the mountains by the early snows of wint'-r. Day after day they struggled, forward, hoping that the wagons wag-ons would not fall apart before they reached their destination. |