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Show 186 TEAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN THE FAR WEST. religionists I have ever been among. It seems to be a constant self-sacrifice with them, which makes me believe the masses of the people honest and sincere. * * * * * * 9th.-This morning I was invited to breakfast with Governor Young and lady. On leaving the hospitable house where I had slept, the host refused to take payment for my supper and lodgings, or for the care of my mule. I made arrangements with Parley Pratt's company, to take my provisions and bag of clothes to San Bernandino in a wagon, for " thirty dollars." The day was fine, and We started with, an accession of five wagons, and several horsemen to the party. The town of Payson, or Petetnit, contains one thousand inhabitants, five thousand head' of cattle, one hundred and fifty horses, five hundred and fifty sheep, two saw-mills, flour-mill, etc. It is organized as a city, enclosed with a high wall; the houses are generally built of logs and " adobes," one story high. We left Payson at nine o'clock, on the 10th May, and camped at noon, on a creek twelve miles S. S. W. from town. The country around looks beautifully verdant, brilliant colored flowers cover the plain, and the grass is excel' lent. At five o'clock P. M. we camped before Nephi, which is a large town, containing six hundred men, women, and children; one hundred and fifty men bearing arms, six hundred head of cattle, and six hundred sheep, flour-mills, saw-mills, etc. Jos. L. Heywood; president, Josiah Miller mayor. The Governor and party, were met by the authorities of the city, I was introduced to the old Patriarch Wm. Cazier, who invited me to the hospitalities of his house. Nephi is twenty-six miles from Payson. I attended |