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Show - 10 - missing herdsman, and as soon as practicable a sear ~ h was instituted for him. He , too, was discovered wounded , stripped to the waist and unconscious, and having lain the snow so many hours in this condition, exposed to the cold, he was well-nigh gone and his resusciation and final recovery was more difficult and questionable than that of his companion. (This was Andrew Twiggler , whose death was recently announced in the . N Pfle) . He was placed under the care of Henry Smith , while Elder Day nurse the wounded herdsman, Richard Welsh , and by the blessing of God both were restored to l~e, Twiggler , who shoulder blade was crushed, was cripped for the remainder of his day. Word was now s ent to President Young about the conditons of affairs, and in the meantime a strict watch was kept from the four bastion which had be en hastily erected at the outbreak . The dazzling snow made a hard duty, and the eyesight of the sentinels was injured in some cases permanently. They also suffered much from the cold but the watch was kept unbroken for a month when relief came from Salt Rake in the shape of a hundred men sent to bring the suffering men home. Captain Cunningham who headed the escort, paid a visit to the Indians to ascertain the state of their feelings . They at first showed signs of hostility b u t being informed that the Missionaries were about to leave the country and would leave their provj_sions for the Indains to ascertain the state of their feelings, except w:.1 at was nesscessary for the journey, they were immediately reconciled and the party returnAd in peace . As the missionaries had lost their teams and wagons they were oblig e d to tramp through the snow over the four hundred miles that lay between them and home, amking their bad at night upon the same |
