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Show BIOGR A PIIIC‘A l. SKETCH 0F l.l.'Cl.\'_l').\ HAWS l'IULDAWAY visions-everything, except what they had to have, to the people. These things helped the people out f or some time. On December 24, 18.48. 1 was married, at the the Indians saw our company they fell back behind a ridge, coming up one by one. They rode along with us for awhile and seeing some buffalos feed‘ age of 21 years, to Shadrack‘Holdaway. age 2e. understand that they wanted them to chase the He was one of the 500 Mormon Battalion who volunteered to fight in the Mexican War. At the The Indians camped with us over night. close of the war he went with part of the company to California. Here he was discharged from service in the army. He was also among the first to find gold in California. Soon after he came to Salt Lake Valley. The following March, 1849, my father and family, together with thirty other families, were called to go south to Utah Valley to settle up that part of the country. I did not go as I intended going back to the States with my husband in May to get some machinery for making woolen goods. We left Salt Lake City in company with thirteen others, among them Brother Lorenzo D. Young and wife and Doctor Bernhisel who was going to Washington, D. C., on business. 'l‘cn men of the company intended to stay at the upper crossing of the Platte River to run a ferry to help the emi- grants across the river. Brother Young and wife. went with us. One day our little company stopped for noon at a place called Independence Rock east of Fort Bridger. After we left this place we found that one of the men had left a lasso at our vamping place. Two of the men went back for the lasso and were followed by seven Indians in full chase. When ,3 ‘ ...~-.- (Mu. fififimfifi‘fluma-nk‘n,‘ .v > . ‘ l .' , . ' ll 'l." ing some distance away tried to make the men buffalo. They did so and succeeded in killing one. During the night our horses stampeded and in the morning all of them were gone. Sister Young and myself had to remain in camp with those Indians while the men went in search of the horses. But the Indians did not molest us except to try to scare us. One of the old men came up to me and caught hold of me as if he would pull me out of the wagon. I picked up a hatchet and shook it at him and would have hit him if he had not gone away. Soon the men came back and we were very glad to be safe again. When the Indians left us they pushed one of the men off his horse and stole it, saddle and all. We journeyed on to Green River. Previous to leaving Salt Lake City we had prepareda watertight wagon box. We ferried ourselves across the Green River with oars in this wagon box. It served a very good purpose. We reached Platte River which we had to cross on a raft. Here ten men of the company stopped to help ferry Saints across the river. Brother Young and wife, Doctor Bernhisel, my husband and myself went on to Fort Laramie which was then an old government station. The second day after we left the. company |
