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Show that Johnn was mellowing and she hoped for favorable developments. She even persuaded him to agree to a plan she devised that somehow might in the future take him to visit Salt Lake Valley. It was decided that one of their children should remain in Denmark with her friend, Marie, and travel to Zion with her and her children the following year. Then Anna and Johnn would go west from St. Louis to get the child and Johnn might become interested and want to live in Salt Lake. At least Anna hoped, but of course , she was not familiar with travel conditions in the new territory, nor with the geography of it. Had she been, she would never have thought of such a plan In fairness to each child;- Johnn and Anna assisted them in drawing lots to determine which one would remain behind in Denmark to join the family later. The unhappy choice was drawn by Wilhelmina Cby then eight years old) whom her father often called his "little pet". The sadness of their farewells can hardly be imagined as the father, mother, and five of their children left for the new world and a new home. They traveled via Copenhagen and Liverpool, and sailed on the ship Charles Buck. Hardhips were endured, food rationed, and sickness and death occurred while the family was en route. On 25 March, 1855, they arrived in New Orleans, Louisana, and soon sailed up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Missouri, where they settled as planned. 13 |