Journal of Joseph Fish,1840-1926

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1853 -1- r.4he Brain t lat 'WHfl s own did not do exoeptionally well. lfuny were diccour3ed, let' the ruiasion, and relturned to thoir hm: Oil 1.n the norti'l. Oth0:t'fJ C:11:1e in, and Parowan ·'.1n3 Other gr,'J.du3.11y buil t un 11ll'O noon sottled; C{)(.\p r City 18 rrzlles aou t h , n nd .nt'..: Gooon,h 4'2 mil a north. Vlhon this country VlC;O ottle1, it w:'\s ft, r from t'h"l fl"ontier of othf.lr nottlernant3 in Utnhfl 1Y:30n 'beirj the ncate9t pluCG nn1 oonisting of only thro log hOUSG3_ T.l1 a':n"in.g nd lrUi'T.tCn· of 18 53 opnr1 wl th an Indt an W:'lr.. It cO'm'!"f'r,:meed 1:1 t t(lp.h County whero ecme fa 011!ill whi teo h:.\d ·tftkel1 It<lvan·hQ.sq; of the Indians. The 1ews soon spread Q,nd nee,rly all the Indians joined the' hostile :party, mnking the war gener!'l throue:oui; the lea 1c.n"h , .. n Territory. ,3tP\5 Vlare taken to protQct the people in all the t"'ettlemen'Gs. The (l7t3.1J.cr rlacc$ we re abandone d orts buil t in the , 10.:rger oneo t and tha Terri tory .,,:,ras put under 'T.3rt:iw.l Law, .{\! Parowr.m was one ot, th.e nlain. settlements in the south, th3 people. of P::n·:it.30on''1 moved A wall ot into it. rJud, :brnoh, "'1d stX':);w wac j:mediatly C ornnenc ed which m.s aOl'Jew'hat 111e adobe vihen !t Wl3.1J six feet ·t'hick on dl·Y. the boi1t011.L and t'iYO and a hlf feet thick a t the top, tvU)lT feet hieh, a T:Jile long, and nlot';od. cne oqU::l::'a :rr.il of la.nd. G:).tc were left O three nidos. This s r.l very hoavy tax (fm tha J?6o!,)le, and took the zoree tio to comlcte it. T:1e peo:?le of Parow::nt were 1)11d!3T a n1.1ita:r.y ol"irsa.."iizatj.ou@ A/ gur(t was ke,t rea:'..tlta.rly dgy and night. Th( s t o ek was a 11 herded and correl1ed t:lt night inside the sque,r". Everyone going out to work "Hent arrsed _nd. in tlont?aniad3. 'rhts !lte of 'thini!s lasted bl)ut two year3 and reta.1':'j_ej, all im_p::-ove!!)ent3.. It might b1'3 said t 'b::::t no growth tOJk 111ac in l?arowa,n as lonrs all! this lndi:a.n trouble lasted These prec!lut:ton:3o ·hoyrever. :?reFJt3rved the :pople from any Lo ea in lif or property on.accotmt of ·the Indians. Seveal lives were loat in the no:t"thrn :o.a.rt of the Territory. In -te spring of 185t1 'rn';! sister, :SetQY Jl3.n3, 'V.g nJ1Arried to John A. ':\loot, :md few dy$ lat"l'" he st::trted on a mission to the Sand"71:i.ch Ilands. J"o11.."'J C. L. S:roith :u.ttGndd the 'District Court held F'l1 lrnore he took .siok e3rly in the wil'ltr of whre ! When partiF:t.l1y roo"vered h.e .rturmd hornet 1)ut took wo r se :and dIed 'mt 11 P. Mo Decmber 301 1855. He was :-:ather 31im in "build. but qui to ts.ll, 6 feet 11 inches. and was 33 ye:'ll."s old. Hs \lIm,s a ptfblio-spiriied man ond he.d "f/orYred hard co make stnrt in this new ulac$. HG Ao Smith an1 ho had just erected 11 vry lar1e flou:- mill about four stories hig.h and ci3.1culated. for i;'wo Tuns of stone:). A.1so he mao president of the atak Old was much .beloved. He \'1319 an enGrgetio. rrm in 911 p_i" tiS business and Q. al()ua l.ttl!r Day Saint. _tas a()JnBel1ors s,t 'Ghit-1 time were James H. JEartine').u and Jas3j1!j No 3mi th. The Lo na of Pre3ident Smj. th waa d.eeply flt and mourned. 11is funoral tok nlscs tha next ,8Yf Ja:.'luary 1. 1856. William H()rno D:amc wu::s a.ppointd. ]?:r011idont of. the P::arowan Stake early in the e3r 1856 and ohoso tor bio cauncillaro ·C. C Fendletcn and :rene l·,. bmi'th. 111a.r1::r in t'his year l'lnd soon after Ern. D{;U?1e W'eyS appointed un E.lders f'1uoru:n wn.S org:?nized. uits a number of thG young men 1Y(;:}'re ordained Q)ld.o1.'rl nn·:i Jqoepn K. Para;mo:r.e 'Was appointed I waf! ol'(\fd.m;d arl Gldar/1:>y :Bro. 1r 1'0 of the quorum. \\1ti. tney a.nd othf3rs the 11th of :Me..rch, 1856 u The reformu-cicn, as it· nns (1alled, omnnsno-n(i m,th U$ in the fall ot 1856 and. con tinued throuzh thlJ w'il1tt)r. Yuch p:reaohing 'Wtd tton®, eVltu"yone wa-a ra 1>aptized o.!ld the Saint3 w.n· er..lira<1 ·to o1)nel've th& ' D,W13 0'" God. ,!lore fully 41' ]':).ch l)'lraon 'tV:].!; Qa:h,chized by the Bia lOP .. , .. . • . t IB55-185 0 -- I . . president . .. .... - (/. 'l,t;,y" liM 1 ,y;