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Show 1857 -11 ... psases in h(D tO\t:ltrain16 .net plaoeJs of j;·etrc;at t b6eU$e t"tll we re 'lkL.J p1'h)nratiolle t o le""i their home s If force( to leu".;e t)'l'SY 11 t en dod uo "p ... ly th) torah and bUl'n averY':;hing und"lcc..ve th,®' ooun·tr-.r '\)(.,.1'1"0n doe thoy had. found. "t. ·t, l1'or th-s r aS02i, very 11t'l:;1' 'nts 0.01'10 in the -::!a.y of itnpro·fe!;1Cnt. Lu.g;unt 22, 1857 ,Bro. Georg...., A. Smi'h ho l.d .ncctin;; n.nd TJrea.cher.l 11 f,lf. ':r 3, to r®turnillg from the sou.thern eettlemem'ts to St?lt -.lake C1 ty, and ). ft P:l'owo,n the nexf d.Gl.Y. "illia.!"7l H .1:i'Rme, the J>ree5.d.1:n!fj cnurcb officr in ?arov:nan, f"lo, held t o nnk of. colonel 'J1d commanded the IrorJ :l'liili tary District, including every place south of· FtllmOJ:s. "rhe excf t ement .,bout f1b donin( ou homes d.id not run 60 high h r e f it did further north. ;Jtl11, Col. Darne e errt out SJ:les and c ompanf.ea to xplor the ooun t ry so as to be Jlchoroug ly .cquainted wi th fll the pDJSZca r went on aome of the:ae expe df t:tons. .P"uguet 261/ 1851 I sta:rted on an exped I tion to look: at the Th conrpany con vte'Hlt'V'f.rdf) vo,11®y sisted of John Stele, Stephen S. Ih.rt'on, and myself. We left 'l, .r owan ,t Slbout 10:00 Af) MltO we:tlt to the l.s.ke, west 'the of foot than down the Gp, which looks Q if it might have been th® outlet of th l:.l:e at one tim , but now wa e filled up so the wa'te::r appe:!\l"'ed not to have run ·through it for many generatiom. Fl"Ol'n the loweI end of the G.p we traveled no!'tbw9-t; 'for ej.gh·t 'rrd lea where we thought we znight find w.ter nam.!' th surfa,ce. After looking G11.1)out, Vie fo met a hole' four feet deep wi th a 11 ttle vna,ter in it.. ·i.'Je managed t o get & 1i tt_e by 'one holding ano thez-" f.3, feet while he rOfiiched dow 1, "hut we ccu Ld not get aI1Y for our horses. Vle then travelec,- north until bodtime. The next 'rno:rnin we s tzarted. qui t e(.;).rl l trD,'V'eling north, but thcn.ih we fou.nd. plent of grass there were no signl3 of \l ter. 111i9 forenoon we pas s e d r&ei!er.l places where we thought le4l..o_ might be found. As both our horses and ourselves were getting ve'ry thirmty we turned towards the Beav Ri't.rer, and reached it the middle of the aft#rnoon at the POi1'1t where 2.aner;vil1e W£,,.S pfter.'7;;,rdJs buil'i;. h afternoon hm.d b sen very wrm and our -horses wer-e mufrering from WSti'lt of W8.ter. e camped here for the night.. './tugust 28th' vie sta.rted t owar-dc home traveling j.n a moutne'Qst direction. Wa went tlp a· canyon about fi Vet milos, wher we came to some s,mall J.:?pl"ings n d good stock l"ange. Here we found SO@e'l 1r.aplG trees about fi ve inches in diam®terg Vi·hich looked fine as t hey are scar-ce in Southern Uta.h. We named the place Mtl)le Spl,"ings.. After TIli leg in' the SQ2.me direction W' c tme to further t:r.aveling twenty more springs; fterwards k:no\'r.n s Kane Springs about fi.fteen mil&s from Parovlan Here we ca-:nped for the night SUl1d;-y liugust 29 $ we looked about at the f.aLci11 ties of the COlntry, 2n found the springs would do only for watering stock, etc. Vfe arrived home .t al)Out 11'A., M. Our tri.p hud bee'm pleaGnnt, but qui t e herd_ nt the t irne fOI" we epen t &tlmost all 'day a wl all nigllt ? , • .. • _ ..... e J •. - .. ' , , ... .... .. _ _ ... .. .. travelinG and looking at he country. Irn!:ed1ately after this trip I went into the har'vest field to hnrd work. I have often thought that I c;rorkcd too hard for my OYJn I waD seventeen, qute slim, and weighed bout 120 pounds, good. but I cradled with'a reah wighing 180 nd kept up with him all th I cut about ·b.vo {{ores n day, using a home 1"l'ltHle cradle a time4 1i t'tle heavi.er thQ.n cOlrJUcn-'-a ra.ther hG!,rd job for i youth of my , age., September 4, 1857 I started on nother exploring" expedi tion. consisted of jJc:r'1es H. M;artineau, 'b2LlTJuel L.'Vi8!1 1\Iartin nil Anderson, and mY'H!lf. We tr@.'Veled. up Lit.tle Creek C;anyon lmost Our company |
