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Show .te the!lI tUl')ned t,t') t::l nor 'Ii .e,st,l V:r:)1;.t ';:i",} M).' v\>per Be ·t"l1t...n· ·to t"h0 n rth r.'1i3bj,nt.j t.l loy/er ce.r VIA. ::tf) GJ':l' e amp e d n tor igh at th ede of he u)per T.lly. ,a tl.l:r.( fj\,y, C 3;...1:' ter.:her G, we IOtnrted fJ":<,rly and i:r:r"" e=lou in n n )l-.th fZ;' G t o.i r·\(Y ion over 19b. moun t(:1,";'tJ,01U (lOlm-tl'"Y dc'ti t"-\ te of \' .J. ter for t;1 lo r:i VII'!) fr.>11owed, . e (,H?J lec canyon th.? t .: ·:.JJ1oky Hollo-:: mtil W strucJ<. t 1e· IS'·nil. c:* 'f"' cr \;'e WT!t noun io .he I.loil1.A(; w..:H,nlfe Ci1cll,.,.v:tlle WQ.1l ".ltert!, l"ds 1:"Ullt, and c:npcd 'here ''o:r the nj.ght9 Cl,fter fol1o-:,lfint; an 011 In(1it...l1 tl't;,il. S md).y, \10 travelod 01 : t f v m"lea to 1her.o 'the ·oast. fo"k ot the a"'\7'ier River C01.m!) out f ths: \ C wI. yon. f'ollot' 3d tJ.l0 east fork fOl· twelvo or f.ourteen 1:1iler; .: f3 i# ue ea",... t. !or ":t 11x-ge 0 'Io.reara come e in from the north '.n.(l forme a junction wi th th etet 1"oz'k whioh ccmoc fror.4 tJ.c 30ut1:"... Ai;':. t.e j mc t z on 'therf)· 1m &, large 'l)ottom five mile$), in ext en t cOT0red. Ill;' th can. "al1d eo ar se graf.H3 c,dght or tr..n ft:et high Ws tlJ.rned north un tl i atrem, \"lttich VIta named otter Creak because of two o/t-ter tVf.; killed in it. Wt;2 ·trav!led aor:J' disiiru:mce a.nd f campe d whee o: sm11 tl"e@.m ·th west emptied into Otter Creeko I fro)1l l M01'lciJ we continued. our journey'up Otter Greek to the north until we came to S07ne small crec]. whioh joined. f1"'eJItM the we st Hertl we xound & beut1ful gove of red cedar, situato1 upon a lOVG.Y r '"!9' \l\.l'nomt meadow 0 enchanzed hy thit; scene, vlhich WJd.S ne 1 to me Th at ream had a p Loa aan t appea r'ancej i tg course was often obs t r lctd 'by bea rel" damq and fi:!h were found in great number-a, hou1. th. re wer"o:.# 60 many n t e Lo pe ill the that w'e WtU3· w.lrdly ever vCI.l1ey qut of t. of taem, ve paid li··tli ale ttention to them for 1e did. ncr 'wish to dischrge our gtm0 or build fire for fea of bing disoered 'by Ind.i&Uls or aeme lurkil').g foe" At this point. we lost th .traj.l vle had o een follcrr.rir!g all the I (I.h.1.'Vc been told way. a.in(;f that thn'a 1)Na an old gall. mln nea r thie place tht was' work0d ill early. time the so .- ... .. t . . .. .. II' ... .. .. •• It bit . , , CIO . by Spa.niards. September 8 we triveled . the stream up forty rnilcs and pn9ed. Otter C:reek. Ten milee .rrther on we hWf,; to hig}l. rid"ge wjcdeh aeme(l to be lthe divid{;, botween GrJl.$!3 valley, as we ealJ.d it, and ths Sanpete coutl·Y. Here '1f/® d a bt:;;utiful 1:ia'f[f of the who 10 C otm tJ:Y. To the no rth the lo:r'Y ano rnv.j es ti c ]£oun-l; Nab 0 ; to the nQrthwst thCt brokn' mount&dne find l"'QVi11CS through which 11o.l1"1f!l t:.'1e w).,'tere of Sanpe't0; 1";0 t'bm eQ.mt· a high rid!le t·ormin.g thf: rirJ of t.i.1e c'h.'leB.t B..1l.Gbilj 'to' the south the plItH..l,siant Y@.11ey w'e hQ,d the head of . • ' . . .. . .. juaf£ wi th its long t n@.r:row meaq.ow extmd].ng forty mile. ir.iter J ()od view of the su!'roundil".Ig oountry ru1.d. roi;ing th rnoli .vaL.able ·rJ,Q.St'i5S, we eturned on the· same trail. OUI' piilrty wa?S 't?cry agreea"ble on.. Bre. ME-.rti:n®au 'Was m. wt') lnformed man and, his corrverss,"tion wa interes'ting", Samuel !nlil!t had been in the 11a!'"t:lon .Batt&liO:2, and vias exper:tenced in tr,?veling in the wildaQ ·':Je arriv®d lom0 Septem"ber ll· n,fter ·tra"ll'r:;ling ne,9.rly 300 n'lilea" :,' On our' leturn we heard of the :Mountain' Meadow l'J1assacre that h"d junt occul--re"d at UountEi,:in l'1ed.ow, fifty-five !niles to the fCouthw0st. Th$ &ff!'\ ir rt),e to be ret;l'e t td very much, a the who'le blan.e we.a l",.id upon the Church. i'he' t"act of the niat'ce;r was t11,t 'the authoritie of t:.'l@ churoh did not have °anythlng to do with it. H; WlaS b"'ener&11y und.tn·$tood th.t" John D. Lee' ai.1d Isa.o C. Height were the principal culnri tso The· Indint;S) too, were the ones to a.nd start t .. p&ssed "tking ... z_ . I affair. u;rge e |
