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Show 18S7 p.fter .Jhortly v'l"hicl aft. :1' thi2 :r took th hl·d ro tl.bout a !llonthp :i.n til gQther potatoo6; etc. the nn \zter of militia hr('jueh morQl I o.eaiated my :f>lther oar", of ,:ovemJ "r 't , .185? we had "' diotrict. I! th tme'ttlHt etat of ffflir· nd. th.c :nlitural exo t t smerrs t11!il.t is at; ndcd bj @..11 such Gr'IYm'lflS # th6i]® in Q new country. th @v.)ject of schools wa :almost fort)otteno Good. te\cht:r were hard .. ... t,,11d t 1 y h,t)..d e o much to look ft(')r ':;ht ·to g thoy did not wish to be confined to th sChoolrocnn. To rmedy tht;u rnD/ttera I'rctJ. Thm conalu .et to cll & ooupla of persons mz missioDPrics to Ono Sunday. he laid th mubjot ·'.i.fOr0 thf.l poople 1nd $(1) school. co.l1od ·',illie"it.d l)v"" 'lport .and mys01f to to,ch echo o L durin@; the ;,. \'i/Q6 very much \yini;cr. ,astonimh$<l !at this, m.Sl I Wf"S so young and h"'(.d ouch lim! t!d @dUCG4tion and experiE nce .tm.venpox·t was two yOl"S oldel1l than I. HO·\'Erver, we' took hold of the wOl"k and got lOl:g qui t(" 'rel1 fOI" l:1oye. 7v' c.ona'ni!mcGl!d our echo o L th 30th of liovomoor f 1857. Luring thi6 term I hm.d qui te Q lxml)ex' of pu:pile older trmn l'rlyoelf, and I formed laQ'cing ttachmn·ts to rJan:t> of the .. . , . pupilo JallU&ry 8 1858 thre of t..tJ.0 'twelve &po6tle:s Wle he re e oonaid0red it uit a. tI·S(;).t. pre,.chod to ue Junuary 12, '.. , , and. 1858 Beayer nd returnd on the 18tho During this v1intr the settlemont at Sal") Bernardino, O,o.li1'o rn La iJ13,B aban oried by th Sain t, rnot"Jt of them :returnir.lg to Ut1.hCl A numbez- of men and telj;until f'r om th flotrtheI'n Qljettlewtint in Utth wen out to Wt;et.&.nd @.e:3it them and protect them from the Indj.filI.l'lS, who a t o Le stock fl'om all tr).veler8 whenevar thy got a chance. free", !I.:;;tlil wen t aout h t o look oJl,fteI" th pe op Le who w-ere corning in from CliforlJia .rld returned on tht'& nh. of February acc(mp6tf1i0d by Josph F. Smith from Salt Lako City. Unon their arrival mot or the SQint$ from California ioested at Eei.VeI·, a nd a f(w stopped in the other sttlement. Some' soon becw.:me disa& tit5i'ieQ., and re·turned to Cal:tfol'ni$\_ tE"hil5 winter W.$ an evntfl.ll one to th® paopl of Utah. While the pe op Le in the Sou",h we z-e exploring and Julj eting the ;3&ints 'from California, tllO$$ Ln lhe lor 11 were busy fort1fyil1g the PS$.8fHUl and checking the 8J7'(f)y. Early 1 the er1n8 Thorna L. Kane pamBed through here on hi$ way to ;alt Lak. Cit yo He arld t he othel" cm-nmiot::iionea"s carne to .sA conrpromiSlc f and the &t!'my came into th vall®·y. Fehruary 19, 1858 I wnt to Beaver :od' rfJturned. on the 22mi. February 26 we had a very excellent cbncrt put on by our local taent., 1rch 1, 185·1 3trted to Beaver for the purpoee of taking up & piece of land to nke farm& but on rriving I could not find a piece thrA t sui ted me, so I rented one :f'1.'01"J :ill. i. ThorrTson for th so aaon and wen t to v{Qrk fencin.g, :plow:lng, etc. J)'!J.Y'in my jta.y at BGaver my team would tr&y off QCrOBS the river which was quite high; and I wa frequently complled to ford th river, after wlich I wont wet the reat of ·the day_ II formed rny a;cqu,i.ntnce while at Bcaver 2TnOng them Sai11ts from C&11forni3), who :i:1"e, improving the Land here. Among them rras ]qther Shephe:rd an old man who rved in ·the \:!t;ty-·,)of 1812. Mro Comznal "vas'$. great m:tnger. lire Smith'ltatJ He petrified n nent of eggs nd soon af"ter medicine. pract.in !Jtarted to v'rQshiX1gton tlJ tke out <:it. patent, but '!NaB never hCrlrd from fterw@.rar;. Another nw, 1Jrrivm.lt c. Vio Wa:'tndl, ma.a.{9 hinlself quit I want '0 , .. . ", .- r .it { |
