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Show ,w6 started' qui ie e'lrly going bef'or-o "bl"'ee.k,1)c.r'5t so get over the wost 6f the roa bofore it thtiuod. e dove to usl ,VaJ.le3( l.;1here I arrived: 8.' little' hef.ore'su:nseiie.' Quite a numberof 'i'.;eall s Lad johicd' us tode' y, coming up ',from difforent Ther plac.es. was aonis anow on t,e road. J., N. Smith 'Jr." broke his wagon. tnr;ue tt:'liS ,afternodn We eucceedcd rn getting' ano tner' orie ;eor him troD .! ntopped ,with "J., S. i.1cFate. aro. Burla. Feb. 15. I 3t'l.rted erirlY.' I 'went over 'to B e J N Haywood' or 'breakfast, allltle milo We 'on ove,a through the ano", pushod \1.110h /G found to' be about tv feet deep. 'Our ',pro5ress was qui to slow. Ay son John 1. drove team for s. w. :Jarvis he having two -tGms. The e' were abot tenty wagons alonSa ani eftor n vry hard days tOil. we 'reac" ed'una Vallay in n, scat.tered conditiono I s t.cppe d \71 t 1. Bro. E. 13. rrenney. Thero \';as' a meeting in tlle evenn3 tor the 'purpose ,of organizi:n.g t,he c ompany ,E. A NOb1!;) was choset;i Captain,' S. E. Johnsod Chaplain, L. M. Savage Historian, E. L.' I[aylor end t.1.' H. Jalne" Cai.Jt'ains of tons. lot Smi th ;TInde all of tb e nominat.ions. Bp. Jolm Hunt'ci;l,me in. this' evenlrlg. He,left Snowflalce yest.erday. ,'He., br ought a. telegro.:n '!rom Bro. 1. ,'j,'hq,tcher to Bro. J. N. arid L(.d 8mi't,i1. ,Bro. 'Hunt stated that ,Judge' Howard,' '1ho'was holding court 'at 'st., Johns; hi:td'd1.sm1ssed his case \7hereit"l be was contesting for his aeat as suparvlsdf. to as Fel• l4. " .. , , , , .. .. , , , The defence had stated in their 'answer that Hunt '.J"fas a polygamist. he was no t, when. elected,,' so Howard: s?J.d he wou Ld not entertain ,any case where a l)olygamist was a. par t.y, "espe'cially the plaintiff /for they 'were' all, a SE't of ,outlaws., This' ac t-Lon of the. Judge' e was ext.r-aor-d tnar y .for he, "did not hear, any evidence to' show' '"that" Hun"t \"U:'tS a polYgami'st'., ,Thi$ r·ul1.ns"u: s made general-afal.nat 'all the polygamist,s. All ,that is necessary is tor the e:r?l1o(): to set up in/their· answer ,that the person is, a polygamist and for thin This ruli.ng, surpassed J'efforye S ,of they at e called ou"ttla.wa. 'Enlatld) for he did hear some ,evidence it .t he wi t.ne as e s were bribed.' .sp 'Ii"unt went back the next morning. to .me ef hi$ teanl which was, .. ..... \ , ,doming out.· , ' ,.' Bro. J. N.', and Lot Smith'tind enrly,. expecting "t.o go ',tht"ougb, :t,Q t3,t David b.atcher. 'Bro. Hyrum Cla:rl\: took :them: We 'tt:'!.rted about 10 A.M.» traveling .Ln "'. Febe 16. .. , : ,0.' or · 0. VJilliams started viCini ty to. 'mee.t: Bro., " _ a, nor t Four miles",broilght us to, Trout Creek. V"!3 went .and camped on a dry space among the tall pil1.es. her-Ly direct,ion • about four miles ,W.' c. H0"'rill was cho een Captain' of the guard. He detailed f ourvmsn , t·rlO- to ',;. at-and s.t ,6, time half the night.. prayer v1:S by 3 • .E. ,Johnson." "Ieb. ,17. :'We, got up at. 5 A.l Three'-animals or L. 11. ,(]av;;;,g'ef$,' were missing; :;':;;'1'h1s, detained part of, thQ company a lhort ,t:tme., f;even miles brought us to Mud Springs. We fou.n4 e,.1i ttle snow on "'the' grour.td. we travele about 18 miles 'Loc1ay. We c ampe d among the It, .Ls a high rol.l1ng countr-y, pinea 'where there is grass. Prayer wr.s by S. H.' Rogers. this evening. i Feb. 18. Ty, wife Julia w,a slo! Camp waS aroused at 5 A.M. la.st night. Prayer this morning waS by L, P. Cardon. 'Abov.'t three n ile brought us to a" r-anch t;vhera we ente'red a c anyon, goinG down about four mi l*B This Wa.s' a:, terri ply rough road and some of the had to .he HC1";e W' left be l.d .t o kee p them fro,m. tipng over. 'wa,;;,ol1 the canyon and went up the'· side of the mount-a in , whlch. was ;;.1 hard The snow was about knee deep and Q s t.e ep we had: to doub l e !ob. 'teams. .It was SO,' slanting that it took six or. ten men to hold cacl \7agon fron tipin!7 'ova. We, wer-e. about, all. day, in gotJting up here. Some OJ.' t Joe got up the next hi 11 so our camp was di vi,d{ ' . on ' ' " ' . , •. " . ' , ' good . . '; ' III 'cOfI1pny • I I |
