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Show 138 John Tanner and His Family performances it can scarcely be doubted that he responded to the distress call of this member of the First Presidency with whom he would travel to the Great Salt Lake. In the absence of any evidence, the author, nevertheless, is to venture a calculated guess that John Tanner did in fact furnish a team of horses, or a wagon, or at least an ox, as part of the outfit to convey the church leader to his destination. And for good measure, he threw in a thousand pounds of com and a few sacks of potatoes. going It would be disappointing to all his descendants, have been to John, himself, to learn that this generous as it would pioneer, be cruel act of fate, had been unable to round out his life of giving by this last gesture. He had spent the last sixteen years of his life in the service of the church, and there is no doubt he was permitted to do the thing he loved to do so well. cause of some Chapter Eleven - Notes -Roberts, Comprehensive History, vol. 3, pp. 40-41. Also note on pages 58-59. 2Jenson, Church Chronology. sWinter Quarters Manuscript, December 20, 1846. 4Nebraska Manuscript, September 6, 1846. 5Volume 2, p. 802. 6September 12, 1846. 7Nebraska-Florence-Winter Quarters Manuscript. HOC. Of the four thousand who wintered there in 1846-47, approximately six hundred died during the winter. "Cutler Park Manuscript" gives names and information about 374. 8"Nebraska Manuscript," August 21, 1846. 9Vol. 2, p. 799. l°Elizabeth's "Reminiscences." IlFrancis M. Lyman, "Reminiscences." 12This book in possession of Patience Thatcher, great-great-granddaughter of John who resides in Logan, Utah. 13John Tanner Family furnishes birth and death dates. 14"Cutler Park Manuscript" contains specific information about deaths and burials. HOC. 15Eliza Partridge Lyman Journal. The child, Don Carlos was born July 14, 1846, and the quotes cover a period to December 12 when the baby died. Stillman Pond buried a wife and six children at Winter Quarters. This was attributed to scurvy. (Mary Jane Mount, Journal, p. 17, original, Special Collections, U of U Library). Mary Jane gives a good description of scurvy. Some estimates of infant mortality in Winter Quarters for the two years 1846-48 run as high as 20 percent. 16Jenson, Historical Record, vol. 8, p. 893. This is from the chapter "Joumeyings in the Wilderness." 17The letters are in HOC. They are reproduced in the appendix. 18"Journal History," June 18, 1848, p. 1. - - |
