John Tanner and his family

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334 John Tanner and His Family came to Utah in 1852 in the T.C.D. Howell and Rebecca states that walked most of the way she Company, across the plains to drive the helping sheep.' She would have been The family years of age. eight worth A few of her observations during the trip are noting: The Sweetwater is a very crooked stream. One day we forded it 12 or 14 times. There was a heavy emigration that summer, both of Saints and gold-seekers. The cholera was bad, but we didn't get it in our company. There were fresh graves all along the way for miles. In one place the wolves had dug up a body it was by the side of a grave. The men got their shovels and buried it again. - When camped there one killed a buffalo and to drag it into took oxen Sunday. camp so we could all see it. I remember that the meat tasted very good. There was a large pile of wagon irons there and we thought there had been a company of emigrants killed by the Indians, who had burned the wagons. we came The to the foot of the mountains we men It was a hard trip across the plains, 1,000 miles from Missouri to Salt Lake. On September 11, 1852, we reached Salt Lake. We came right on to Provo and stopped. Father did not like Provo, he went South on horseback. When he reached Payson he liked that place, 8 so he came back to Provo and moved us over. Another interesting picture of her early life is Estella about the year 1854 or 1855: When I given by Rebecca old, late in the summer, father was going early patch of wheat. They would harvest it and divide it up to last them until they harvested the late was about 10 years to Provo where his father had an Mother went to a sister and asked her if she would lend a pint cup of flour to make porridge for us children until father got back. She had fifty pounds of flour but refused to lend us any. Mother felt badly to think she would refuse it. She went to another sister who had about a six-quart milk pan full, and asked her. She was glad to lend it, and more too, but Mother said that would be enough till father got back. wheat. The lady that refused to lend the flour left the Church and joined the J osephites when their first preacher came along. She went back East. Those who hoarded their food stuff and refused to divide when necessary never prospered.