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Show John Tanner and His 372 Family the Spirit of the Almighty fell upon me, and I arose with great I was happy as I could be. no tongue can tell my feelings. and power; and A few moments before I saw worse than death staring me in the face, those with talked I and of now my hand was raised by the power God, and Indians in their own language. They let go the horses and wagon, stood in front of me while I talked to them by the power of God. They bowed their heads and answered "Yes" in a way that made me know what struggling, they meant. "The little girl and Father Tanner looked on in speechless amazement. I realized our situation; their calculation was to kill Father Tanner, burn the wagon, and take us women prisoners. This was plainly shown to me. When I stopped talking they shook hands with all three of us and returned all they had taken from Father Tanner who gave them back the handker chief and I gave them berries and crackers. By this time the other women up and we hastened home. "The Lord gave me a portion of the interpretation of what I had said which was as follows: I suppose you Indian warriors think you are going to kill us? Don't you know the great spirit is watching you and knows our everything in your hearts? We have come out here to gather some of or harm us if and you father's fruit. We have not come to injure you, came one hair of our heads, the Great Spirit will smite you to the earth, and you shall not have power to breathe another breath. We have been driven from our homes, and so have you. We have come out here to do and so are you, but you good, not to injure you. We are the Lord's people Lord is displeased The wickedness. and murders you must cease your with it and will not prosper you if you continue in it. You think you own all this land, this timber, this water, all these horses: Why you do not own It all belongs to the on earth, not even the air you breathe one injure thing great spirit." - In the latter part of June, 1848, he fitted up five teams and wagons and loaded up his worldly effects, including 18 months provisions and start ed West for Salt Lake, he spent the 4th of July on the Elk Horn. Somewhere 6 on (the trip) between Wood river and Laramie, his grandson, Sidney, lbs. with about loaded of a the 3,500 from old fell wagon tongue years and both wheels passed obliquely over his bowels and body; he raised this occurred on 20 minutes upon his feet, and then fell and expired in of a.m. the 10 on till traveled the 26th day of July. They following day when he was buried near the bank of the Platte River. He had an otherwise very prosperous journey and arrived in Salt Lake Valley on the 17th day of October, 1848 and located on South Cottonwood, about one mile above Union Fort where he built a home, and opened up a farm in the spring of 1849 in the Lyman made a - garden between the two Cottonwoods. In the fall of 1849 he was taken with rheumatism and he was up and down till New Years day 1850 when he was confined to his bed and Survey |
