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Show John Tanner and His 386 Shardon Jail for the don't know as Family simple sum of fifteen dollars and be locked up. I family or mine was ever told of it before. But either his that shows the ups and downs in life. Brother Amasa and I went to Far West by the help of a friend. (Jared Randall, Nathan's brother-in-law). Father and family left Kirtland with a borrowed team, and had only one old broken down stage horse, and an old turn pike cart, a cag of powder, and $7.50 cash. The old wagon broke down on the road. His little daughter (Philo was buried on the way before he reached Far West. Brother Amasa and I reached Far West in the fall of 1837. Here we met Brother Sidney and John and their families. Here we had to begin melia) died and without month, of and go to Fort Leavenworth and work for $10.00 per was the only way we had dollar to buy an acre of land. means $16.00 and board ourselves, This or raising a Here everybody was trying to live and gather the comforts of life around him. All seemed to prosper and be happy. At this the mob began to howl as usual. The Saints must not be allowed to prosper no, never. Coun Vanburen and West from into Far were Clay, Ray, moving People to considerable note. of became a Far West and began Many ties, place buy up land and build in Davis County. But the mobs grew worse and - They undertook to prevent our voting at the polls in Galiton, by force, but our old friend Butler of Spanish Fork, with a hard stick of timber, dealt a few blows right and left that settled the matter at the time. Then the mob gathered and burned houses and drove the Saints out in the night from one place to another. I have picked up women and worse. in the night in the brush to save of the mobs. We were obliged to go lives., keep and fetch in the families that were scattered, or in the out settlements, and guard those we could not fetch until they could be brought out. This took a good deal of guarding. I have stood picket guard in the storm and held my horse by the bridle and my rifle in hand, when I feared I children that their were or should never see I remember daylight I came sulking (skulking) out of the hands another riding rising one but must perish at my post. chilly night about forty miles, and sun cold to a farm house that was deserted. I went to see at if I anything that would satisfy my hunger. I found an old seed cucumber in the garden that had been frozen and thawed, and settled down to half its ordinary size. I made a fine breakfast of it; I thought it could not be better. At this time Brother H.S. Eldredge and his brother in-law, Chase, arrived from Indiana, Brother Harris was sick and made his home at my place for a time, and my wife cared for him as a friend. He had a fine pair of horses that he put in my care as he was not able to ride or look after them. This enabled me to do good service in gather ing the poor from Davis County and also in defending our settlement. This occupied my whole time. Brother Sidney Tanner, Jacob Gates, and George Grant, and myself rode side by side with Captain Fear Not, till could find |
