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Show John Tanner and His Family 398 hawling fead and supliese to furnish the sufering camp on Creek and Brother Heber C. Kimble asked me whair my famely Shuger was suposing they ware there. I said no. I have not sold and did not think of going this season but if I knew you would be hear 2 weeks longer I would go yet. Heber said, If you can be redy in 2 weeks you can go with us. He slaped his hand on my sholder and sed dont let the grass gro under your feet. My father and brother Sidney and Amasa stood by we wair and was surprised to think that I was so shure I could be redy so soon. I went home and told my wife that I had agreed to be redy and start west with the camp in 2 weeks and my wife said we could not do it and wept when she thought of hur little ones and so much to do. But she turned in and helped all she could and I sold my little farm relet my perary job of brakeing, got my wagons redy and the Lord helped me. I did not lay down the last nite but I was redy at the time set and started on my jurny. I was a little behind the camp as they left a few days before I did, but stoped at Richersons Point and sent back after me. The camp organized there and I was elected or apointed comasary for the camp and there and then took in charge such stalk and other property as the camp had to traid or sell and Bro. George A. Smith notified me offishely of my apointment and made quite a speach on the ocasion. I got a man to take charge of my team and help my wife in my absance and started on my erend after a few traides made at our camp. I took about 30 horses and went to trade for cattle, oxen and cows. Old Bro. Huntonton went with me as he sed to help me and take care of his horses. I told him I would be much pleased to have his company but would have plenty 'of help to take care of the stalk. The old jentleman a member of the Heigh Counsil. He had good compeny. He was fine pair of horses in fine cheaping, and he could not move his wagoin out of camp with them, and he was anxious for a traed. We went and worked hard to trade his horses but could not. We sold or turned all the rest of our horses to a good advantag and returned and mad a report to the counsil. I invited him out of respect to age and position to make the report. He did so seting forth our trip and stating our succes in all but his horses and they could not be sold. Bro. Kimble said dont you think if you had staid at was a home that Bro. Tanner would have don as wall with your horses as with others. I don't see how he could. He don all he could and so did I and we could not turn them at all. Brother Kimble said I will propicy that if you will clean up your horses and git them redy while Brother Tanner gits his dinner he will go and fech you 2 good pair of oxen tomorro. Dont you believe you can Bro. Tanner. I can try as hard as eny man, and I am as willin as eny man. I went 15 miles that nite and the nex morning I started back by sunrise with 2 pair as good cattle as we had in camp. The old jentleman was so pleased and haply disapointed he could hardly believe they ware for him, or that they could be got for his horses. The camp then moved on. I then went into Putnun County, Mo., |
