| OCR Text |
Show 1}2 OJ t;r t.'t¥h thE: ptU"pos. of' loeati,ng $item £'l):r tlltUl" ttiQ,.,emg'nts in southern t'ttah. pa:rley l Prt' was chosen a$ the laQdal: lik1d lae v/6:$ '. l' _ assisted by rtilliam W. Phelps and Dav:l_Q. Fullmer."'_ not ontr Pava.nt '-alley lmtil thcr: r,;tttr1 'J) lis czpedi'l:,1oD did. tnl:; to Salt ta;::e Oity in J anu.at';r of 1650 "hN: so < 4£ tll membe:r$ l1;erlt fb;roed· to sPelld the Winte at halk Creek beanse of hea;r,r $ncrws/ The f'ollo-;i.ln ;r:'erpts- from the \lrlting$ of Parley p .. ratt gi\¥e $0111$ !ndijja:tion of bov.r the vall.• 1 «" ·t.raveled eleven mile$ and dsac:.nded into a lo w<!illwter$d vall y (p"'ra11t} o! teadcms nnd oo11 Md e, cpe 'In P:rail1.e C;p<a$k (now Maa<bw eek) a amftll $tia .<'_wb.e.t gravl¥". !bQ $nolf llU a f.oot dUring the rd ep:t deep> n d.dt\1()n to, '.lntt 'llre&c.t" e t,.. M. t4b6d cOVOril'lg r, u._n at Mon and llallOllillg in sno_» grott.'1d.. som.etiin'S 1,lpaltt., 'Or 1w. fae'b (le0p ')1 alrl vad :to g. .ftel" nig.{b 4t Roel( $.ak (now C11lk Creek) ..... e.nd O!lc;1e·d. 'lhe now noll bQ:tng e;.gh'tcoo 1.nen$$ det:\p. I'fQtt0 iolfll :e"omd ;>1 em. ty of cottotl?l)vd fuel, but 'nothing the eattl to eat., e11:'oept a lj:btl b:ro'Je1ng among t,;,10 'W1110't:1S ,abt .. > .. IW ,or- Hi \ ill .;). C{'· l'1" of' Glu!"•u CO(N$ w:io, cto'VJ.d r:.ttO! () shelter for the ani:ei'nls. antl r:l,chl;y cl@thed in btulch &,Tas ud SvT"C '':l()l:1iol'J,g 0 f ', hi r -:,j L.0 1;,11>; 'lf:" enO"i? i l )'(;. c ft L eil.lg t<td ;ps tllY' 'Ott-re, the oatt.l could live,,") Approxbl$tely t,ll(f',nii'Y men lef'\; 'hhc :.tJ.Qin h at Chlk Ore.it £0"' the remainder of the winter and were sue,cta$stul in their"' G.tt. Provo. spring,. The men \tho renu.dned travaUed to Salt tek$ Cfty the tollcWing 6 l!bid. 'Jo Office, pt to reaQh 2!tjf) l-'. '5. :38. p. =cl Salt Uke tH fly" ,1011Ut::r",f ae, lL50, r.. D. S. Church 'tll!tt\c;lIiI:lta P;l.Il+,Q1lTtBh. ' .. 4Ibid_; JanuQ 19, zsse, 5Ibid-., January 21, 16,0'" dem. . |
