| Show THE JOSH Elga Larsen Ephraim Utah Non-Professional First Grandfather Josher but one Daniel it In Daniel time Henrie his lean-to rock quite Anecdote early pioneer joke backfired little hadnice this Place Division house with often butcher had prepared for sale to Manti Tean-to fresh meat Utah room built was kept came to get not tu offend some of great on the back which he being of At that timewhite cloth would be hung abovedoor to let people know that meat was availeble Indians was it In those days the Occasionally settlers were careful the red men Incorral nearby pranced beautiful pinto pony Many people had wanted to buy it but Grandfather was tco much ofhorse lover to part with this one at any price One day when the white cloth was hung out an Indian squaw withpapoose on her back came tc get some meat pony happened admiring eyes to of be tied outside the Indian After to buy the pony but he would To his the the corral meat was brave and his This day the Of course it obtained the caught Indian the asked Laughingly Grandfather replied that he wouldnsell it trade utter for the papoose consternation the Indian removed the baby airl from the protesting squawback placed it in Grandfatherarms untied the pony and Ted it away with his scbbing squaw following hin Finally voice caught Jjoking and the Indian Source speechless up with tie man brave already and father attempted that the Indian could have both in no uncertain gutteral tones This is true children happening to their in children the several to explain times that found he was his only the papcose and the pony But answered Mo when me trade life of and so on down Daniel Penrie to later told by his generations Reference is the Renrie Genealogy file kept by family historian Mrs James Chapman 302 East North Manti Utah |
