| Show THE EARLY NATIVE AMERICANS TOOK CARE OF THEIR OLD AND USELESS Wilma Morley Despain 683 North Main Street Alpine UT 84003 Professional Division Third Place Anecdote In the early Spring of 1898 some thirteen wagon loas of Pioneers and their furnishings left Koroni Utah They had been called by Brigham Young to colonize gn early Nevada settlement All were very early UTAH PIONEERS There were orleys Blackhams Whitlocks Bradleys Windows Rupes Jensens Nickolasses and Funks They were led by their Bishop and Moroni Town Marshall George Franklin Morley Sr 01d Humbug an Indian Chief in earlier years knew he vas losing his best friends and he wanted to go with them Bishop Morley and Counselors tried to reason by telling him neither he nor his aged mother could stand the long journey Humbug would not give up Squaw Mother ready to go to Happy-Hunting Grounds anyvay But Humbug would not consent to stay nor would he let his young squaw wife go with young white men Many were the tongue lashings Humbug got from all sides but they could not get him to unpack Humbug knew his poor mother could not survive the long journey He became angry and unruly before the leaders so in the night he cunningly quietly took his nother and secretly buried her in sage-brush just outside of Moroni He chose the spot where Moroni Cemetery is now He left only her head and arms exposed Then he tantalized her by placing food nearby but not near enough for her to reach it The day before the wagon train was to leave Mrs Windows prominent mid-wife and doctor of sorts went to say odbye to old Mary She became suspicious when she did not find her in Humbugteepee So she asked Mary Jane Bradley to go back with her to look for Old Mary They found her all right but she was so full of infection from insect bites and so dehydrated that they could not help her They stayed wWith her until twilight and just as dusk came down Old Kary ded 63 |
