| Show NIKKTI Norma Wanlass Manti Utah First Place Chief Walker and his Indians blamed the the deep snow that first winter of 1849 for the epidemic of Red Measles have done if of dreadful destroying later on Mormoni and for What would they they had seen us throwing those hundreds slithering rattlesnakes on the fires part of their meager food supply The day the company reached Temple Hill it began to rain the rain turning to snow by nightfall It snowed level We until had it camped protection offered to get into the bitter cold build cabins the and the to north little side wind shelter and busy feet of on the but our or warmth the hill for covered against The men agreed that there was no way surrounding age eight doorway were the very south four mountains for wood to so the only alternative was to dig dug Orville keep the of hillside Papa began shale behind us Adelia little the depth along against wagons outs in of clay reached age and Al tow carry than to age five helped the rocks think digging about push how the hill and even the away in dirt from It was better cold and wet we While we children rested inside Papa stood back and surveyed the size of the hole and then declared with satisfaction There that ought to keep the five of us out of the storm Now we ll all go down to the crick somethose willows thatgrowin along we But are Papa Papa Adelia protested the and the snows cut bank higher ll go first and pushpath thru with my body explained We soon then found you can follow Al and Orville that to bring any willows back spring we were going to get were behind too me short even holding their arms above their heads as far as they could Mama to come and help Mama had cause along reach and been kinda baby brother so we called poorly in early but she came and helped Papa and Adelia |
