| Show bridges as we went We reached the chosen valley November 22 1849 too late to make much preparation for the winter that was upon us We camped near the creek in our wagon boxes and infew days it began to snow coming Soon it was more than down We were forced three feet deep and to seek the shelter south side of the hill that projected Some of the others saints made used tents and choked and tears The recounting voice never see dugouts wagon in boxes out into the valley the hillside for while shelter of these events was painful another flowed winter down such his as still of the his cheeks that hope he went on The men and boys shoveled snow daily piling it into winrows to provide shelter for our horses and cattle and also to uncover the dry grass for our starving animals We even sharpened the horns of our cattle to make it possible for them to break through the crusted snow and find feed for themselves and also to help them to protect themselves from wild animals We lost many of our horses and cattle that winter but it was nottotal loss We gave them to the starving Indians camping near by and they greedily devoured them to ward off starvation Even they had rattlesnakes came from never seen snow so deep It was as if the Almighty God was testing our faith in every possible way Spring of 1850 arrived With the warm weather came new terror crevices in the hill of the saints they Myriads of Hissing their way into the homes wriggled and writhed about in their boxes beds cupboards or anywhere they could get With the aid of pineknot torches we killed nearly five hundred of country rid was the of that not reptiles this in one latest soul was night menace bitten and soon The had the remarkable In spite thing of everything we had endured we all came through the winter in good health There wassigh of relief When the narrative was resumed as and if the crisis was but no it was one madecomment inlighter vein past In August of that year President Young visited us christened our town Manti in honor of one of the notable cities named the county changing the name of Sanpitch to Sanpete To make sure education of our money the for told of in that children erection the of we he Book did Mormon not He neglect furnished school 10 of house part also the of Jesse the Fox |
