| Show killed several persons injured They were then somewhat impeded as repairs had to be made to their wagons Each morning and evening at the sound ofbugle the company assembled to receive instructions Sometimes they held dances on the green grass They laughed and sang the songs of Zion as they walked beside their wagons only the sick and small children rode Sundays were reserved to rest and to hold their religious meetings They saw few other people mostly Indians traveling across the valleys or small bands who approached their wagons--all apparently friendly After stayingfew days in Salt Lake where Andrew had the extreme joy of meeting President Brigham Young and other church leaders--and being amazed how much he understood the Madsens moved to Kaysville arriving there with one dollar among them--and found very little work Andrew tradedsmall cookstove foryoke of young steers his portion of their outfit then moved to Brigham City where he worked ascarpenter for the winter receiving twelve bushels of wheat and his board for the winterlabor Another adventure had begun In mid-December they learned that their mother Bodil and brother Christian had arrived in Utah and that while traveling with the Hodgettoxcart company their father had died and been buried at DevilGate Wyoming early in November duringfierce blizzard This came ascomplete surprise since they had not heard from their parents since leaving Denmark Niels Peter brought Bodil and Christian to his home in Kaysville--a dugout andwagon bed--where they spent the winter In the spring they all moved to Brigham City where they joined Andrew Mads who had remained to complete family affairs in Denmark arrived early in the fall withwagon andyoke of oxen Together with Mads Andrew builtdugout which they lived in during the winter The Madsens were together again Happy to be reunited with all of her children some |
