Identifier | genteel_gentile |
Title | The Genteel Gentile, Letters of Elizabeth Cumming, 1857 - 1858 |
Creator | Canning, Ray R.; Beeton, Beverly |
Subject | Utah Expedition, 1857-1858; Frontier and pioneer life; Polygamy; Letters |
Subject Local | Cumming, Elizabeth Wells Randall, 1811-1867; Utah War, 1857-58 |
Description | Letters Elizabeth Cumming wrote to her sisters-in-law describing her adventures accompanying the Utah Expedition from the Missouri River to the Salt Lake Valley in 1857-58. |
Publisher | Tanner Trust Fund University of Utah Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. |
Contributors | Series Editors: Cooley, Everett L.; Madsen, Brigham D.; Tyler, S. Lyman; Ward, Margery W. |
Date | 1977 |
Type | Text |
Format | application/pdf |
Format Creation | Digital images scanned at 8-bit grayscale on an Epson Expression 836XL flatbed scanner, and saved as uncompressed TIFF files at 1300 x 1000 pixels resolution. Display GIF files generated In PhotoShop. |
Source | The genteel gentile : letters of Elizabeth Cumming, 1857-1858 |
Language | eng |
Relation | Is Part Of: Utah, the Mormons, and the West, no. 8 |
Coverage | 1857-1858 |
Rights Management | University of Utah, Copyright 2001 |
Holding Institution | J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
Source Physical Dimensions | 25.5 cm x 20.5 cm |
Source Characteristics | Printed Hard Cover Book |
Scanning Device | Epson Expression 836XL Flatbed Scanner |
Resolution | TIFF: Vertical: 740 x 1000 pixels, Horizontal: 1300 x 1000 pixels |
Dimensions | Gif: Vertical: 740 x 1000 pixels, Horizontal: 1300 x 1000 pixels |
Bit Depth | Text and Images: 8-bit (grayscale) |
Scanning Technician | Clifton Brooks |
Metadata Cataloger | Clifton Brooks; Jan Robertson |
Call Number | F 826 .C98 |
ARK | ark:/87278/s6xs5tn5 |
Topic | Frontier and pioneer life; Polygamy; Letters; Utah Expedition (1857-1858) |
Setname | uum_ttb |
Date Created | 2005-04-20 |
Date Modified | 2011-04-07 |
ID | 329269 |
Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs5tn5 |
Identifier | Page 048.gif |
Title | Genteel Gentile, page 048 |
Description | cxprcss~on that beamed upon the countenances of Jnn & Petty when they saw us m the early mormng Havmg eaten nothmg smce breakfast the day before, and slept on rocks with the beautiful starhr canopy for our only blanket & counterpane, you may perhaps have a famt ,magmat,on of the honest en- ergy w,th whxh we performed that most respectable duty of eatmg to hvem ~-Breakfast over, I sent the boys back to pull the wagon out of the drrft Takmg all the mules ht a picket rope, they proceeded with prarseworthy cautlon~~~~-We wated untd pai~nce grew tired of bang a vrtue I geologlzed among the puddmg stones-chased a squ,rrel, sauteled around, wh,le my fnend took a nap w the men did not come back There was no excitement-no Mormons-no lndnns Suddenly, there appeared upon a nelghbonng emmence a tall, he lookmg man, mount?d upon an elegant horse-and armed Cap a pemd,ratrng by his manner that he dewed to have a ionference Co1 Kane advanced, p~tol m hand to the conference The horseman placed h,i hand upon his holster, as ,f he would g,ve a gentle hmt that two could play at that game Horseman Who are you,-Kane gives his name, & asks, who are yr,-Horseman Who ,i your frendy-Kane Are you alone?-Horseman No, I am surrounded by friends- Kane Are you m command?-Horseman No-Kane I will commun,cate web your off~ccr+Horseman Let your inend remam where he IS till I return 50, ai in duty bound I re- mamed, restmg upon a p,le of carnage cushions Suddenly, I heard the ,nwtai,on to advance Meantnne Jrn 61 Petty had come up w,th the wagon Soon we met a band of mosL splen- 48 |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | The genteel gentile : letters of Elizabeth Cumming, 1857-1858 |
Setname | uum_ttb |
Date Created | 2005-04-14 |
Date Modified | 2005-04-14 |
ID | 329207 |
Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xs5tn5/329207 |