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Show 352 FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. CHAPTER LII. Accidental Shooting of my Son- in- law My Opinion of Early Colo-nization by the Saints I go on an Exploring Trip I Find the Land Described by President Young I Endeavor to Make a Pur-chase but Fail. WHILE doing the assessment work one of my sons and a son- in- law came from Salt River to help me. My son- in- law, John Brady, shot himself accidentally by dropping a pistol. He died of the wound and was buried near the camp of Saints at Ascencion. Brother Jesse Steele was at the camp at the time and helped to nurse him. He lived eight days after being wounded. Death was caused by the bursting of an artery that had been slightly wounded. This occurred in the night time. We were watching as usual but no suspicion of the bleeding existed until he was too far gone to recruit when the bleeding was stopped. This was hard on me as I felt toward him as a real son he having always shown me much kindness. During these four months I often visited the camp of the Saints at Ascension. The first time I met one of the brethren of the com-mittee he asked me what I thought of their proposed land purchase. I said that I believed that it would be a failure. When I was asked why, I related all about our first investigations and our report to Brother Brigham, saying that I believed we reported the truth, and that if the present efforts succeeded it would prove our reports false. This was looked on more as an insult than as information. I was told that conditions had changed since the |
