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Show -2- In those days we gathered greens of different kinds from the sides of the hills; they were eaten very extensively there. Our cooking was mostly done in pots and bake ovens over the tire place; some built what they called rock ovens, where their baking was done. Some of us went barefoot until leather became more plentiful; the women used t o make moccasins out of cloth to wear around the house. The raw cotton was seeded by hand, corded, spun and wove into cloth by the women folks and made into clothes; there were no sewing machines at that time., so all s ewing was done by hand. Nearly everybody had plenty of milk and butter; some stories were told of how people had to eat roots to keep alive but I knew of no one but who had plenty to eat, maybe not much of a varity, but t hey had plenty of what they raised. Barrels made from pine staves with black willow hoops to hold them together, were used to store our molasses in; our dishes rrom which we ate were tin plates, iron spoons and forks. Father was a blacksmi.th; he would take worn out horse shoes and made log chains of them; he made out first plow of wood and used sheet iron for the point. Our bedsteads were made of wood with holes bored through the sides, that we put rope or cord through and wove it back and forth across and lengthwise; we had no spring; we had feather beds in those days on top of straw or shuck ticks, they were real soft too. Our tables were made of wood slabs, but ou~ first chairs were made of lumber, until Samuel K. Gifford came here, and made the rawhide bottan chairs, which we still have today. The first sawmill to make lumber was up in North Creek; above Virgin, t he lumber was first made of cottonwood. OUr amusements consisted mainly of dances, ball games, swings; then we had Lyceums once a week or every two weeks when entertainments of different kinds were staged by the local talent. We used to put on lots of plays. I took part in some. The first school I went to was held in a |
