Brigham Hamilton Young (1824 - 1898) Profile

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British Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971

British Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971.

LR 1140 2 Image 51Priesthood: Seventy Arrival at Liverpool: 9 August 1857

Transcript for British Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, LR 1140 2, Church History Library

LR 1140 2 Image 51Priesthood: SeventyArrival at Liverpool: 4 August 1857Departed: 21 January 1858

Jenson's MSS Bio

Jenson's MSS Bio.

Temple Records Index Bureau, comp., Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 977.343/N1 K29c

Temple Records Index Bureau, comp., Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 977.343/N1 K29c, Page 87.

Temple Records Index Bureau, comp., Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 977.343/N1 K29c.

"Another Pioneer Called Home," Salt Lake Herald-Republican

"Another Pioneer Called Home," Salt Lake Herald-Republican, June 7, 1898.

"Another Pioneer Called Home," Salt Lake Herald-Republican.

"Brigham H. Young," Deseret Evening News

"Brigham H. Young," Deseret Evening News, June 7, 1898.

"Brigham H. Young," Deseret Evening News.

Bullock, Thomas, to Brigham Young

Bullock, Thomas, to Brigham Young, June 26, 1858.

<center>Weber river June 26, 1858 3 p.m. </center>
Dear beloved President 
I enclose you an Alphabetical List of all the missionaries and others now in Camp, bound for Zion, and now I am requested to make out a separate list of the returning missionaries from Europe, by themselves— 
	<blockquote>Andrus James Beck James Berry John W.[,] Captain Bramall Wm. Brown Wm. Browning James G. Bullock Thomas[,] Clerk Clark Ezra T. Craig James Dallin Wm. Daniels Daniel 			Davis Daniel 				Doremus Henry I. 			Ensign Luther 				Evans Richard G. 	 Galley James 				Gates George Harriman Henry Higbee Isaac Hobson Jesse Hubbard Charles W. King Thomas R Lavender James Littlewood Martin Logan Robert Margetts Philip McBride Reuben Miller Robert E. Muir Wm. S. Pace William Page Daniel Peirce Eli Harvey 	Peirce Thomas Pinder John G. Reese Enoch Robinson Peter Romney Miles Roskelly Samuel Roulet Frederick Russell Thomas W. Scofield Joseph Shumway Andrew Smith John L. Smith Samuel H.B. Smith William J. Snow Bernard Stanniforth George Stevens James W. Stewart Wm. Jackson Taylor Amos Taylor George Taylor Jabes [Jabez] Taylor James W. Thomas Wm. P. Tippitts John H. Tomkinson Ephraim Ure James Wilkin David Young Brigham H. Young Seymour B.	 </blockquote>
I have not time now to make out a synopsis of the Camp Journal, but will do so the first opportunity after my return home.
I can truly say we have been miraculously guided to this place, not having seen any of our enemies until to day. We have travelled unseen and unknown, in answer to prayer.
We are all enjoying tolerable good health considering our arduous journey, and all are rejoicing in the prospect of soon hearing your welcome voice again.
Praying God to preserve you from all your enemies, and to spare you many years to guide the Saints on this Earth 
Believe me dear President Ever your obedt. servt.
<center>Thos. Bullock, Clerk of Camp 	John W. Berry</center>

Transcript for Bullock, Thomas, to Brigham Young, 26 June 1858, in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 36, box 26, fd. 5

Bullock, Thomas, to Brigham Young.

Bullock, Thomas, [Letter], Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star

Bullock, Thomas, [Letter], Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, December 20, 1856.

Nebraska Territory 
Arrival of Missionaries from Utah.—News from the Plains. 
Florence, October 28, 1856 
Elder Orson Pratt.



Dear beloved Brother,—I take the earliest opportunity to inform you of my arrival at Winter Quarters on the Missouri river; and will give you a brief sketch of our travels, so that the friends and relatives of the emigrating Saints may obtain the earliest information of them.



On Sunday, the 10th of August, the following persons were called by the Lord, through the voice of His servants, the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to go as missionaries to England, namely, T. Bullock, Bernard Snow, Charles Hubbard, T. Pierce, John H. Tippitts, Wm. Brown, Ezra T. Clark, James G. Browning, George Gates, and Samuel F. Neslin. They were directed to prepare themselves to be in readiness to start by the middle of September.



On Sunday the 17th, Daniel Page, Jun. Samuel Roskelley, George Taylor, Henry Harris, James W. Stevens, Andrew P. Shumway, and Wm. Bevans were also called to be under the direction of the Presidency of the British Isles. On the 6th of September, the above persons received their blessings, and were set apart as missionaries; together with several others who were sent on missions to the United States, among, whom was your brother, Elder P. P. Pratt.



On Wednesday, the 10th of September, the day appointed by the Presidency for us to leave G. S. L. City, Thomas Bullock, Bernard Snow, and George Gates blessed our families, dedicated them to the Lord, and immediately started for Emigration Kanyon [Canyon], and the remainder followed, we met in Echo Kanyon [Canyon] and the camp organized by electing a captain, sergeant of the guard, chaplain and secretary, and we have continued traveling every day until the present time, on an average of twenty-two miles each day, having been most signally blessed of the Lord in being favoured with beautiful weather, with the exception of the 12th of October, when it rained through the day, and until the afternoon of the 13th, when it cleared the road, and caused us heavy traveling for three or four days afterwards; but the heaviest rain was on the 23rd of October. When we crossed the Loup Fork, which was the most difficult portion of our trip, we had nothing but "a dug-out canoe," and had to make many trips for the company with their baggage; the boxes were taken from the wagon, and stripped of their covers, and dragged across the stream; some of the wagons turned over several times, and on the last trip of the canoe Elders Snow, Shumway, Hubbard, and Huffaker, were capsized, by the boat striking on large snag in the river, but they were all-saved.



We have also been highly favoured in not having any nocturnal visits from the marauding tribes of Indians, especially when we consider that about the 9th or 10th of September a company of Unites States' troops shot down fifteen or sixteen Indians, of the Cheyenne tribe in a few days retaliated and killed Mr. A. W. [Almon Whiting] Babbitt, Thos. Margetts and his wife,—Condy and his wife, four of Mr. Babbitt's teamsters who had been continually cursing and swearing at the "Mormons" when they were at prayers, a Mrs. Wilson and her child, and four or five persons from California, who passed through Great Salt Lake City, and swore considerably because they could not get flour from the "Mormons" for their journey, at a time when thousands were living on half a pound of bread a day, and some hundreds had none at all. The Indians also took two women and one boy prisoners, and afterwards killed one of the women, because she could not travel fast enough for them. They were willing to give up the other woman, and a child, to the United States, officers in exchange for an Indian in their possession.



On the 15th of September we met, near Bear river, twenty-three wagons, with over 250 Danish Saints, led by Captain [Canute] Peterson; and fourteen wagons with English Saints. On the 17th we met the advance company of St. Louis Saints. September 18th, we were very agreeably surprised by suddenly coming upon the advance train of hand-carts, composed of about 300 persons, traveling gently up the hill west of Green river, led by Elder Edmund Ellsworth. As the two companies approached each other, the camp of missionaries formed in line, and gave three loud Hosannahs, with the waving of hats, which was heartily led by Elder P. Pratt, responded to by loud greetings from the Saints of the hand-cart train, who unitedly made the hills and valleys resound with shouts of gladness; the memory of this scene will never be forgotten by any person present. We inquired the reason why we had not heard any word from them, and they answered, "We have out-travelled every other company, not one has passed us, no, not even a solitary horseman, so we have to carry our own report, and we should have been here sooner if the teams which carry the heavy luggage could have travelled any faster." They were very cheerful and happy, and we blessed them in the name of the Lord, and they went on their way rejoicing. The same day we met a company of hand-carts, led by Elder D. McArthur; and a company of Saints from St. Louis, led by Elder John Banks, whom we miss seeing, on account of our traveling on a cut off the Big Timber on the Sandy, where we met the rear company of St. Louis Saints; and we were made to rejoice through hearing of the well doings of those we had missed seeing. On the 20th we camped on Pacific Creek, west of the South Pass, near a company of upwards of 650 Saints from England and Wales, with hand-carts, led by Capt. [Edward] Bunker. On the 22nd, a company of Saints from the Southern States, led by Capt. [Jacob] Croft, camped near us. 24th. When we had come to a halt near Independence Rock, 333 miles from Great Salt Lake City, we were gladdened by the arrival of Elder Franklin D. Richards, accompanied by the following missionaries, who were returning to their beloved homes and families, in the vales of Deseret, viz., D. Spencer, C. H. Wheelock, G. D. Grant, W. H. Kimball, J. Ferguson, J. A. Young, J. D. T. M'Allister [McAllister], J. Van Cott, C. G. Webb, W. C. Dunbar, N. H. Felt, and J. McGaw, they were in excellent health and spirits, and rejoice that they had completed the mission allotted to them. From these brethren we learned the particulars of the killing of the Cheyenne Indians by the United States' soldiers, near Fort Kearney, and their subsequent retaliation by their killing those above mentioned. They also blest us with comforting words, to prepare us for the duties that may be expected of us, and to prepare our minds for the trials that await us from a wicked and perverse generation.



On the 29th, we met Elder [Orrin] Porter Rockwell, in charge of seven wagons, four of them having the remnants of Mr. Babbitt's goods, and which he had successfully brought through the country of the hostile Indians; and shortly afterwards we met Elder A. [Abraham] O. Smoot, in charge of a train of forty-two wagons containing among other things a steam engine for President Young, books, and dry goods from England, and some other articles which had been cached or stored away in previous years; he was assisted by Elders Ira Eldridge and Brigham H. Young. October 2nd: I visited a short time with over 450 Saints, under the charge of Elders [Miner G.] Atwood and willies [James G. Willie] with hand-carts, about ten miles west of Fort Laramie. 3rd: We passed, at the Indian agents, sixteen miles east of Laramie, eighteen lodges, comprising the Cheyennes who had killed the whites. As they had killed the number of whites that had been killed of the Indians, by the United States' troops, they were willing to be at peace. They made overtures to give up a woman, supposed to be Mrs. Margetts, or Mrs. Wilson, and a boy, in exchange for another Indian, in custody of the troops. 4th: Elder Edward Martin, with over 700 Saints, as I was informed, with hand-carts, and Capt. [J. W.] Hawkins, with a company of Saints from the Cape of Good Hope, and other places, passed up the river road; we missed seeing them, on account of coming over the mountain road; we lay by half a day, on the 5th to send letters to Elder Martin and others, but our messenger returned without seeing them. In the afternoon of the 5th, we passed Capt. [John A.] Hunt, with a company of 50 wagons, encamped a few miles to the west of Chimney Rock or about 580 miles from Great Salt Lake City; they were tarrying to bury a small child. This was the rear company of this season's emigration, and the last of them who I took by the hand were brother Linforth, from the Office in Liverpool, who desired to be remembered to Elders Pratt, Benson, Calkin, Kay, the clerks in the office, and the Saints in Liverpool.



On the 12th and 13th we had heavy rains, when the weather again cleared up, and we had a view of the moon, when partially eclipsed; for a few days afterwards the road were heavy for traveling, many pools of water remaining thereon, and on the 23rd and the 24th, we had crossed the Loup Fork; the road was still bad, but the remainder of the journey has been as fine and favourable as our hearts could well desire. I may say that we have been blessed by the Lord God of Israel with beautiful weather for our journey; He has blessed us with exceeding good health, not one having been sick a day; He has preserved our animals unto us that not one has fallen by the way, or been stolen by marauding thieves. He has blessed us in enabling us to pass through the barren wastes inhabited by Indians, a few of whom have been shot down by United States troops, while peaceably eating corn, and who were according to their natures and tradition bound by the laws of hounour to send as many whites to the Spirit land as they had lost, and were therefore in hostile array, to such an extent that the Postmaster at Fort Kearney said he dare not send the United States mail, stating it could not go in safety, although escorted by a company of United States dragoons; and although several apostates, Gentiles, and a few traders joined us at Horse Shoe Creek and Fort Laramie, in order to go through in safety; still we have come through in peace, for they had to submit to the laws and regulations of the missionary camp; neither have we had much difficulty in crossing the various streams, except the Loup Fork. Therefore we ascribe the praise and glory to our Father in Heaven for His preserving care over us while traveling across these deserts, and trust in Him to open the way before us for the remainder of our journey.



Pray for us, brethren, Saints, that we may be prospered on the remainder of our journey; that we may soon be with you to help you roll on the cause of our God on earth; that they day may be hastened that the honest in heart may be gathered together from the four quarters of the globe; and Zion built up, and a place prepared that the Son of Man may come and bless his Saints, and reign triumphant over the earth.



 



<center xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">In the bonds of everlasting covenant, 
I remain, dear brother Pratt, 
Your obedient servant in the Lord, 
THOMAS BULLOCK</center>

Transcript for Bullock, Thomas, [Letter], Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 20 December 1856, 811-13

Bullock, Thomas, [Letter], Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star.

Burton, Richard F., The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California [1971], 137-38

Burton, Richard F., The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California [1971], 137-38.

On the road we saw for the first time a train of Mormon wagons, twenty-four in number, slowly wending their way toward the Promised Land. The “Captain”—those who fill the dignified office of guides are so designated, and once a captain always a captain is the Far Western rule—was young Brigham Young, a nephew of the Prophet; a 
blondin
, with yellow hair and beard, an intelligent countenance, a six-shooter by his right, and a bowie-knife by his left side. It was impossible to mistake, even through the veil of freckles and sun-burn with which a two months’ journey had invested them, the nationality of the emigrants; “British-English” was written in capital letters upon the white eyelashes and tow-colored curls of the children, and upon the sandy brown hair and staring eyes, heavy bodies, and ample extremities of the adults. One young person concealed her facial attractions under a manner of mask. I thought that perhaps she might be a sultana, reserved for the establishment of some very magnificent Mormon bashaw; but the driver, when appealed to, responded with contempt, “’Guess old Briggy wont stampede many o’ that ’ere lot!” Though thus homely in appearance, few showed any symptoms of sickness or starvation; in fact, their condition first impressed us most favorably with the excellence of the Perpetual Emigration Funds’ traveling arrangements.
The Mormons who can afford such luxury generally purchase for the transit of the plains an emigrant’s wagon, which in the West seldom costs more than $185. They take a full week before well en route, and endeavor to leave the Mississippi in early May, when “long forage” is plentiful upon the prairies. Those prospecting parties who are bound for California set out in March or April, feeding their animals with grain till the new grass appears; after November the road over the Sierra Nevada being almost impassable to way-worn oxen. The ground in the low parts of the Mississippi Valley becomes heavy and muddy after the first spring rains, and by starting in good time the worst parts of the country will be passed before the travel becomes very laborious. Moreover, grass soon disappears from the higher and less productive tracts; between Scott’s Bluffs and Great Salt Lake City we were seldom out of sight of starved cattle, and on one spot I counted fifteen skeletons. Travelers, however, should not push forward early, unless their animals are in good condition and are well supplied with grain; the last year’s grass is not quite useless, but cattle can not thrive upon it as they will upon the grammas, festucas, and buffalo clover (Trifolium reflexum) of Utah and New Mexico. The journey between St. Jo and the Mormon capital usually occupies from two to three months. The Latter-Day Saints march with a quasi-military organization. Other emigrants form companies of fifty to seventy armed men—a single wagon would be in imminent danger from rascals like the Pawnees, who, though fonder of bullying than of fighting, are ever ready to cut off a straggler—elect their “Cap.,” who holds the office only during good conduct, sign and seal themselves to certain obligations, and bind themselves to stated penalties in case of disobedience or defection. The “Prairie Traveler” strongly recommends this systematic organization, without which, indeed, no expedition, whether emigrant, commercial, or exploratory, ought ever or in any part of the world to begin its labors; justly observing that, without it, discords and dissensions sooner or later arise which invariably result in breaking up the company.
In this train I looked to no purpose for the hand-carts with which the poorer Saints add to the toils of earthly travel a semi-devotional work of supererogation expected to win a proportionate reward in heaven.
The following estimate of outfit was given me by a Mormon elder, who has frequently traveled over the Utah route. He was accompanied by his wife, and family, and help—six persons in total; and having money to spare, he invested it in a speculation which could hardly fail at least to quadruple his outlay at the end of the march: the stove, for instance, bought at $28, would sell for $80 to $120. The experienced emigrant, it may be observed, carries with him a little of every thing that may or might be wanted, such as provisions, clothing, furniture, drugs, lint, stationery, spices, ammunition, and so forth; above all things, he looks to his weapons as likely to be, at a pinch, his best friends:
2 yokes oxen .......at $180 to $200.00 1 cow (milch)............25.00 1 wagon........87.30 1 double cover.......8.50 2 ox yokes......8.00 1 ox chains.....1.50 1 tar-bucket.....1.00 1 large tent ($9 for smaller sizes) 15.00 Camp equipment, axes, spades, shovels, triangles for fires, etc...10.00 600 lbs. flour......25.50 100 lbs. ham and bacon......14.00 150 lbs. crackers (sea biscuits)...13.13 100 lbs. sugar....9.50 25 lbs. crystallized sugar....3.00 24 lbs. raisins.....4.00 20 lbs. currants....3.00 25 lbs. rice.....2.25 1 bushel dried apples....6.00 1 bushel dried peaches...4.30 1 bushel beans....2.00 1 stove.....28.00 Grand total......$490.98

Transcript for Burton, Richard F., The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California [1971], 137-38

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, June 21, 1847.

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, June 21, 1858, Page 799.

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, September 15, 1860, Page 3.

Caleb Grant report

"Caleb Grant report", Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, December 12, 1856, Page 31-35.

G.S.L. City Dec. 12th 1856



The Church Train in charge of Capt. "A. O. Smoot, left Mormon Grove, K.T. on 10th day of August '56, it consisted of 22 Church Wagons, 3 A. O. Smoots, 3 B.H. Young's, 1 Erastus Snow's, 1 H. C. Kimball's, 1 Ira Eldredge's, 1 John Taylor's and 1 Travelling Carriage belonging to Capt. Smoot, also 1 Mess Wagon; At the commencement of the trip the train was much detained for want of drivers, as there were not men enough with it to move it all at once, it was moved part at a time for several days, we were then overtaken by Bro. F. B. Woolley, who had been to Florence W.T. to procure drivers, he brought some half dozen, raw hands mostly danish with wives, &amp; with this assistance we were enabled to move the entire train at once; but the men not being acquainted with teaming it was generally afternoon before they left camp.



When we arrived at Little Muddy Fork of Grasshopper we took with us 4 Waggons of machinery, 1 Waggon with a Threshing Machine, &amp; 1 with a steamboat boiler, &amp; pursued our way to Big Blue with middling good speed, which point we reached at noon of 20th August, our average speed to this place was 11 or 12 miles per day—



At Big Blue we unloaded one of the waggons containing machinery &amp; put the contents thereof into several of the church wagons, mostly those that had been lightened by consumption of provisions &amp;, this wagon with two others that were lying here we loaded with freight, left here in storage since last year, &amp; our teams being only barely sufficient when we started, were now badly overloaded,



the train left Big Blue on 22nd August noon.



On Monday 25th Augst. while carolled on the prairie between Big Sandy &amp; Little Blue at 5 p.m. Christen F. Neilsen, Tvede left camp in a fit of insanity, he was tracked by Bro Smoot on the following morning 15 miles to a crossing of the Little Blue, where he supposed he'd destroyed himself, but was since informed that he had found his way back to the States,



The train reached the Little Blue on the afternoon of the 26th August, here we found 10 [illegible] head of cattle branded F.G. that had stampede from their train,



we drove them with us until Friday 29th when we overtook the Freight train of Gilbert Perrish to whom the cattle belonged &amp; returned them to their waggon master, they left the river 13 days before we did with over 200 head of cattle, but now had only those that we took to them, their train consisted of 17 wagons &amp; about 20 men.



At 4 p.m. of the same day, a brother aged 18 years, &amp; named James Taylor, of Windsor, England, was run over across the chest which proved fatal in 15 minutes. He was buried at a Littlecreek 36 miles east of Kearney



On Saturday 30th Augst. at 10pm, camped 6 miles east of Fort Kearney, where we lay until Monday 10 am. reached the Fort about noon, &amp; recd. news of the destruction of Squire Babbitt's Train &amp; the murder of several who were travelling with him;



the remains of his train consisting of 4 wagons joined us on Wednesday 3rd Sept.



On Thursday 4th Sept. we passed Capt." Willie's train of handcarts, which were on the opposite side of the river (Platte), they were detained by losing some 30 head of cattle.



Our train lay still on the 5th inst, travelling being bad &amp; storming hard all day,



passed Cottonwood Springs 11 a.m. on Sunday 7th inst, near the Springs we found a Californian Wagon, marked "Pacific Distillery" which had been wrecked &amp; thee travellers killed by Cheyennes. the wagon was brought to this city,



on Thursday 11th we reached the crossing of the South Platte, at 1 p.m., the river was very shallow &amp; hard to cross, got safely over by sundown;



on Friday 12 we carolled [corralled] on the North Platte at 10 p.m. having a safe &amp; speedy decent of the Hill.



The train laid at the mouth of the ash Hollow over Saturday, at 2 p.m. on Saturday 13, O.P. Rockwell left our camp with the remains of Babbitts train &amp; 1 wagon of his own &amp; went ahead; our teams being light we had considerable difficulty in getting over the sandridge, &amp; had to double teams considerably.



On Monday 18th inst Capt G.D. Grant's train, camp up with us; they had in company Bro. F. D. Richards &amp; several returning missionaries, they reptd C. Thos. Margett's company destroyed by Cheyennes, also that 3 Hand Cart Trains were behind us with near 2,000 passengers; after this time we travelled fast, stopped a day at Roubideaux old station &amp;



reached Fort Laramie on Tuesday 23rd inst noon, where we found a party of apostates about to organize to leave for the states.



laid still on Friday 26th at Horse Shoe Creek;



on Monday 29, met Parley P. Pratt's company of missionaries above Ford crossing of North Platte,



made the upper crossing of Platte Thursday 2 Oct, met here a relief wagon with flour, which we recd. &amp; the wagon left for the valley.



We <s>reached</s>, passed Independence rock &amp; Devil's Gate on Monday 6th,



overhauled O.P. Rockwell's train on 7th inst[ance]



which went ahead again on the 8th.



Thursday 9th our provisions being nearly out, Bro Smoot went ahead from the 3 crossings &amp; left Ira Eldredge in charge of the train; at this point snow was first seen by us, there was a slight fall on the mountains.



Grass being very scarce on the new Southern Road we kept the old road, crossed Rocky ridge on Sunday 12th &amp;



reached the South Pass on Tuesday 14th, 2 p.m. &amp;



Little Sandy on 16th 4 a.m., here Capt Smoot retd with Flour &amp; reptd. a relief train on Big Sandy which we met the same evening &amp; recd. from them 19 men, several span of horses &amp; mules &amp; wagons, also Beef, Flour &amp; Vegetables,



left at noon of the 17th &amp;



reached Battis's station on Green River on the 20th, it snowed hard on 19th, 20th, all day &amp; it was very cold, Thermometer down to zero part of the time,



left our camp at 11 am. on Thursday 23rd &amp; reached Fort Bridger, where we lightened our loading, &amp; sent most of the females &amp; children ahead in horse teams,



on the 27th inst we left here also 8 Wagons &amp; their freight,



started from Bridger at noon 30th inst



&amp; met on the 1st &amp; 2nd of Nov about 150 teams going back to the handcarters;



on 3rd inst, we met an express from the Governor, stating that some one was to return &amp; bring on from Bridger the wagons &amp; freight we had left there as well as several useless &amp; tired out cattle left there by us; for this purpose Bro. Franklin B. Woolley accompanied Bro. Russ's [illegible] the bearer of the express to Bridger, who has since arrd in safety with his charge.



On 4th Nov, noon, crossed Weber,



on Thursday 6th at daylight snow was 1 foot deep, it having been snowing all night, left camp at 10 Oclock &amp; travelled slowly through a hard storm which continued all day, reached 300 yds from top of Big Mountain at 4 p.m. where we stopped &amp; chained the cattle to the trees, had an extremely cold night,



in the morning of the 7th we doubled teams &amp; reached the top, the decent was very difficult, slippery had 2 wagons capsize &amp; 1 Break, but righted &amp; repd them quickly &amp; reached camp near Hatch's at dark, where we found 2 loads corn &amp; 1 quarter of beef for us.



On Saturday 8th we camped at Willow Springs in Emigration Kanyon &amp;



at 3p.m. of Sunday 9th reached our destination in Great Salt Lake City



Description of Passengers exclusive of the officers of the train, 
American Total 26, men 13 women 5 children 8 
Danish 19 10 6 3 
English etc 31 18 6 7 
76 41 17 18



Also Captain A.O. Smoot, Ira Eldredge[,] William Wordsworth[,] Franklin B Woolley[,] Brigham H.Young[,] C[onrad]. Kleinman Officers, Caleb Grant, Clerk

Transcript for Caleb Grant report, 12 December 1856, in Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 9 November 1856, 31-35

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008.

Eliza R. Snow journals, 1846-1951

Eliza R. Snow journals, 1846-1951.

Transcript for Eliza R. Snow journals, 1846-1951

George Goddard papers, 1855-1899, Journals

George Goddard papers, 1855-1899, Journals, April 1857, Vol. 2.

Transcript for George Goddard papers, 1855-1899, Journals, Volume 2, 1857 April-1858 July

George Goddard papers, 1855-1899, Journals.

Heart Throbs of the West, vol. VIII

Heart Throbs of the West, vol. VIII, Page 332.

Heart Throbs of the West, vol. VIII.

Isaiah M. Coombs collection, 1835-1938, Diaries

Isaiah M. Coombs collection, 1835-1938, Diaries, April 1858, Vol. 8.

Transcript for Isaiah M. Coombs collection, 1835-1938, Diaries, Volume 8, 1858 April 13-1858 September 1, 16-66

Isaiah M. Coombs collection, 1835-1938, Diaries.

Missionary Record Index

Missionary Record Index.

Thomas Bullock journal

Thomas Bullock journal, May 1858.

Transcript for Thomas Bullock journal, 1858 May-June

Thomas Bullock journal.

Welchman, Arthur P., Reminiscences and diary, [ca.1854-1917], fd. 1, 93-94

Welchman, Arthur P., Reminiscences and diary, [ca.1854-1917], fd. 1, 93-94.

Sun. May 2nd 1858. During the week I crossed over the river from Florence to Crescent, where I stayed[.] assisted A[ngus].M.C[annon]. end [and] J.F.S. till today; when being already we bid good-bye to the good folks we knew at Crescent, and started on our journey, going to Florence.
Mon. 3rd. Stayed till 4 O’clock, completing our arrangements; when J[ohn].F.S[nedaker]. and myself, having taken leave of our friends here, started once more. A.M.C. stopping behind with the intention of coming on tomorrow. A short distance on the road, we overtook G.G. and J. Wilson, and traveled on with them. Camped on the Little Papeao [Pappea]. We had not been long on the camp ground, before our animals stampeeded, without any apparent cause; the two mules going back on the road some distance, causing us some little trouble.
Tues. 4th. Traveled accross the Big Papeao [Pappea], and coming up to the Elk Horn camped on the West side of it, to await the arrival of A.M.C. and S.G. who had also stopped behind.
Mon. May, 10th Left Genoa 
Wed. 12th. The company being now complete made a regular start, having all crossed the Loup Fork 
Names of Mis[sionaries]—and others returning home in the company.
<center>Handcart Missionaries from Europe</center>
Andrus, James Berry, Jno. W. Bramall, William Dallan, William Ensign, Martin L. Evans, Richard G. Herriman, H. Littlewood, Martin Logan, Robert Margets, Philip McBride, Ruben M. Miller, Robert E. Pierce [Peirce], E.H. Pinder, Jno. G. Reece, Enoch Roulet, Fredric Stanforth, George Stewart, William J. Taylor, Amos Taylor, Jabez Tomkinson, Ephriam Thomas, William P. Wilkin, David Young, Seymore B. Young, Brigham H. Galley, James
<center>United States and Canada Hand Cart Missionaries</center>
Brinton, David Browning, Thomas Bull, William F. Carter, William F. Gardner, Robert Goddard, S. H. Goddard, George Hall, Thomas Hill, Isac W. Hill, Richard Huntsman, Gabriel Mackintosh, Daniel Maylett, William F. McCrary, Jno. Riter, Samuel Shumiway [Shumway], Charles Smith, William H. Terry, Joel Twitchel, William B.
<center>English Missionaries</center>
Beck, Ja Brown, William Browning, Ja. G. Bullock, Thomas Clark, Ezra T. Craig, James Daniels, Daniel Doremus, Henry I. Davis, Daniel Gates, George Higbee, Isa[a]c Hobson, Jesse Hubbard, Charles W. King, Thomas, R. Lavender, James Muir, William S. Pace, William Page, Daniel Pierce, Thomas Robinson, Peter Romley [Romney], Miles Roskelley, Samuel Russel, Thomas W. Scofield, Joseph Shumway, Andrew P. Smith, Jno. S. Smith, Samuel H.B. Smith, William I. Snow, Bernard Stevens, James W. Tippits, John H. Ure, James
<center>American Missionaries</center>
Cannon, Angus M. Combs, Isiah M. Rideout, David O. (and son) Snedaker, John F. Welchman, Arthur P. Wood, Lyman S. 
<center>Others from Various parts</center>
Bodell, Joseph Bunting, James Burgess, Mark England, William Fox, Charles Jones, John E. Kerswell, William Louden, Robbert Phillips, Thomas Wilkins, Eli Ursenback, Octave Amond, Fisher, Thomas I. Hough [Huff], James Metcalf, Levi. G. Brackenburg, Jno. W Miles, Ira Alcot, James Abgoog [Hapgood], William Pope, Robbert with wife and 2 children
<center>Making</center>
Missionaries, 85 Others, 21 Woman, 1 Children, 3 Total, 110
Thurs. May 27th 1858. When a little above Chinney [Chimney] Rock, Brothers J. Murdock and Van Ettan came up to us from the lower road; who with Worthing, Knowles, West, and H. Egan, were escorting Colonel Kane to Washington. We turned off the road nearly a mile, to receive instructions from President Brigham Young, which came in a letter, the contents of which was read to our camp. The contents made every heart rejoice. (Extract from George Goddard’s Journal)
June-------On the head-waters of the Sweet-Water, met Grosebecks’ camp going to Platt[e] Bridge for a train of goods. By these Brethren we had a proclamation from President Buchannan to the Inhabitants of Utah read to us. It was so full of lies, and showed so much meanness, that it elicited three groans from the company.
Mon. 21st Arrived in Great Salt Lake City the second time.

Transcript for Welchman, Arthur P., Reminiscences and diary, [ca.1854-1917], fd. 1, 93-94

Young, Brigham H., Autobiographical sketch, 1847, 3-11

Young, Brigham H., Autobiographical sketch, 1847, 3-11.

I was soon involved in Capt. Grants company & had the honor of being chosen as one of the night gua<r>d of the cattle half of every other night. We laid here about two weeks waiting for the last wagons to join us, as this was the last company of the season, Many found that they had little repairs to make such as reset[t]ing tire, & shifting their loading, I had to put in a new axel tree in my wagon, it took me two days to find a stick to make it of, John Young <Sen> was president of the Company. The first day out we made about five miles, there was about 100 wagons, divided into 50 in each division, Brother Snow, & Bates Nobles Capt of fifties, we made about 12 or 15 teen miles a day, we had a disagreeable time in crossing the Loop [Loup] fork, nothing of note happened until we had made about 400 miles reaching the Buffalow [buffalo] country. One morning two of our company took their guns & struck out into the low hills, about 11 oclock they over took the train a good deal excited, & reported that they had killed a monster, we were ordered to camp for dinner, Bro. Pierce said they could take his horses & wagon, the only horse team in the out fit, the box was soon set upon the ground, there was some faults tongues & levers placed on the running gears, four men was to go back. Capt Grant asked the hunters what time they would be back, the awnser [answer] about 5 oclock, 5 oclock came & no hunters in sight, night came the cattle corralled [corralled], & all went to bed, except the night guard to keep the cattle in the correll, about 11 oclock the wagon came, it was left about eight rods west of our correll every morning as daylight appears there is a sucshion of wind from the west, the first breeze, the cattle [s]cented the blood, & every animal seemed to be on their feet, making a rush for the carkess [carcass], it seemed as though the whole Earth trembled it was a frightful time, as I looked out the cattle at the mouth of the correll were on top of eacher [each other] as high as the tops of the wagons in the rush, they tiped over the wagon on the end of the night wing with one occupant who came out all right, they ran past the carcas about 80 rods, & lost the s[c]ent, they wheeled around in two divisions passing back a past our camp, I canot describe the terror & dread that we were in, if they got with the Buffalo, we were with out teams. There soon <were> some 20 men running after the cattle Calling to them, but the lowing & bells, made two [too] much racket to be heard, when they had run about four miles they stacked up so that the men got around them, in the mean time the carkus [carcass] was moved to one side, & delt out to the people, & a poor deal at that, for there was but little tough meat on the bones; The horns broken off of about thirty oxen & 2 or 3 colts with broken legs, was cleared away, & everything in readiness to receive the cattle, they came about ten oclock, ordered to yoke up, each man got his yoke & began to hunt up his team, the cry was soon heard, I am minus an ox, another, I am out of two, all told there were 26 head short, 4 of the best cattle; Joseph W. Young & another man were called upon to go in search of the lost cattle, their outfit was two plug horses, & five days food, they were absent ten days, returned without the cattle, they tracked 150 milles [miles].		
There was 5 or 10 thousand lbls [lbs] of freight that had to be placed upon the company, every one was to take according to the strength of his team about four oclock we roled out, traveled about five miles &amp; camped in two divishions, about 50 rods apart, after the cattle had eatten a little they were placed in the corrells, with a strong guard, about midnight I was awakoned by the stampede of the other correll, the cattle seemed much frightened, &amp; bewildered, we talked to our cattle which seem to passafy them; the other company soon had their cattle back in the correll, we soon found out the need of the cattle lost. We moved along as best we could to make up for our lost time, about eleven oclock as we were moving a long, we discovered a band of Buffalo coming over the ridge north of us, heading for about the center of our train. As they came nearer they increased in numbers, until there were thousands. They follow their leader, &amp; travel in a three cornered shape. <s>Shape</s>, they see nothing before them, &amp; travel in a short galiop [gallop]; we see that our only chance was to turn them as we could not get out of their way, so voli&lt;n&gt;teers were called for with their guns, they succeeded after many shots to turn them to the left, as they came around &amp; passed by us they seemed to be not two rods from us, many very large, we felt very much relieved, for a few minutes ago, it looked as though we were to be trampled under foot, it is a wonder that our cattle had not stampeded, we roled a long for two or three days as usual, We were brought to a halt, to let a large herd pass in front of us, they crowded into the river until they damed it up until it ran over their backs, The next thing of note was of meeting of Gen. Freemont, &amp; party returning from one of his western trips, he came down from the Yellow Stone [Yellowstone] country, he had but very little to say. We killed very few Buffalow, big mouth Baker said that he killed three with one bullet, The next thing of note was return of Phineas H. Young &amp; another man, who was sent back from the main body of the Pioneers who had reached Green River 160 miles of the great valley where we were expected to camp for the winter, we were very glad to get direct news from the Pioneers.		
The two men were sorely disapointed not finding their families in the Company, The men said they would continue on their journey East, They staid with &lt;us&gt; 4 days to give the people &lt;a chance&gt; to write back to their friends, there was a &lt;little&gt; provishion furnished, &lt;them&gt; their outfit consisted of a small Poneney [pony], frying pan, Coffee Pot, &amp; hatchet, two old rifles &amp; a very little Powder &amp; lead, they had five hundred miles before them, nothing to be seen but red skins &amp; Buffalow; It was sad parting for me, my Father had then traveled some fourteen hundred miles, the most &lt;of&gt; the way on foot, carrying his gun. We traveled along the banks of the Platt[e] until we got opposite Ft. Larima [Laramie] which stands back in a cove about one mile south of the river, it was low &amp; we croosed [crossed] &amp; drove out about four miles &amp; camped, it looked good to see a house again, we soon had the Black hills to climb which was very hard on our catt[l]es feet, the gravel was so sharp, In a hundred &amp; fifty miles we recrossed the platt[e] again, here we found a few of our Pioneers who was detained to build a boat to cross the companies as the[y] came up, when we came up the &lt;stream&gt; was so &lt;low&gt; we could ford it, The next place of note was Sweet Water [Sweetwater], &amp; Independance [Independence] rock, It &lt;is&gt; said that when the big rush of forty three or four to Oregon the &lt;emigrants&gt; all met there &amp; spent the 4th of July &amp; had fifty two weddings, &amp; named the rock, the next place of note is the Devel's [Devil's] Gate, the feed being poor we made a short noo&lt;n&gt;ing after we had traveled about four miles, we discovered that &lt;we&gt; were four women short, the question was asked, are they Kidnapt [kidnapped], a few men went back about a mile &amp; see the lost women. The next place is Rockey [Rocky] Ridge, it has got its right name, on top of the ridge we met President Young &amp; company on their return trip, it was about dinner time, &amp; we camped for the night, we wanted to know all about the great Bason [Basin], we had a good visit but a little bad luck, about daylight the Indians steped up &amp; got seven head of horses, young &amp; old that was tied to &lt;the&gt; Cannon wagon, they cut the bell strap, &amp; skipted [skipped] for parts unknown.		
About Ten oclock we seperated. Our next place of note was the South Pass after traveling eight hundred miles of upgrade, we found our selves on the Back Bone of America, I compaired the water of the Atlantic &amp; pacific [Pacific], I could &lt;see&gt; no diferance, Green River was the next place of note, in due time we arrived &amp; found the river low &amp; we crossed without any trouble, then fifty miles to old Ft Bridger, we arrived there all safe about dinner time, we camped for the night after dinner quite a number of us strooled [strolled] up to the Fort. Messrs Bridger &amp; Vasques were owners, the Fort consisted of 8 rooms covered with poles &amp; dirt, it had been cleaned up, &amp; we were made welcome, &amp; was envited to bring our music &amp; have a dance in the evening, Bridger had Squaws but the[y] kept out of sight, this whole country was claimed by the Snake tribe, they were very numerous, they have a way of dressing their robes &amp; other skins far superior to any of the other tribes, they never split their robes. 		
In their storeroom was a small supply of Indian goods, a little sugar, tea, coffee &amp; Sarvis [Service] berries, a pint was a pound all around; Mr. Vasques was a scholar, &amp; very interesting to talk with, he told me where I could find the Indian Medicine Spring, &amp; fill up my tea pot, I would find &lt;it&gt; good for the wagon also for sore throat, or any kind of a sores. I found it to be so, We had our little dance, &amp; bid them good by, it seemed &lt;good&gt; to get under a she&lt;l&gt;ter again, In the morning we started for the Great Valley one hundred &amp; thirteen miles to make, we moved along until we reached Salaratus Creek three miles east of Bear river. We found a good Spring of water, &amp; we camped for the night, here Sister Grant breathed her last, 83 miles east of the valley.

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