Christian Julius Jensen (1855 - 1919) Profile

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Christian Julius Jensen

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Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, October 22, 1866.

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008.

Jensen, Julius, [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 15:98,100

Jensen, Julius, [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 15:98,100.

They joined the company at Omaha, left for Utah 1866, and arrived in 1866. He does not remember the month. He was a small child. We came to Utah for the sake of the church. The leader was Abner Lowry, and we traveled by ox team. I recall seeing buffalo while crossing the plains. The leader called a halt. There were fifty wagons in the company. These were stationed thirty to forty feet apart, all facing the oncoming herd. We could see a dust at first but had no more than got lined up as commanded, when the herd was on us. The buffalo went in between the wagons. We were afraid the teams would stampede, but the drivers held them 
<in xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> control. We had plenty of buffalo meat for quite a few days.</in>

Transcript for Jensen, Julius, [Interview], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 15:98,100

Johanna K. Jensen Anderson autobiography, circa 1930, 2-3

Johanna K. Jensen Anderson autobiography, circa 1930, 2-3.

<p xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">We went directly to a little place in Nebraska called Wyoming, where many saints remained until they could accumulate enough money to proceed on to Utah. We stayd in Nebraska to until the following year <s>when</s> <and> my father had earned enough money to pay for our trip to Utah. We left Nebraska early in September [August] 1866. I walking a good deal of the way across the plains. One evening shortly after making camp, we received word that the Indians were coming and that they were friendly. But we children were mighty frightened any way. Can you imagine seeing [-] and of half naked men, with feathers on their heads, come tearing around the point in the mountains, their horses covered with foam from hard riding and yelling at the tops of their voices. they stayed and talked with our leaders, later smoking a pipe and passing it around. They spent the night in our camp but you may depend on it there was little sleep that night for any of us children.</and></p>

Transcript for Johanna K. Jensen Anderson autobiography, circa 1930, 2-3

Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887

Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.

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