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Ada L. Phippen Hale Mahoney Walker, "History of Isaac Phippen," 2-3

Ada L. Phippen Hale Mahoney Walker, "History of Isaac Phippen," 2-3.

In the summer of 1848, we crossed the Missouri River back into the state of Iowa. My father secured a large farm where he raised a hundred bushels of corn that he sold to the gold seekers to get money to go to Utah. He also made wagons for people to cross the plains. My mother spun and made cloth for clothing and every effort was made to get fit out to cross the plains, with hard work and economy they got a good outfit together but as there were some poor that had to be helped to cross the plains, my father had a widow and three children in one of his wagons



On June 28, 1852, we were ready to start for Utah again. My father and mother left everything only that which they could put in two wagons. Left their farm and never got one cent for it; their home and nearly everything that was in it. Only a small stove and a chair or two; not even a table, but we had plenty of provisions and clothes and had no regrets for what we had left. The only thing was to get to Zion, the valley of the Mormons. We had quite a time getting started. The cows decided that they did not want to go to Utah but with much persuasion and some other things we got to the Missouri River. There were hundreds of wagons waiting their turn to cross the river. I think we stayed two nights before we could cross, as their was only one boat and two wagons with teams could cross at a time. Then their was all the loose stock to cross after. Father had gotten all his things over, they with a hundred wagons traveled several miles to a large flat where we camped and the companies were organized into fifties with a captain over each fifty families and a captain over each ten.



Our company was the 12th and our captain was Harmon Cutler. Two other companies were organized at the same time; the 10th and the 11th. We traveled together for several hundred miles for mutual protection. We saw lots of Buffalo and Indian scares. If there were wood and grass, and water for the teams, our captains always camped over for Sunday and held meetings and we generally had meeting on Thursday nights. There they sang the songs of Zion and rejoiced to think they were going to the valley. No one grumbled over their hardships. We went on and on and had dances. We stopped and dried Buffalo meat and washed our clothes when we stopped for a day or two. The women would take their stoves out and wash the clothes and bake up a lot of bread and cakes. When we milked the cows, mother would put the milk in the churn and when we camped at noon the butter would be churned and we ate the milk with our bread and mush. They never cooked at noon. That was a time to rest. When we got to a place called Ash Hallow, the Indians stole all our horses. So the captain had to have oxen draw his carriage the rest of the way to the valley. When we got to Independence Rock we had a wedding, lot’s of young people went through the Devil’s Gate. I wanted to go but mother would not let me. She said that I was to little.



Our captain was awful slow and some of the company got dissatisfied and said that the snow would catch us before we got to the valley. So they divided the company and put my father in as captain and we went along fine but had some snow in the south pass. We were all glad when we saw the valley of the Great Salt Lake. It surely looked beautiful to us. We beat the other part of the company by fifteen days.

Transcript for Ada L. Phippen Hale Mahoney Walker, "History of Isaac Phippen," 2-3

CR 100 334: Church emigration, undated

Twelfth Company-Captain Harmon Cutler

"Twelfth Company-Captain Harmon Cutler", CR 100 334: Church emigration, undated.

Twelfth Company—Captain Harmon Cutler.


Captain Harmon Cutler with a company of 262 persons, including old and young, left Kanesville in June and arrived in Salt Lake City in September, 1852. Capt. Cutler was assisted by five captains of ten, namely, Thomas Jenkins, Capt. of 1st Ten; Anson Sheffield, Capt. of 2nd Ten; Wm. Burton, Capt. of 3rd Ten; James Frodsham, Capt. of 4th Ten and Isaac Phippen, Capt. of 5th Ten. Samuel [Daniel] Page jun. was Clerk of the camp and Wm. Robinson, Capt. of the Guard. 


The company had 63 wagons, 17 horses, 231 oxen, 171 cows, 20 dogs, 154 sheep, 222 pounds of ammunition, 47 arms and 23 spades and shovels.


The names of a few of the members of this company may be found in Journal History of Dec. 31, 1852, Supplement pages 79-84, but the roster was not reported with those of other companies.

Transcript for ""Twelfth Company-Captain Harmon Cutler," CR 100 334: Church emigration, undated.

CR 100 334: Church emigration, undated.

Peterson, Olive, History of Anna Cutler Galloway

Peterson, Olive, History of Anna Cutler Galloway.

Presiding Bishopric immigrant location committee minutes

Presiding Bishopric immigrant location committee minutes, September 1852, Page 28.

Presiding Bishopric immigrant location committee minutes.

Ruth P. Rogers autobiography and journals, 1850-1907

Ruth P. Rogers autobiography and journals, 1850-1907.

. . . I made arrangements with [William] Wallace Raymond and wife [Almira Cutler Raymond] to go with them to Great Salt Lake. My father mother and sisters were all getting ready to go



June 1st father started on the way[.] left me and daniel [Page] and Joseph [Page.] we expect to travel in one company[.] I am sorry that mother and my sisters were seperated from me and going such a hard journey[.] I knew it would be hard for mother and the distance great[.] they were traveling with ox teams.



 



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The agreement was, that I was to do the washing iron and coocking [cooking] for six persons and nurse his wife in her confinement



June 14th I commenced the journey this day[.] we traveled three miles[.] stayed three days near Musquito [Mosquito] Creek



18th traveled to the Bluffs near the Missouri River[.] stayed there and done our washing and coocking



20th at night Camped in a canyon[.] hard rain thunder and lightning



21st I went to a Welsh meeting[.] John Taylor preached



25th Crossed the Missouri River near Winter Quarters



Sunday 27th Stayed at six mile grove this day the People were Organized into a company and called the Springville Company Harmon Cutler the head captain of the company  Thomas Jenkins Captain of the first ten I traveled in his ten fifty wagons in the company a captain to every ten. 



29th Crossed the Elk Horn 



July 2nd Abner Brooks died of cholera



3rd Camped at Shell Creek on account of sickness in the company



4th same place held meeting three Children baptized the sixth very stormy thunder and hail the largest I had ever seen we crossed the [illegible] Fork very dark when we camped and raining water on the ground shoe top deep. 



July 7th three deaths of Cholera and a storm of hail 



July 9th Mrs Raymond gave birth to a son, raining all night  
23rd where we camped there was neither wood nor water 



Aug 3rd leave to Ash Hollow



Aug 9th the Cattle and people very thirsty about noon we came to a spring the captains had cautioned their companies about drinking too much water a young woman by the name Mary Moss died from drinking too much she was dead in one hour after drinking



10th Passed Chimney Rock 



11th our oxen stampeded about one Oclock five wagons to mend which took the most of the night



Aug 12th I was sick all day unable to work the Rattle snakes were very numerous and fears were entertained that the Cattle would be bitten we came to an Indian Village the Indians came to us on their horses with their Bows and Arrows told our Captain we should not pass until we gave them flour hard Bread Sugar Tea and Coffee they wanted a big heap we could not help ourselves they spread down their Blankets to put it in we were stopped about two hours it was stated they numbered about three hundred they were Sion Indians we traveled the most of the night we were afraid if we camped they would steal the cattle they run off one ox. 



16th Crossed the Platte River near fort Laramie the water came into the wagons the next day we camped took the things out of the wagons to dry



23rd we camped on Woodriver next morning my brother Joseph Wallace Raymond and James Newel went to hunt Buffalo when night came they did not return which made us very uneasy about them there was some poles fixed to the wagons and lighted lanterns hung upon them we were afraid they were lost we did not know what direction to go to find them at eleven oclock at night my brother came into camp his first words were give me some water and stretched himself upon the ground I gave him some water and he wanted more I told him he must not drink so much he said they had no had any water since they left camp. in the morning he said Wallace and James Newel were bringing a buffalo heifer they had killed and they had not tasted water to day had seen riding hard all day and nothing to eat he did not think they could get into camp unless some water was taken to them told where to find them and some men took a keg of water and went to them they saw two Indians while chasing the buffalo 



25th divided the meat when we were almost done eating our breakfast Captain Cutler got on to his wagon to see if his horses were feeding which were staked out a short distance from camp and to his astonishment there was not one to be seen nearly all the men started immediately to find them saw their tracks where they went into the river and mogasin [moccasin] tracks they were gone the the most part of the day and came back without the horses my brother Daniel went with them he got thirsty and drank bad water the number of horses stolen was seven only one left in the company they have never been seen or heard tell of since by their owners at night my brother Daniel had a severe attack of Cholera I with others were waiting on him most of the night 



31st Crossed Rattle Snake Creek



September 16th rained all day



17th my brother Daniel very sick camped at Green River snowing I was up with Daniel all night nursing him



18th very cold forded the River 



21st came to Fort Bridger 



28th crossed the Weber River 



29th a girl seven years old was killed by a wagon upsetting and a large chest of tools falling on her when she had been dead two days her cheeks were red. 



October 1st Snowing the roads very bad Mrs Raymond and I had to walk all day the cattles feet were sore three wagons upset to day. 



Oct 4th 1852. I arrived at Salt Lake City in good health Wallace Raymond and his wife treated me well there were very kind to me and my brothers we did not have one disagreement she was as kind to me as a sister could be under the circumstances.

Transcript for Ruth P. Rogers autobiography and journals, 1850-1907

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