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Jacob Hamblin papers, 1850-1877

Journals and letters of Jacob Hamblin

"Journals and letters of Jacob Hamblin", Jacob Hamblin papers, 1850-1877, Page 13-15.

Autobiography and journal, 1850 June-1854 April, 1870 April.

"Autobiography and journal, 1850 June-1854 April, 1870 April.", Jacob Hamblin papers, 1850-1877, 1850, Page 47.

I Started for the vally of the great Salt Lake[.] I had nine in family[.] the Second of June we war [were] organedise [organized] with the Saints that ware the[n] redy <s>to</s> to cros the plaines by Elder Orsen Hide [Orson Hyde.] this company cansisted of one hundred wagons with from three to nine pursones [persons] to a wagon



I c[r]osed the Missourie [Missouri] River with my family the 8th of June



10th <stood gard="">[.] we ware visited by the Chiefs of the Oto [Ottawa] tribe of Indians[.] with thare interpeter they demanded ten cents a wagon f[o]r the privilige of pasing through thare teritory </stood>



11th travailed ten miles[.] campt and finished organiseing the company



12th went about 13 or 14 miles[.] wood and water plenty



13th travailed 17 miles[.] butiful preitie[prairie] Country



14th 18 miles[.] crosed Salt Creek[.] Campt in the Pawnee teritory[.] <s>15 trav</s> traval some twenty miles[.] wood and water Scars [scarce.] Stood gard



15th travaild ten miles[.] Brothr John Shipley d[i]ed with the colery [colera] and willes [Willis] Johnson and some two or three others[.] this was <s>in</s> truly a mournfull Scene to See women mourning for thare Husbands and Childrin for thare Fathers[.] but we ware obliege [obliged] to leav them on the plaines burying them as desent [decent] as we could



16th travald Some eight or ten mile[.] Campd to rest our teames



17th travild eightten miles[.] <s>no</s> no wood[.] level Cuntry[.] poor water



18th fourteen miles[.] Br thomas kerk [Kirk] died of Colery betwen elevn <s>and twelve o</s> and twelve o clock atnight[.] rain



19th travaild Sixteen miles[.] Sevrel atacted [attacked] with the Colery



<s>19</s>20th 15 miles[.] the Company was devided in to four divisions[.] Capt Evrits [Elijah Averett] and martha Meacham was violant attacted with the colery and ware held [healed] by the blessing of <s>good</s> god



21 19 miles[.] pased throu old Purntown[.] no wood



22 t[raveled] 15 miles[.] Stood gard



23 t[raveled] Eight miles[.] laid by[.] Widow loron mared [married] to my father [Isaiah Hamblin] by Capt [Isaac] Hill



24th Eight miles[.] Abel [Morgan] Aarjent [Sargent] and Son [Thomas Sargent] died of Colery[.] 2 Childrin died also[.] Sevral taken Sick tain



<s>25th 9 miles</s>



Capt Johnson cold [called] a meting[.] it was agreed that Bro hunt Should chose two from the Company to offer Prayr to god for the wellfaire of the Saints



25th 9 miles[.] mud and rain



26th 15 miles[.] mud and rain[.] I was sick my Self[.] pain in my side



27th my Wife violantly attcted [attacked] with the Colery about three oclock in the moring[.] I prayd for hur [her] and anointed hur in the name of the Lord[.] Coled [Called] on Brs. [George] Pectal and [Isaac] Hill <to> She was relieved immediately[.] met the mail from the Salt Lake vally[.] Capt Johnson Wife died of colery[.] Daniel Hunts <s>W</s> Wife died of Colery[.] travaild fourteen miles through mud and water[.] campt within th[r]ee miles of Ft Chiles </to>



28th travaild 9 miles past Ft Chiles[.] saw Lucinda the Mother of my Chidrin[.] She was the Same old Six pense [pence] as She said[.] Br <s>Fora</s> Fords Child died



29th 7 miles[.] I was attacted with the Colery[.] <s>it</s> it was rebuked under the hands of my Father &amp; Br [George] Pictel [Pectol]



30th 9 miles[.] I found my Self <s>under the</s> attacted with a burning feaver when the Company S[t]opt[.] I was baptised by B[r]other Johnson[.] the feaver was rebuked[.] we (bairely) had aneething [anything.] Childrin war Baptisd[.] Duane Hamblin was Baptised into the Church[,] My oldest Son[,] by El[d]er Daniel Hunt and confirmed by Elisha [Elijah] Evrits [Averett]



July 1t Capt Hills Wife [Eliza] died[.] one of Capt Johnsons family died[.] travaild 20 miles



2t 20 mile[.] I was Still Sick with the feaver[.] treavild 21 miles



3d 17 the miles[.] wagon run over Duane[.] when I looked out and saw him the blood was runing out of his mouth[.] at first I gave him up for lost[.] my Father with two others administerd to <s>him</s> him[.] he was <s>im</s> immediately heeled



4th 18 miles



5th 12 miles[.] helth increasing



<s>April 10</s>



 



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o[w]ing to my Sickness on the journey and many other incon[v]eniences I hav not writeen any untill now[.] from the 5th of July untill now nothing of importance too[k] plase [place] Save my <sa>fe arival <s>in</s> too the Citty of the Great Salt Lake and location of my Selfe and family in Toela [Tooele] Settlement[.] we arived in the Citty the 6th of Sept </sa>

Transcript for Jacob Hamblin papers, 1850-1877, Autobiography and journal, 1850 June-1854 April, 1870 April

Jacob Hamblin papers, 1850-1877.

Jacob Hamblin, a narrative of his personal experience, as a frontiersman, missionary to the Indians and explorer, disclosing interpositions of Providence, severe privations, perilous situations and remarkable escapes

Jacob Hamblin, a narrative of his personal experience, as a frontiersman, missionary to the Indians and explorer, disclosing interpositions of Providence, severe privations, perilous situations and remarkable escapes. Salt Lake City, Utah: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1881. Page 23-25.

In the spring of 1850 I felt like making an effort to gather with the Saints in the mountains. This at first appeared impossible, as my animals had all strayed off, and I could not learn of their whereabouts.



I had concluded to wait another year, when I dreamed, for three nights in succession, where my oxen were, and went and got them. I found my other lost animals in the same manner.



These kind providences, with strict economy, enabled me to make a start for Utah with the company of Aaron Johnson, in the spring of 1850, as I had desired.



I joined the camp, to travel over a thousand miles of desert, with nine in family, one small wagon, one yoke of oxen and two cows.



While crossing the ferry over the Missouri river, with a boat load of cattle, they crowded to one side of the boat and capsized it. Some of the people on board saved themselves by getting on to the bottom of the boat, others by holding on to planks.



I made an effort to swim to the landing, below which was some three miles of perpendicular river bank, and the water along the bank was full of whirlpools and eddies. Despite my efforts, the current took me past the landing. As I was almost carried under by a strong eddy, I began to despair of saving myself. Fortunately, I discovered where a path had been cut through the bank to the water’s edge. I succeeded in getting so near the top of the bank, that a woman who was near, and had discovered my situation, managed to get hold of my hand, and, with a great effort, I was saved from the surging waters.



In traveling up the Platte river on our way to the mountains, we found the road side, in places, strewn with human bones. The discovery of gold in California and the excitement it had created, had induced many of the Missouri mobocrats, the year previous, to leave their homes in search of the god of this world.



The cholera had raged among them to such an extent, that the dead were buried without coffins, and with but a slight covering of earth. The wolves had dug up and feasted upon their carcasses, and their bones lay bleaching on the desert. There were days of travel in which human skeletons were usually in sight.



We saw the literal fulfillment of the predictions of Joseph the Prophet, during the persecutions of the Saints in Missouri. He said that those who took an active part in driving them from their homes, should themselves die away from home without a decent burial; that their flesh should be devoured by wild beasts, and their bones should bleach on the plains. Boards had usually been placed at the heads of the graves, on which were the names of those who had been buried in them. Many of these names were those of well-known Missouri mobocrats.



The destroyer came into our company, and several persons died. I told my family that it was a plague from the Lord, that nothing but His power could save them from it, and that it would attack some of the family. My wife [Rachael] thought that I had done wrong in asserting that it would attack our family, as the children would be afraid and be more likely to have it. I told her that it would come, but when it did we must depend entirely upon the Lord and all would be right.



One evening, as I returned to my wagon from assisting to bury a Sister [Susan] Hunt, Sister Hamblin was taken violently with the cholera, and she exclaimed, “Oh Lord, help, or I die!” I annointed her with consecrated oil in the name of the Lord Jesus, and she was instantly healed. The next day the cholera attacked me and I was healed under the hands of my father [Isaiah Hamblin].



I was advised to get into the wagon and ride the remainder of the day. As my eldest son [Duane],  a small lad, took the whip to drive the team, he fell forward to the ground and both wheels on the left side of the wagon ran over his body. It appeared to me that he never could breathe again. My father took him out of the road, administered to him, and he arose to his feet and said that he was not hurt.



My youngest son, Lyman, was taken with the cholera, and my father in administering to him, rebuked the destroyer, and commanded him to depart from him, from the family and from the company. To my knowledge no more cases of the cholera occurred after that in the company.



We arrived in Salt Lake Valley on the 1st of September, 1850.

Transcript for James A. Little, Jacob Hamblin (Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1881), 23-25

Jacob Hamblin, a narrative of his personal experience, as a frontiersman, missionary to the Indians and explorer, disclosing interpositions of Providence, severe privations, perilous situations and remarkable escapes.

"Reunion of Hamblin Family March 22," Garfield County News

"Reunion of Hamblin Family March 22," Garfield County News, February 26, 1937.

"Reunion of Hamblin Family March 22," Garfield County News.

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