James Pace (1811 - 1888) Profile

Individual

death-date-qualifier-death

James Pace, Jr.

birth-date-qualifier-birth

Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, 4:758

Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, 4:758.

Historical Department journal history of the Church

CR 100 137: Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, August 28, 1852, Page 5.

Historical Department journal history of the Church.

Nauvoo Restoration Inc., comp., Nauvoo Seventies list

Nauvoo Restoration Inc., comp., Nauvoo Seventies list, Vol. 3, Page 337.

Nauvoo Restoration Inc., comp., Nauvoo Seventies list.

7th Company of 50 report

7th Company of 50 report, July 1855.

7th Company of 50 report.

Andrew Jenson, "Oakley, James," "Pace, James," and "Peck, Edwin," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia

Andrew Jenson, "Oakley, James," "Pace, James," and "Peck, Edwin," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, Vol. 4.

Andrew Jenson, "Oakley, James," "Pace, James," and "Peck, Edwin," Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia.

Brigham Young Hampton autobiography, 71-73, in Brigham Young Hampton, Papers, 1870-1901

Brigham Young Hampton autobiography, 71-73, in Brigham Young Hampton, Papers, 1870-1901.

Some time in May 1855 Thomas Colbern [Colborn] and James Cace [Pace] Mormon Missionarys came to our house in Jacksonville <morgan> Co. Ill. Where we were then living being requested to do so by Pres. Brigham Young, to see if we were still in the Faith and desirous to gather with the Saints, and if so to assist us on our journey to Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, which offer we gladly accepted and all of us that was over eight years old were babtise [baptized] and rebabtised [rebaptized] and confirmed under the hands of James Cace [Pace].</morgan>



June 22d 1855 we started on our Journey to Salt Lake City. Same month arived in Saint Louis. Stayed there about two weeks untill the arival of other Saints from the Old Country.



The Steamboat Leconock no 2 was chartered on which we took pasage with the rest of the Saints during our passage up the Missouri River. Many of the pasengers were atac [attacked] with the C[h]olera[.] several died and were buried on the banks of the River in diferent placeses.



Sometime in July we arived at Atchisson Kansas and camped about three miles from there in what was known as Mormon Grove, the then outfiting place of the Saints previous to crossing the plains



July 28th 1855 we started on our Journey acros the Plains in a Train known as the Church Train but mostly owned by Erastus Snow one of the twelve Apostles. Isaac Alered [Allred] Capt[a]in and James Pace assistant



On the first part of the Journey I was very sick and came near dieing and was sick most of the Journey. we had a long and tedeyous journey acrost the plains of over one thousand miles in ox teams. (from Laram[i]e to Bridger the distance is about five hundred miles). The whole company ran out of provisions at Larime [Laramie] and had but one pint of Flour per head per day and not any thing else to eat till we arived at Bridger where we met teams from the Valey with provisions for us (the company).



We with the portions of the Train carrying Familes arived in Salt Lake City November 2d 1855 in the evening. The balance of the Train carrying Merchandise arived some time in December

Transcript for Brigham Young Hampton autobiography, 71-73, in Brigham Young Hampton, Papers, 1870-1901

Charles R. Dana papers, 1847, 1859, 82-86

Charles R. Dana papers, 1847, 1859, 82-86.

Wednesday. May 22nd. 1850.



All things being prepared beforehand I took my family and Started for the Valley. They consisted of; Myself, Margaret, Charles Carrol, Roswell Root, and George Carloss. Susan and her two boys: Martin and Moroni. My Son in-law Henry Kingsley and Horace Rockwell and their wives; each had a team and waggon. I had altogether three waggons, twenty six head of cattle: and some Sheep which we were driving through for Bro. Demill. Bro. Perry and Hulet and their families were in company. On Sunday 26th they made choice of me to lead them.



Nothing of importance transpired while we were traveling to Kanesville. We arrived there on the 1st. day of June; and after a day or two, we moved down to near Bethlehem: where we found Horace. Elizabeth. Henry and Mariett. waiting for us. Horace &amp; his wife had been living in Missourie for some years; and Henry &amp; Mariett left Pisgah a few days before I did &amp; went by Savannah to obtain flour.



7th. This day Elder Hyde Organized a com. [company] of one hundred waggons. He Appointed James Pace for Capt. of the hundred. Bro. [blank space] Sessions Capt of the first; and David Bennett Capt. of the Second fifty.



8th. Organized the tens. I was chosen Capt. of the 2d. Ten in Bro. Bennets fifty



11th. Crossed the Missourie River.



13th. Began to move on our way to the Valley: rolled twelve miles. this evening Bro. Luther Warner was taken with Cholera.



14th. Bro. Bennets com. [company] all moved on this day except Bro. Stephen Perrys Ten: they remained to see how it would go with Bro. Warner. Just as we were nearly ready to roll; Margaret steped up to me and said "Pa, I believe I will go and see Bro. Warner a moment before I leave." I Said Margaret, I do wish you would not go. She said that she thought she could tell him something that would help him. She finally went; and shortly after noon She complained of sickness at the stomach[.] I administered to her, and she felt better; but soon appeared to be worse again; so that by the time we had got into camp; it was evident that Cholera with all its attendant horrors had fastened its iron grasp upon her. We administered every kindness in our power; but notwithstanding she swooned, was gone near two minutes: She seemed much elated when she came to her self again: and said "Pa, I have been there." where have you been Margaret? said I. "With the Saints, and the place was glorious, but I have a work to do." She continued to cramp for <s>two</s> three, or four hours, and then Sunk into a drowsiness. A little before day break, the brethren administered to her: almost directly, symptoms of immediate dissolution appeared. and by day break. She was a lifeless corps[e]. We laid her out in all her Temple clothing: Made a coffin of packing boxes, and gave her a decent burial. Her age was forty three years, two months, and fifteen days. The whole distance from the Missourie river was twenty four miles. Bro. Warner died on the fourteenth. Seven died altogethe[r] before we were rid of that plauge [plague] for a few days.



17th. We commenced to move on again; but buried Bro. Keyes at noon.



18th. This morning, in addition to our other troubles Henry missed his horses: there is no doubt but the Indians Stole them: it was all the team that he had.



26th. Sister Elizabeth Mallory, a dear sister of Margarets, was taken with Cholera.



27th. She died soon after sun rise. Thus in the Short space of twelve days, two sisters fell victims by the hand of the destroyer. Now more united in their lives, was not long seperated by death. Having recieved and held firm the faith of the everlasting gospel: been lively members in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and having always maintained a good report, been true friends, Kind sisters affectionate Mothers, and tender wives



And having died in peace; we have an assurance that their Spirits mingle with those of the just; and that they will come forth in the morning of the first resurrection to enjoy that rest which has been promised to the faithful.



We buried four this day. I kept the journal of the fifty as well as my private journal: this was by the request of Capt. Bennet, and his Com.



Nothing of much importance transpired after this untill we reached the City of the Great Salt Lake which was on the 23rd. of Sept.

Transcript for Charles R. Dana papers, 1847, 1859, 82-86

Deseret News

Immigration List

"Immigration List", Deseret News, September 12, 1855.

FIRST COMPANY—John Hindley, Captain. 
Peter Burgess, David P Barnes, Miles Rosten [Rostron], Charles L Walker, George H Barnes, James Ashton, John Buckwalter, Henry S. Buckwalter, B Bunnell, James Bywater, James Barker, Zechariah Astell, Cyrus Averey, William Avery, William Beasley, J[oseph] Brown, Josiah Brown, Peter A Boyl[e], John W Coward, John Clegg, D[uncan] S Casper, John Coomish, William Coomish, Jacob B Carr, James Crancher [Cranshaw], David Duncan, Henry Dinwoody, Samuel Glascen [Glasgow], James Gibbons, William Gough, George Greenwood, John Hindley, Abraham Lawer, Darius Longee, Daved Louden, John Knowles, William Knowles, William Knox, Daniel Lunn, Willard G McMullen, Henry McMullen, Edward A Miles, J W Myers, Henry Misanger, John H Picknell, Edwin Pearse [Pierce], Josiah Pearse, Priam Pearse, Henry Perry, W A Perry, Allen T Riley, Robert Redford, George Sant, B N Stanford, Enos Sto[o]key, John Singleton, David Stromple [Streeple], Thomas Swindlehurst, Ephraim Turner, John Thornley, Robert Thornley, George S Williams, Thomas Williams, E Williams, George Water[s], Jefferson Wright, Arthur Wright, Asa Wright, John Worley, Weber Worley, Henry L Worley 
67 women and 66 children. 46 wagons, 226 oxen 54 cows, 14 horses and 4 mules.



SECOND COMPANY—Noah T. Guyman, Captain. 
Jacob F Secrist (dead), Osmon M Duel, Minnie Wagner, John Ethrington 4, John Pugh 4, Ann Haslop 3, Mary Ann Thorne, John Mewey 4, John Lang 2, James Jordan 6, Thomas G Stayner 3, Henry Randall, Edmund Ellis, Peter Horrocks 4, John Prescott, John Chisnall, Henry H Morgon, William Kershaw, James Domville 2, Samuel Ackerly 2, James Prescott 6, U M Dougal 3 [18], Joseph Lyon, Daniel Horrock (died) 5, Williams Thomas, Charles Santh [Smith], Noah T Guyman, Ralph Blanch 3, Robert Telford 2, Edward Kendall 3, William Kendall 3, James Mather 6, Williams Grundy 2, George Ogleby 8, Peter Furling [Furlong] 3, Edward Falconer (4 died) 8, James Welch (1 died) 6, Thomas Morgan (1 died) 7



DANES 
Erick G M Hougan [Hogan], Johan Tralsen [Trulsen] 3, C[hristian] Christianson, S Halvoorsen 3, J Sandersen 2, G[under] Ericksen, N[iels] A Mauritzen 3, H[enrik] Ericksen 4, H[ans] Christensen 5, H[ans P.] Larsen, M[arie] Poulsen 3, E Ot[t]esen, N[iels] Winergren [Widergren] 4, J. Christensen, Simon A Rase 3, Christine Jensen, H[ans] J Johansen 7, Alexander Dahl 2, Anders Monsen, Rasmus Brun 4, B[oletta] Johnsen 4, Peter Nielsen 4, Lars Tofte 3, Peter Andersen 5, Peter Staffensen 4, S[amuel] Biarnesen 2, E G Hansen 4, Niles Petersen, Nicolai Dorius 2, Ingri Jensen 2, Martin Brun 5, M Nielsen 2, C Petersen, Jorgen Hansen 2, Jorgen Rasmusen, Jens Poulsen, Anton Christensen 7, O K Beck 2, Lars Olsen 3, Lars Franzen 2, M[arie] F Hageman 2, Jens Jensen 5, A[nne] E Ericksen 2, J[oran] L Lund 2, Jens Skrader 4, H. P Larsen, A[nne] M Nielsen, Hans Jensen, Karen Andersen 8, J C Sorensen 8, A[nna] C Brawand, A C Larsen, Hans Ottesen 5, R[asmus] Nielsen 4, A[nders] C Andersen 5, J Christensen 3, O[le] P Larsen, Christian Anderson 7, J[ohan] Eilertsen 6, P[eter] Jespersen 3, L[ars] P[eter] Lund 6, N[iels] H Beck 3, Ola Andersen 7, Niels Capsen 2, H[ans] Petersen 9, L[ars] C Kjer 5, J Nielsen 2, Niels Jensen 2, Niels Johansen 2, J C Petersen 2, J[orgen] J Svane 5, Hans Hansen 5, Jens Petersen 6, E C Ottesen, R N Beck 4, N Clemenselt [Niels Clemensen] 2, M Christensen 3, P[eter] O Hansen, H O Lundblad 5, Peter Hausen [Hansen] 4, A[xel] Fullgren 3, Jens Jensen 3 
58 wagons, 231 oxen and 100 cows.



FOURTH COMPANY—Richard Ballantyne, Captain. 
Wm Glover, John Bushby, Thomas Bargat [Barratt] 3, Elizabeth Boory, George Bill [Bell] 3, Anna Bander, Timothy Adams, Sarah A Bane, James Bush 8, Robert Baxter 6, Esther Birch, Barry [Mary] Beeby, William Beard 7, George Butcher, Am [Ann] Bird 5, Casper Bruner [Bryner], William Bishop 3, George Bourne, Joseph Birch 5, Charles Crawford 3, Anna Crouther [Crowther], Daniel Caveen 5, John Clark, Henry Clegg 2, George Cushing 3, Francis H Congriffe 2, John Chance, Mary Clemens, Ann Cole, Jane Clayton 4, Elizabeth Daviess, Emma Dewey, James Davis 2, Elizabeth Dimant, Griffith Davis, Emma Davis, Ann Finch, Sarah Franks 2, Trena [Verena] Fisher, Charles Ford, Thomas Floyd, Mark Fletcher 3, James Gardener 2, Arnold Goodliffe, John Grimatt [Grimmett] 8, Mary Greene, William Hapley 5, Mary Harper 4, William Horrinkson [Hawkinson]3, Anna Hurst, Elias Hunt 2, David Hilton 3, Charles Hogg[e] 3, James Hadley 2, Emma Hodges, Charles Hartley 5, Harriet Hindford 2, Phillip Hewett 2, William Hunt 4, David Hutchinson 6, James Hardman 5, Jacob Hindermann, Jacob Hook 8, Ann Jenkins, William Julian 3, Thomas Joice [Joyce] 4, Phillip Jones, James Inshaw, Margaret Johnson 3, Jane Johnson, Isaac Knowles 5, Thomas Knowlden 2, Josiah Knowlden, Charles Kidgel 2, William Kent, Mary A. Loveless, Mary Lockhead, Samuel Langfield, Amelia Longford 2, Charles Livingston 8, Samuel Mullmer [Mulliner] 3, Charles Monkcom 2, Mary Morris, Bertha Mallinax 2, Hector McQuarry, William McFarlane [McFarland] 9, James Moore 2, Angus McDonald 2, Sarah Matthews 3, George Mayer, John Mottese, Samuel Martin 6, Mary Murs, James McCracken, Elizabeth Nish 3, Samuel Ostler 2, Thomas Orr 4, Andrew Odnutt [Ordnatt], Robert Nish 2, Caroline Opterholda, George Neasham, Thomas Palmer 3, Mary Pearce, Susanna Preston, George Pickering, Mary Porter, William Pitt, Josiah Feat [Peat] 2, Mary Prosser, Shaderick Peters 2, Elizabeth Pinder 2, Jane Pilkington, John Pickett 2, Frederick Rushton 6, Mary Reid, Charles Ramsden 4, James Robson 5, Joseph Race 2, William Race 5, Jane Saunders 2, Thomas Sutherland, Ellen Stevens, Thomas Stanger 4, John Story 3, Thomas Stevenson 3, John E Sheldon 3, Daniel Skelding 4, James Stevenson 2, William H Sterrock 6, Michael Saunders, George Simonds [Simmons] 5, Elizabeth Saunders, Mary A Spencer 3, John Thom[p]son, William Thom[p]son 6, Robert Thom[p]son 2, Bonford Thimbeby, Otho Teasdale, George Thom[p]son, Thomas Taysom 4, Sarah Williamson, Thomas Wilson, Harriet Wendford, John Warwood 5, Jane Walker, William West 7, Samuel Ware 6, Thomas B. Wadman, Elizabeth White, James Warlton [Worlton], Sarah A Wickle 2, James Wall 2, James Westwood 6, John Vest 6, Catharine Vealey [Vraley], Marion Young 3 
402 persons; 45 wagons; 220 oxen; 48 cows; 3 horses.



FIFTH COMPANY—Moses Thurston, Captain. 
Williams Brown 2, Clark Baker, John Arnold, Thomas Brooks Bell, Annie Allsworth, William Burnett, Eliza Ann Bunting 2, Sarah Br[o]adbridge, James Aikin, Charles Butterfield, John Brownlow, Charles Bohnford, Richard E Davies 3, John Evans, Hudrew [Andrew] Ferguson 7, Philip Gems 10, Duncan Ferguson, Elizabeth Galgalland, John Giles 4, Aaron Garlick 3, Abraham Helm 13, Annie Hampton, Williams Horsley, Samuel Howard, Francis Hawkes 2, John W Jenkins 2, Joseph Inchin [Inchan] 2, George Knowlden, Thomas Lee 2, Annie Liversidge, Richard Morgan 4, John B Maiben 2, Thomas Margetts, John Moore 5, Thomas Norn [Horn] 7, Thomas Peake, James Pailing 3, John Robinson 4, James Robson, John Rigby, Charlotte Riley, Eliza Richards, John Sheffield 2, Joseph Seale 2, John Stout 3, Joseph Shaw 1, Charles Tuckett 7, John Tedd [Todd], Robert Wright 8, Ruth Wickens, John Wood 8, George Williams 3, Isaac White 2, Francis White 7, William Wilkstonholme [Woostenholme], Jesse Youngblood 
33 wagons, 234 oxen, 28 cows and 12 horses.



SIXTH COMPANY-P. E. F. Co.—C. A. Harper, Captain. 
John Allen 2, A S Burton, Dominie Budrer, Jeanette Bland, Alfred J Atkinson 7, George Burton, Thomas Burton 3, Ann Bradley, Emma Burdsley, Rachel Brown, Samuel Burt 2, Jane Couthanche, Daniel Cadorett, Dominico Bordrane, Alexander Contderwood [Calderwood], Samuel Crawford 4, Hamel Chapman, Agustus Dunin [or Danin], Joseph Dunkley 2, -------- [James Phillip] Dufresne, William Davies 4, Rees Davies 7, John Edwards 3, Abraham Enou[f], James Endriel, William Ferne 4, Susan Dolbel 2, John Lee Gresley, Daniel Graves 9, Henry Goddard 2, William Gorriunge [Gorringe] 4, Cornelius Green 2, George George 3, William Harden 3, Elizabeth Howard, Sarah Howler [Howlet], Louisa Hulse, Ann Hughes 6, Mary Hiles [Hites], Samuel Handrum [Handron], Elizabeth Jenn [Jean], Henry Jones 4, Rosser Jenkins 2, Henry J Jones, William Jones 3, William T Kilburn 4, Samuel Langlois 7, Henry Lucas [Clucas] 5, Mary Ann Lapworth, John D Malan 9, D Meiklejohn, John Memnott [Memmott] 5, John N Morriss 3, Sinah Pugh, Francis Romreal, Mary Robertson, Emma Roe 4, Andrew Robertson, Ann Reese, John Reese 3, William Richards 3, Ephraim Rollins [Rowland] 4, Francis D L George [De St. Joer] 4, John La Sener [Lesueur] 7, James Shanks 5, Robert Sneder, James Squires 2, Mary Ann Williams, Rhoda White 4, Edwin Watts 2, Ann Taylor 3, Mary Parker, Joseph Perkins 3, Jane Price 2, Jeremiah Price 7, Thomas Painter 5, W Thomas 4, Henry Powell, Jenkin Williams, Salina Williams, Thomas Williams, William Vest 3, Josiah Young 8, Robert Toring 4, Catharine White 2



INDEPENDENTS (so called) 
Charles A Harper, Lucy L Brown, Jane Brown, Ann Brewerton, Kitty Bumpton [Brampton], G W Bramwell 3, Martha Barton, Margaret Griffiths, William Hanson [Harden] 2, Morgan Jones, Mary Harris, Jane Jackson, William James 4, Thomas Jeremy 3, Elizabeth Jones, Henry Liversidge 4, Jane C Martin, Dwight Martin 2, John Marrel 2, John Parkin 5, Caroline Pill 2, Joseph Perry, William Rust, William Rowan 3, Joseph D Reynolds, David Reese 2, Williams Reese 6, Edward Sutherland, Daniel Thomas, Harriet Taylor, Thomas Turner, David Williams, Sariah Williams, Thomas Williams 8 
39 wagons, 220 oxen, 30 cows, 1 horse and 1 mule.



SEVENTH COMPANY—Isaac Allred, Captain.Henry Ashcroft 2, U Anderson, E[dmund] C Brand 2, J Bond, G Brown, Thomas Brian, Fred Branson, R[obert] Drummond, J M Coombs, Thomas Colborn, G Gurstang, J[ames] Galland, Mary A Griffin, Samuel Hardy, James Harper, Nephi Hampton 4, L Hambley 3, Samuel Hambley, Edley F Hampton, Caleb Hartley, S[ylvester] Low, Amos Lower, Elizabeth Hardy, Thomas Morgan 2, N Morris, F[rancis] Mainwaring, W V Morris, James Monroe 4, J Nelson 2, Isaac Richards, James Pace, G Robinson, J[oseph] Redfurn, T Stolworthy 2, William Stewart, James C[alvin] Sly, J Timmins, Enoch Trenter, Enoch Richew [Richens], William Warner 2, L Woolman 2, J Walker, Ann Webb, James Wright 
42 men, 13 women, 7 children, 38 wagons, 234 oxen, 1 horse and 1 mule.

Transcript for "Immigration List," Deseret News, 12 September 1855, 214

Deseret News.

"Dixie Pioneer Dies at Home in St. George Day Before Thanksgiving," The Richfield Reapeer

"Dixie Pioneer Dies at Home in St. George Day Before Thanksgiving," The Richfield Reapeer, December 1, 1932.

"Dixie Pioneer Dies at Home in St. George Day Before Thanksgiving," The Richfield Reapeer.

Duke, Jonathan Oldham

Duke, Jonathan Oldham, Vol. 1.

traveled on in company with Br. Maler and Adams and Br Richard Smith to the Bluffs were we stayed about a week and moved down to the lower ferry with Br smith and joined Br Steven [Stephen Chadwick] Perrys ten in David Bennetts 50 in James Paces 100



Crossed the Missouri and started on the 13 of June and traveled 12 miles and camped at a point of timber[.] this night brother [Luther] Warner was taken sick with the Cholera



14th. Capt Bennett thought it expedient for the company to move on leaving our ten to take care of Br Warner Who died the same day[.] after intering him as decently as circumstances would admit this evening we held a &lt;prayer&gt; meeting in which while I was speaking the spirit of the Lord came upon me[.] I rebuked the destroyer and prophesized that inasmuch as our company of ten would be faithful the destroyer should have no more power over us



15. moved forward to overtake the comp[an]y who had forsaken us in so cowardly a manner when the destroyer first made his attack upon us[.] we had traveled more than 12 miles before we met David Bennett the Captain of our fifty who informed us that our beloved Sister [Margaret Kennedy] Dana the wife of Charles R Dana had fallen a prey to the destroying plague and that several more were at the point of Death[.] at this intellgence consternation or the soleminities of death were depicted upon many Countenances and many hearts were uplifted to God in prayer that he would spare his people from the power of the destroyer[.] we Camped early this afternoon near Bennetts Compy and several of us were called to assist in intering Sister Dille the wife of David Buel Dille a Woman of a meek and quiet Spirit whose &lt;loss&gt; is greatly deplored by her relatives and friends[.] at this place which we called Cholera Creek five of our brethern and Sisters were buried but blessed be God the power of the destroyer is in a great measure stayed



17. Camp moved on 6 miles and Stayed to bury Br. Keyes at our noon halt who had died on the road[.] traveled 8 miles further and Camped at a point of timber[.] this night the Indians stole 2 horses which belonged to Henry Kinsley [Kingsley]



18 trav[eled] 16 m[iles]



19. 4m and stayed to wash



20 trav 18m Camped at wood &amp; water



21 this evening married G B [David B.] Dille and Sister [Louisa Hortt] Doffermire [Doffelmeyer]



22 trav 18m



23: 15m Camped on Clear Creek



24. 8m Came with Br Paces Company and camped on the bank of Platte River



25 washed here[.] Sister Malery [Mallory] died allso a Child of Lees



26 moved for this night[.] Br Karnes and a boy of Br Keyes making 11 persons[.] for several days we have passed 3 or 4 graves a day of our bretheren or Sisters[.] among them was our beloved brother T Kirk of Pisga



27 we this day passed a large Indian village and camped on the south Branch of Platte



28. drove 14 m an C[amped] on R[iver] Bottom[.] plenty of wood



29: 6m C on R B[ottom]



30 3m Sunday[.] had meeting was called on to speak



July 1st. passed a bad Slue [slough.] C on the paraire



2nd. 16m. bad water



3rd. opposite fort Kearney



4th. 15m. got wood by Crossing a slue on the River



5. 15m. C on the River



6. 11m. C on a branch of the river opposite timber



7 had meeting Sunday the 3rd. General Epistle of the First Presidency was read and the minutes of the Conferance was read. a good Spirit prevails in our camp



8. 12m. this mor[n]ing[.] for the first time we saw some Buffalo[.] Several Started on pursuit wounded one. did not get it



9. 20m. C 1½m. from River



10 drove 15 mile[.] C on R B near a Slue[.] plenty of dry willows[.] Camped in sight of a herd of Buffalo's[.] this night Sister Agnes Norde died of the bloody flux.



11th. 10m. C 4m. from R by a beutifull Creek and springs of water



12. 14m[.] C on the same creek near a good spring[.] this night Sister Jane Russell died of diarea



13. 12m. C on R B 1½m. from the R[.] today Br Dille shot a Buffalo[.] carried home 50 lb[.] Ephraim Smith &amp; George Grin[n]ell each shot one



&lt;had&gt; service sunday[.] James Smith[,] Charles Dana[,] Sylvanus Hulett [Halett] killed one and brought 50 lbs to camp where upon Capt Bennett gave orders that none should go hunting without orders and not to kill anything withouta probability of getting the same home to camp



15th. 15m.



16th. 15 mile camped at the middle ford of Platte[.] here Ephraim Smith and George Grinell killed a deer



17 Crossed the River and went 4m. and C opposite the old fort.



18. 18m. C at the mouth of ash hollow[.] late this night Br Orson Hyde came to camp on his way to the Valley



19 moved 1m. to the River for the purpose of washing and setting tire



20th. 3 tens moved 5 mile[.] Br Dille's and Murdocks tens staying to finish setting tire



21 Sunday[.] when they came up we were called together for to hold meeting[.] when Br Bennett Called upon me to preach which I did[.] here a vote was taken to establish Br Dana in his office as journalist of the company



22nd. trav 12m. a sandy road C by the River



23. 16m. C by the R[.] good feed



24. 16m. C on R



25. 18m. Camped opposite C&lt;himney&gt; rock[.] had prayer meeting this evening



26 visited Chimney rock and trav 7 mil[.] C on River



27 <s>Sunday</s> rainey remained in Camp



28. 16 mile Camped between Scot[t]s bluf[f.] night cold



29 14m. Camped in R Bottom[.] &lt;this day had a sever[e] hail storm[.]&gt; good feed took right hand road to feed



30. 15m. Camp 1 mile from a trading house



31 14 mile Camped 3 mile from &lt;fort laramie&gt; an indian village



August 1[.] Crossed Loring Creek visited the fort[.] took the right hand road[.] Camped 4m. from Larimie [Laramie]



2nd. left the river crossed a mountainious country trav and C in a small creek of good water Called Cottonwood Creek



3 trav 10m Left the road and Camped on the river[.] feed good



4. &amp; 5 repaired waggons



6 Crossed horse Shoe creek 13m. Camped opposite red rock



7. 8m. C on a bottom near the river[.] feed good



8 our ten tarried behind the Com Setting tire untill 10 A m then went 5 mile[.] Killed 2 Buffalo



9 trav 16m C on the Labontie [La Bonte]



10 the Comy started on leaveing us again[,] one of our steers being missing[.] followed on about noon Camped ½ mile to the right of road at bason spring[.] wood and feed



11th. Started on came up with 3 waggons of Murdocks ten and camped with them



12 monday morning[.] started very early overtook Bennetts Comy before they started and was gratly hurt in my feelings at hearing that Bennett had proposed to take all the strong teams and move forward and leave the weak teams to come on as well as they could. we all trav on to deer Creek w[h]ere we all remained for 2 days



15 the Comy moved forward 10m C at Muddy Creek



16: 8m C on R Bottom



17. 14m Crossed the upper ford and Camped



18 Sunday Cold and rainey[.] 10m took the left hand road or new route and C on Platte Bottom[.] this was our last caming place on Platte River



19 very wet and cold[.] remained in camp



20 trav on to within 2 mile of willow springs



21. 7m Camp on a small Creek to the left of road



22 James and myself went to the Salerates Lakes and got a good Supply of Salerates and camped on Sweetwater



23 Some Brethren went to hunt Buffalo[.] James [Duke] was among them but when he returned to camp this evening he was very sick, with Mountain Fever. he was sick nigh unto death.



24 Camped this night at Devil's Gate.



25 Sunday. Remained in camp.



26 Camped on Sweet Water and crossed it twice.



27 Moved forward and camped on the Sweet Water [Sweetwater] at ford #3. Here James was so ill that we tarried behind on the 28th to give him a lobelia ameta. Bro. Richard Smith and family tarrying with us. We moved on in the evening 3 miles and camped with Bro. Riddle.



29 Traveled 7 miles and overtook the camp who were waiting for brothers Bennett, James and Rufus Smith who had gone out the day before and had not returned.



30 18 miles. Camped on Sweet Water.



31 James continued very sick so we traveled in the rear of the company. Camped on Sweet Water.



Sept. 1st. Traveled over the mountain and camped on the Sweet Water.



2 Traveled behind the company. Bro. Smith accompanying us.



3 Stopped for the night where the camp made their noon halt. Brothers Stevens and Elisha Malery [Mallory] staying with us. Passed Twin mountains 1 mile and took the right hand road to find a camping place and found the camp on Sweet Water so stayed with them.



4 Nooned at Pacific Springs and took the left hand road which was the new route and camped on a small to the left of the road. feed good.



5 Traveled 22 miles and camped on Big Sandy.



6 Crossed the creek near our camping place and struck the [text missing] in 2 miles. Drove 10 miles and camped on Big Sandy. Feed poor and sage for fuel.



7. 18 miles. Camped on Green River 1 mile above the ford. Here was James Pace's 50.



8 Had meeting. Bro. Pace called on me to open the meeting and speak to the people.



9 20 miles. Camped on Black Fork.



10 moved 5m up the Creek



11. 15 mile Camped on Black Fork



12. 15m Camped opposite fort Bridger



13 Took the new route or right hand road and C on a creek in a Valley after coming down a Steep decent



14. 5 teams had the priviledge of going ahead of the train because our teams were weak[.] C on Sulpher Creek



15 came up with the Comy on Bear river but with the consent of the cap passed on and C on yellow Creek



16 trav 10 mile and C in Echo Kanyon [Canyon] where we were overtaken by the train



17 trav with train and C near [...] fork of Weber river



18 moved 6m camped on Weber were Paces 50 were[.] this evening had a dance



19 camped this night on Kanyon [Canyon] creek



20 trav 10 mile and camped



21 lost many of our cattle and did not start till late[.] got upon the mountain at sun sit and had for the first time a view of the Valley of the great &lt;Salt L&gt; and decended the mountain that night[.] it was quite dark before we got down the Mountain[.] we camped 13 mile from G S L City



22 we got into the Valley early in afternoon and camped on the bench, w[h]ere if it had &lt;not&gt; been so misty we should have had a good view of the City



I now feel to give thanks and praise the God of Israel for his goodness unto me and my family in bringing us into this place to be associated with the best men of the Earth and also that my son James is recovering his health and that according to my faith my cattle have been preserved.

Transcript for Duke, Jonathan Oldham vol 1

Duke, Jonathan Oldham.

"Emigration," Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star

"Emigration," Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, August 15, 1850.

We have attended the organization of 350 wagons of Salt Lake Emigrants up to Saturday 8th inst., Capt. Milo Andrews [Andrus] is a-head with fifty wagons. Next follows, Capt. Benjamin Hawkins with one hundred; Thomas S. Johnson, Capt. of 1st Division, and ---- Capt. of Second Division. We left them at Council Grove 12 miles from Bethlehem west of the Missouri river, on the morning of the 7th inst. Next in succession is Bishop Aaron Johnson with a train of one hundred wagons; Elisha [Elijah] Everett [Averett], Capt. of 1st Division, and Matthew Caldwell, Capt. of the 2nd Division. Next in order is Capt. James Pace with one hundred. Richard Session, Capt. of 1st Division, and David Bennett, Capt. of 2nd Division. The Emigrants are generally well fitted out with wagons and teams, provisions, &amp;c.



There are some wagons quite too heavy. Those brought from St. Louis are good, but too heavy. A heavy wagon with a stiff tongue is unsuitable for the journey. Let no person hereafter buy a wagon for this trip unless its tongue has a joint in the hounds forward of the axletree. Light wagons that will bear from sixteen to twenty hundred pounds, are the most suitable for this service. These heavy lumber concerns should be left here, and not used by our people, neither by anybody else, unless they choose.



The number of California wagons that have crossed at this point, is about 4,500 averaging 3 men to the wagon, making 13,500 men, and about 22,000 head of horses, mules, oxen, and cows.



Our own emigration to Salt Lake Valley will amount to about 700 wagons as nearly as we, at present, can determine. They take two new carding machines in addition to one sent last year, besides much other valuable machinery. They also take about 4000 sheep and 5000 head of cattle, horses, and mules.



With the facilities for improvement that are already in the Valley, and those that are now going, we may expect to see that hitherto, desolate region, growing rapidly into importance, and consideration. Success to the West, and to Western enterprize, to Western men and measures! "Let the Wilderness and the solitary place be glad for them, and the desert rejoice and blossom as the rose."

Transcript for "Emigration," Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 15 August 1850, 252-53

"Emigration," Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star.

Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1850: Page 5.

James Pace papers, 1846-1861, Autobiographical sketch, circa 1861, 7-8

James Pace papers, 1846-1861, Autobiographical sketch, circa 1861, 7-8.

. . . honorably discharged on the 16th of July 1847. At a distance of 2500 miles from our place of Enlistment which I traveled on foot and under the most heart rending circumstances that an Army was ever called to march, being placed upon short rations and required to make forced marches through Deserts and mountain regions that had never been traveled by white man. A number of us amediately commenced fitting up for Home and on the 23rd we organized our company of 163 men, I being elected Captain.



On the 24th we set out on our Journey through the Great Joaquin Valley (to Sutters Fort thence via Fort Hall) homeward bound, with pack animals[.] On arriving at Sutters Fort, on the 26th of August a number of our brethren were compelled to stop through the winter, for want of sufficient outfit to take them through to the States.



On the 27th after purcasing a fresh supply of provisions, and exchanging some of our poorest animals we set out again, crossing the great Sierra Nevada Mountains on the Truckey [Truckee] River Route passing the remains of a Camp of Missourians that had perished there during the Fall of 46 subsisting on human flesh until their number were reduced to some four or five before assistance came to their relief, which was in accordance with the predictions made by the Prophet Joseph while in Missouri.



On the 9th of September we met Captain James Brown with an Epistle from Prest. [President] Young and Council also letters from our families and friends. From this Epistle we learned of the location made by them in the Great Salt Lake Valley, and the consequent scarcity of provisions. That would probably be during the Winter coming, in consequence of which many of our young men and such as could not go through to the States for want of an outfit returned back to Calafornia [California] to work over winter.



On the morning of the 8th we parted with those returning to Calafornia, and proceeded on our way to great Salt Lake Valley (via Fort Hall) where we arrived on the 16th of October.

Transcript for James Pace papers, 1846-1861, Autobiographical sketch, circa 1861, 7-8

James Pace papers, 1846-1861, Autobiographical sketch, circa 1861, 9

James Pace papers, 1846-1861, Autobiographical sketch, circa 1861, 9.

About the 1st of May I loaded up and started for the Vallies, upon arriving at the Bluffs, I was organised with a company and elected Capt. of a hundred, Bros. Richard Sessions and [David] Bennett Captains of Fifties.



During our Journey Westward nothing out of the ordinary rotene [routine] of camp life transpired excepting the first few weeks, we were infested with the Cholerea [cholera], which occasioned several deaths.



Arriving in G.S.L. City September the 23rd. I received a hearty welcome by Prest. Young who requested me to go to South and locate on Peteetneet Creek in the South end of Utah Valley.

Transcript for James Pace papers, 1846-1861, Autobiographical sketch, circa 1861, 9

James Pace, Diary

James Pace, Diary, July 1846.

Weddensday 25th was a rest day The Pionears [Pioneers] went on to the Fort to get the chance of a shop to shoe horses



Thursday 26th we proceded on our way to <s>see</s> whare the Pionears ware encamped on the Americane Fork near Sutters making a travell of 20 miles



Friday 27th weather warm &amp; had mutch the appearance of Rain This morning Four Tens left for home. Journed for the Mountains. Brother Averett with the Pionears Bro [Levi] Savage Bro [Luther] Tuttle &amp; Curtice we travled a distance of 18 miles encamped in a scierce [scarce] place of feed &amp; water.



Saturday 28th we left camp early travled to the River at the foot of the Mountains near Mr Johnstones A lite rain fell



Sunday 29th The morning Cule [cool.] we left camp early, travled 18 miles up in the Mountains encamped at a cold spring at the left of the Road—



Monday 30th warm &amp; rain like travled a distance of 15 Miles[.] had a good camping place &amp; no important transactions.



Tuseday 31st weather cule journed over Sum greait Mountains[.] travled a distance of 15 miles[.] encamped in the Pine woods at a Cold [Cove] on the right of the road.



Weddensday 1st day of September clouday &amp; a good day for travling[.] our days travel a distance of 10 Miles[.] incamped in little Bare [Bear] River vally whare we had good grasing &amp; water plenty &amp; plenty of Huccleberrys [huckleberries] on the mountains which serve us first rate pastime while we was at laguna.



Thursday 2nd cleare &amp; pleasant tis day we rested our animels &amp; washed our close [clothes.] in the afternoon a small shower of rain[.] considerable Thunder



Friday 3rd weather good &amp; plesant[.] This morning we left the vally[.] travled over the Mountains a distance of 15 Miles[.] encamped on a small River in the midst of the Mountains[.] grasing was good.



Saturday 4th weather cleare &amp; cule[.] we left camp early[.] continued our journy over the Mountains past a number of Lakes[.] travled a distance of 12 Miles[.] encamped at a cold spring on the road side at the foot of a Mountain[,] a small plain south &amp; then a Lake of considerable[.] Size first rate grazing.



Sunday 5th weather clear &amp; frosty[.] we journed early crost the main ridge or Backbone of the Calaforna [California] Mountain[.] travled a distance of 20 Miles past the Shantys whare &lt;the&gt; Emigrants perished the winter before[.] we camped in a vally 1 Mile below Sum Shantys whar a Mans body lay on the top of the ground uninterupted[.] This vally we named Counsel vally because here we receved Councel from the Twelve



Monday 6th weather cleare &amp; frosty[.] This morning we persued our Journy[.] travled about 2 Miles &amp; meet Brother S Branon[.] we learned from him that Capt Brown was close behind him &amp; that he had letters &amp; an Epistle from the Twelve to us[.] we returned back to the vally from whence we had started &amp; we encamped to awate the arrival of Cap Brown &amp; also a part of air which was in the rear[.] we sent two Men to meet the Capt &amp; one back to Levi &amp; Lytte[.] here we patiently awa[i]ted the arrival of boath partys as we hoped to hear good word from our friends &amp; brethren &amp; those that we had so long been absent from



Tuseday 7th weather cleare &amp; frosty[.] The captain reached our camp about 10 oclk[.] He Soon unfolded his pac[k]age of letters which we earnestly received untill the most of us ware silently parousing for ourselves. the contentes of the presant favered to us by our friends. At a proper time <s>a set</s> the attention was cald to hear the Epistle from the Twelve which was chearing [cheering] nuse [news] to us[.] The spirit of the Epistle <s>was</s> bore testamony to us from whince it came &amp; that not withstanding the hardships we had undergon attended with all the privations that could be expected from sutch a trip[.] They had not forgotten us, neither had they slacked there hands But with all diligence sought a location for the Saints. No moore to be thrown down[.] we hartily congratulated them in there success &amp; in the work they had accomplished[.] Being satisfied that we had born an humble part &amp; that it was a prevaleage even to become a scape goat in time of Trouble. Bro. Levi [Hancock] &amp; Lytle came in just at nite we had qui[e] a time of rejoising altho we had to mo[u]rn the death of Brother Henry Hoit [Hoyt.] he was behind with Lytle[.] he died vary sud[d]en[.] he road on his horse untill a few Minuts before he died[.] here our sercumstances compeld sum of the boys to return back to the Settlements as they ware not prepaird to stop at the vally nor able to get to the States.



Weddensday 8th cule &amp; frosty this morning we parted[.] a number returned back to the settlements to work all winter[.] we travled a distance of 15 miles encamped on a small Creek[.] here we had another devision[.] a number <s>of</s> was only intending going to the vally as they expected to meet there Famulys thare &amp; it would be betere for them to travel slo[,] while those intending going through to the States was anxious to get along as far as posable. The situation &amp; wish of all was enquiard into &amp; all oranged [arranged] for a ceparation in the morning all retiard to rest in peace &amp; in good feelings



Thursday 9th The morning pleasant[.] we parted according to our expetations[.] a Company of near fifty set of[f] for the Bluffs &amp; Twenty odd concluded the journy slow to the vally[.] we travled a distance of 20 Miles[.] camped on the butifulist camping ground I ever saw in all my travell



Friday 10th we journed early[.] travled down the Trucky [Truckee] River shuning every crossing we could as it was vary bad crossing sum of the fords[;] however we suceeded in reaching the last Crossing of the River[.] encamped[.] had good grazing[.] Bro Levi &amp; Lytle failed to &lt;get in&gt; camp for no cause[.] only Lytle was not disposed to dose[.] Consequently they had to shear the fate of there own folly[.] the next morning two of there animels were gon which would have paid them well to have travled 2 Miles further but sumtimes men get there pay down &amp; it is all right[.] we travled only a distance of 20 Miles.



Saturday 11th This morning sum of the crowd ware for going ahead &amp; sum for waiting for Levi &amp; Lytle[.] I proposed for them to go a head as we had travled but two days since we had rested &amp; I would watce [watch] &amp; see what had become of them[.] I done so about "9" ock they came up reported there misfortuns &amp; <s>show</s> Lytle sho[w]ed dissattissfaction because we had left but I thought he had shered his reward for what he had done &amp; if he thought he had not he was welcome to remane behind untill he was &amp; so I left him we travled a distance of 40 Miles[.] encamped at the Sink of Marys River[.] here we had but little grass &amp; the water was bitter



Sunday 12th the morning rainy this day we travled 25 Miles[.] encamped at a Slew [slough] whare we had a vary little grass[.] the water was tolerable good



Monday 13th cleare &amp; cool[.] This day we travled a distance of 20 Miles &amp; encamped on Marys River. grazing, vary pooar. Sciercely any dependance at all but the best we could do as the emigration had taken the grass



Tuseday 14th weather cule[.] travled a distance of 14 Miles[.] encamped at the first good grazing on the River[.] Lytles company was yet behind



Weddensday 15th weather cule[.] we travled this day 30 Miles[.] encamped on the River[.] we had good grazing for the animels.



Thursday 16th weather cule[.] we left camp early had a good road[.] travled a distance of 25 Miles[.] encamped in good grasing on the River bank



Friday 17th weather good[.] journed as usual had a good road[.] travled a distance of 25 Miles[.] camped a gain on the River in a kind of a horsshew [horseshoe] bend



Saturday 18th weather good[.] journed as usual[.] travled a bout 28 Miles[.] encamped on the River[.] here we lost two horses stolen by the Indians or left camp on there own hoof.



Sunday 19th The morning warm[.] travled this day a bout 25 miles[.] camped on the River[.] we had good &amp; a plesant camping ground.



Monday 20th The morning clear[.] we left camp at 7 ock[.] traveled 10 Miles &amp; overtook our Fathers[.] we past them a bout one Mile[.] encamped a bout 12 olk. our Fathers did not visit us except one or two of there company.



Tuseday 21st weather good[.] travled 22 Miles[.] encamped a gain on the River Just a bove a large settlement of the Root Diging Indians &amp; near whare Stoedom was attacked by them



Weddensday 22nd weather clear &amp; cule[.] travled 20 Miles[.] camped on the River[.] had good grasing here[.] we lost one Horse either stolen or runaway[.] the Horse belonged to Lt. Omans



Thursday 23rd The morning vary frosty &amp; cleare[.] this day we travled 20 Miles[.] encamped on the River had a butifull Camping ground.



Friday 24th weather good this day[.] we Journed early[.] travled a distance of 15 Miles[.] camped a gain on the River



Saturday 25th travled a distance of 18 Miles[.] encamped at what is cald the welts



Sunday 26th weather pleasant[.] travled this day a distance of 30 Miles[.] encamped at the Hot Springs &amp; a good cule branch runing flushly through that little vally which had a butifull apperance



Monday 27th This day we Rested &amp; sent Brother Hyde &amp; Tutters Company a heaid to precure sum bacon at Fort Hall[.] Bro Levi [Hancock] &amp; Lylte caught up with us here.



Tuseday 28th The morning cule[.] travled this day a distance of 25 Miles[.] camped at a butifull spring. at this camp Joseph White Lost a hors stolen by the Indians.



Weddensday 29th weather good[.] travled 22 Miles[.] encamped on Goose Creek[.] here we had good grasing



Thursday 30th The morning clear[.] travled down Goose Creek to whare the Road left it &amp; a bout 8 Miles further making a distance of 20 Miles[.] encamped in a Canion [canyon] whare we had but little for the Mules to eate.



Oct Friday 1st weather warm[.] travled over a Mountainous road a distance of 20 Miles[.] encamped at sum hot springs at the foot of a Mountain good grasing—



Saturday 2nd weather warm[.] travled a distance of 30 Miles[.] encamped on a streem cald Cass Creek



Sunday 3rd weather modrate[.] travled down the Creek to where the Oregon Road Crost &amp; encamped making a travell of 15 Miles[.] here we had a bad chance for grasing in consequence of so many Emigrants passing—



Monday 4th The morning cule[.] travled a distance of 18 Miles[.] encamped snake River[,] a butifull streeme a tributary of the greait Collumbia which emtys in to the Pacific.



Tuseday 5th The morning winday[.] travled a distance of 15 Miles[.] encamped a gain on the River.



Weddensday 6th Rainy looking weather[.] This day we reached Fort Hall making a travel of 14 Miles[.] Camped at sum springs near the Fort Just at dark[.] a lite shower of rain fell



Thursday 7th This day we left the Fort[.] <s>travled</s> a part of our Company Continued on the road to Fort Bridger but the largest number turned South bound for the Great Salt Lake City[.] we journed successfully day after day untill we reached the promised Land

Transcript for James Pace, Diary, 1846 July-1847 October, 53-66

James Pace, Diary.

John H. Redd diary

John H. Redd diary, June 1850.

Transcript for John H. Redd diary, 1850 June-August

John H. Redd diary.

Levi W. Hancock papers, 1832-1878, Journal

Levi W. Hancock papers, 1832-1878, Journal, September 1846.

Transcript for Levi W. Hancock papers, 1832-1878, Journal, 1846 September-1847 October

Levi W. Hancock papers, 1832-1878, Journal.

Margetts, Phil, "One Man in His Time Plays Many Parts: His Acts Being Seven Ages," Juvenile Instructor

Margetts, Phil, "One Man in His Time Plays Many Parts: His Acts Being Seven Ages," Juvenile Instructor, August 1, 1903.

From St. Joseph I assisted in driving loose cattle to Council Bluffs, at that time the bivouac of the westward bound pilgrims, there to embark upon another and more dreary journey than those which had preceded it, for it was through a wilderness inhabited only by savages with no other trace of civilization than the trails made by those who had gone before. You cannot imagine how startling I found the contrast between what had been presented to, and created in my fanciful mind when at home, as the picture of what I was to see in the new land, and the realization.



There were none of the conveniences, the comforts and beauties which adorned life in the land of my birth. Everything partook of that rudeness which of necessity intruded into, and upon the methods and habits of a new and, to some extent, uncultivated country. It was like entering a new existence, except for the consolation which my belief and faith afforded, and the expected congratulations and greetings of friends upon arrival, and that indescribable something which prompts us to overlook the present, and peer hopefully into the future. There is no mistaking the fact, it was a wilderness, forbidding and desolate, but hope sustained me, and inspired me with confidence in what was to come.



As the company proceeded westward from point to point, I could not help noting how nearly everything emanating from the immortal bard bears the touch of inspiration even in the dreary wilderness, at the mountain top, along the rivers, and among the pines, everywhere appeared in unmistakable characters the edict that "all the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."



Every day was to us a new drama, every incident a new scene, and the company the dramatis personae and the audience in one. The incidents took a wide range, running all the way from the lively to the severe, from the devotionally religious to the completely ridiculous, from the profound serious to the irresistably comic—each in its turn and neither long.



I cannot, with this opportunity refrain, from mentioning a few points strongly representing the phases and conditions I have referred to. Three of the company, myself included, with a hope of strengthening the supplies of the others, and to overtake, if possible, a train, and thus facilitate our onward march, when within about four hundred miles of our destination, started out on foot to complete the journey, taking with us but little, for there was but little to spare. We were entirely strangers, as you may readily understand, to the country and everything in it.



The cholera this season was raging fearfully, consequently the route was thickly marked with the graves of the California immigration who had preceded us and had fallen by the wayside, partly from this fell scourge, and partly through exhaustion and other causes. It seemed at times as though we were passing through the valley of the shadow of death. A few days after leaving the train, as I remember well, having made a fire of sagebrush and camped for the night, we were treated to the most unmusical serenade that ever curdled human blood. A pack of wolves, fierce and hungry, hovered around the camp and made night hideous, from dewy eve till early morn. The cause of this free entertainment was not disclosed to us until daylight, when we found that we had camped where the creatures were expecting to banquet, it being in the centre of a spot where the remains of fifty or sixty persons had been interred. These we discovered to our horror and dismay, were mostly unearthed. It is impossible to conceive of anything more ghastly than the sight that thus met our startled gaze.



Our provisions soon became exhausted, and then not more than one-fourth of our march had been completed. We were hungry, foot-sore and weak, and one day just when absolute exhaustion seemed inevitable, a friendly ox who had been left by a train apparently just ahead of us, was found by the road side. He could not bid us welcome, as he doubtless would have done had he been able to speak his feelings, but we welcomed him most heartily. It was a peculiar welcome, for the interview had no sooner began than we commenced devising means for the slaughter of the ox in order that death might be averted in our own case. The only weapons we had were pocket knives, and shortly after we had determined to insert the longest blade into some vital part of the beast, the welcome sound of cow-bells was heard beyond a neighboring ridge. The music that was wafted by the minstrel to his lady fair in the "bowers of Semiramis" was discord, compared with that with which those homely bells greeted us. It was to that ox, a "ram in the thicket," for we knew that there were some of our kind at hand, and we found them. It was an ox train bound for the valley of the great inland sea. We were relieved of our wants and again proceeded on our way rejoicing.



Time wore on till the journey ended. The trials, privations and incidents which we met on the route during our nineteen days' journey, walking most of the time, with little or no food, would perhaps be interesting to read, but anything but pleasant to pass through again. The romance we must leave to the imagination of our readers. At last we stood within the shade of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, the center of as much civilization as had found its way to the west—the city of the Great Salt Lake.

Transcript for Margetts, Phil, "One Man in His Time Plays Many Parts: His Acts Being Seven Ages," Juvenile Instructor, 1 Aug. 1903, 472-74

Margetts, Phil, "One Man in His Time Plays Many Parts: His Acts Being Seven Ages," Juvenile Instructor.

Norma Baldwin Ricketts, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848 (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1996), 180

Norma Baldwin Ricketts, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848 (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1996), 180.

Norma Baldwin Ricketts, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848 (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1996), 23

Norma Baldwin Ricketts, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848 (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1996), 23.

Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886

Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886.

Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A

Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A, Page 277.

Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger A.

Robert S. Bliss diary

Robert S. Bliss diary, August 1846.

Transcript for Robert S. Bliss diary, 1846 August-1848 January

Robert S. Bliss diary.

William B. Pace autobiography, 1904, 12

William B. Pace autobiography, 1904, 12.

In the spring of 1850 we set out for the valley of Great Salt Lake. Arriving opposite the mouth of the Platte River[.] my father was elected captain of 100 wagons and after ferrying across the Missouri River, set out on our journey, on the south side of the Platte River with fair outfits.



About 300 miles up the Platte the Cholera struck us and three or four died and were laid to rest by the road-side. This struck with terror, the hearts of the people, but through frequent administrations by a few brave men, the calamity was averted and the company moved on.



In the Black Hills, I was appointed hunter for the camp, and spent most of my time supplying Buffalo, and Antelope for the hungry, and had many thrilling experiences during the season, one, which I will mention. While the company was laying over Sunday in the Black Hills, Alex Sessions and myself made it up the previous night to go out and kill an antelope before breakfast. Sunday was a day of rest, when the grass was good, and the camp generally layed over and held meeting, and we should have stayed, but our boy zeal was too great, so we went off by daybreak and tramped over hill and dale until about 10 o'clock without getting even a shot at anything. At last we gave up and started for camp, Passing near some Currant brush in a ravine, we thought it probable we would find water to drink, turned in that direction and got water. On starting back I saw a fresh bear track in the sand and said to Alex: "We had better get out of here", when a large grizzley bear jumped off the cliff above us and landed within 6 feet of where we stood. Not caring for any bear meat just at that time, we took to the trail and by a stupendous effort beat him running some 50 yards. Though I had the satisfaction of punching him in the head several times, with my gun, as evidenced by the blood and hair afterwards found.



On reaching the open country Mr. Bear retreated leaving us master of the field, but two of the worst scared boys it was possible to find anywhere. I had been in many bear fights and succeeded in coming off victorious but this one, some-how we neither of us, seemed to want[.] possibly the growl which was terrible, and the manner he had of introducing himself caused us to decide rather quickly, then our legs did the rest. Well we told it in camp as a narrow escape, which was variously criticised. It is strange how brave some men are, when there is no possible danger.



One man in particular said, "if he had been there he would have taken a butcher knife and carved him up,["] but you see neither of us wanted him that bad, however I remembered this man, and a few days later the camp lay by for a general buffalo hunt, my special attention was given this man to go in my crowd and was successful. On going out we soon came on a few scattering bulls.



With mischief predominant I got them to let me go ahead when I soon wounded a bull by breaking his shoulder, and he stopped for fight, then I insisted, when the company came up, that my special friend have the honor of killing him. This was agreed to. I told him to walk up to within 20 feet of the bull and shoot him in the head. Well he got within 30 yards and drew up to shoot, when the buffalo made a lunge for him. My friend dropped his gun and took to his heels, then the crowd had the bad taste to yell: "run", "take your knife to him" etc. while the bull only made one jump and stood his ground, my friend ran 200 yards at breakneck speed without looking back. The bull was killed by one shot when the fun was over.



I mention this to show that men who are so awful brave where there is no possible danger, will not always do to tie too. Laying in all the dried buffalo meat we could haul, we moved on, with no unusual incident,



arriving in Salt Lake Valley near the last of September 1850 and disbanded.

James Pace, Jr.

Birth Date

Death Date

Gender

Sources