William Hawk (1799-1883) Profile

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A Gamble in the Desert: the Mormon Mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Woods, Fred Emmett 1956-, M277.93 W875g 2005, Church History Library

A Gamble in the Desert: the Mormon Mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Woods, Fred Emmett 1956-, M277.93 W875g 2005, Church History Library.

Biography of William Hawk (1799-1883

Biography of William Hawk (1799-1883.

Las Vegas Mission Historical Record, 1855-1856, CLR 5691 21 F 1, Church History Library

Las Vegas Mission Historical Record, 1855-1856, CLR 5691 21 F 1, Church History Library.

letter to Brigham Young from William Bringhurst, dated

letter to Brigham Young from William Bringhurst, dated, July 14, 1856.

letter to Brigham Young from William Bringhurst, dated.

Mormon Indian Mission-1855, Law, Wesley Ruane, 1929-: M273.4 L416m

Mormon Indian Mission-1855, Law, Wesley Ruane, 1929-: M273.4 L416m, Page 40.

Mormon Indian Mission-1855, Law, Wesley Ruane, 1929-: M273.4 L416m.

Adams, William, [Autobiography], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 32:11-12

Adams, William, [Autobiography], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 32:11-12.

<xhtml:p xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">I bought a new wagon one yoke of good cattle and six cows. I spent a couple of weeks breaking the cows to work and use them to be handled and to be yoked, and close to the first of May 1849 I started on my journey to Utah in company of Thomas Judd and family[,] Henry Barney &amp; family[,[ four waggons in all[.] having a prosperous journey no accidents haveing ferried the Illinois River near Bardstown, traveling through Rushville Skylerlor McDonaugh &amp; Handcock Counties, we stopped in Carthage and examined the Gail [jail] where Joseph &amp; Hyrum were assassinded [assassinated]. there had been very little improvement made since I have resided in this country. I passed a five acre lot that I had farmed for two years[,] also my House and lot in the City of Nauvoo[.] I never received a cent for either of them. The journey through Iowa was pleasant keeping on the old Mormon trail passing Pisga[h] where several families of the saints resided, and many had died by the hardships by driven from their homes and the hard frosts and colds the experiences in their Journey, seeking a home from the persicution of wicked men and mob violence in the States of Missouria [Missouri] and Illinois. our company arrived at Council Bluff[s] about the first of June, crossed the Missouria by ferrying the latter part of the month and organized into a company of 100 waggon[.] Andrew H. Perkins cappain [Captain] Enoch Reese cappain of first fifty and Al[l]red Capr [Captain] of second fifty and on the seventh day of July commenced our Journey across the plains[.] the traveling was pleasant[.] we arrived on Lookinglass [Looking Glass] Creek in the Paunee [Pawnee] Country we correlled our cattal at night to keep them from being stolen by Indians, the cattle got restless and uneasy broke out of the correll and stampeeded[.] a few got killed several was crippeled[.] I lost two cows in the stampeed leaving me with one yoke of oxen and two yoke of cows[.] we had frequent stampeed not a day passed that some part of the company had stampeed traveling on the road the cattle would get excited and run off with the wagon and contents. Br. Hawks wife was killed I believe the only person that lost their Wife in the dangerous trials the company passed through. The plains from fort Kenney [Kearny] was covered with Buffalo to[.] we reached Fort Larama [Laramie] thousands could be seen by standing on the wagon wheel as far as your eyes could see. the company had to stop to let them pass for fear the would run over us. The company was traveling by tens on account of the danger in stampeeding and made slow progress taking us three month and one half in making Great Salt Lake City. </xhtml:p>

Transcript for Adams, William, [Autobiography], in "Utah Pioneer Biographies," 44 vols., 32:11-12

Allen Taylor's 100, first 50, report

Allen Taylor's 100, first 50, report, September 1849.

Allen Taylor's 100, first 50, report.

Hill, Ivy, William Blood: His Posterity and Biographies of Their Progenitors

Hill, Ivy, William Blood: His Posterity and Biographies of Their Progenitors.

Ivy Hooper Blood Hill, compiler and editor, William Blood: His Posterity and Biographies of Their Progenitors (Logan: J.P. Smith and Sons, 1962), 14-16

Ivy Hooper Blood Hill, compiler and editor, William Blood: His Posterity and Biographies of Their Progenitors (Logan: J.P. Smith and Sons, 1962), 14-16.

The company was organized at Winter Quarters. Allen Taylor was chosen captain of one hundred wagons, Reddick Allred of the fifty we were in, and Charles Lambert was captain of the ten we were in. All things were prepared for the journey, but we remained in camp on July 4 and respected the day of the independence of our nation.



On July 5 our company started to cross the western wildernes. We soon came to the [Elk] Horn River where we had to ferry our wagons and swim our cattle, but we got over safely, and we traveled up the north side of the Platte River.



Father [William Blood] had two yoke of oxen on one wagon and one on the other. He drove the double team and my sister Ann drove the single team. I helped to drive the loose cattle and sometimes the team. Ann was twelve and I was ten years of age that summer.



As we were traveling up the Platte River, we met a large company of Sioux Indians who were said to be on the war path. They were freshly painted and well dressed. They were all dressed alike in new buckskins, leggings and coats, feathers in their hair, and they carried bows and arrows. They seemed to be about six feet in height. They looked grand and noble as they marched past in single file.



We came to a river called Loop [Loup] Fork. It flowed from the north and emptied into the Platte so we had to cross it. This was difficult as it had a shifting sandy bottom and it gave a lot of trouble, but we got over it safely.



On August 10, 1849, I was baptized in the Platte River by Elder William Hawks.



All along up the Platte River for two or three hundred miles we saw thousands of buffalo every day. They were so numerous they could not be counted. Large herds were scattered all over the prairie as far as the eye could see. This was daily for weeks. Some times they came close to our wagons. I saw more buffalo that summer than I have ever seen of tame cattle in my life. The meat of the buffalo furnished our company with all the meat we needed. At times our cattle would come near mixing with them. They seemed to give our oxen a wild spirit. One day our teams stampeded. It was caused by one team running away and as it passed another wagon, that team ran and so on until most of our fifty were running although the teamsters were doing all they could to stop them by beating them over the head.



We sometimes heard the wolves howl and occasionally we met Indians but thy were peaceably inclined.



We continued on the north side of the Platte River as our pioneers had done the two years before.



There was a road on the other side of the river and the famous Ash Hollow was also on the south side.



I remember "Chimney Rock" not far from Fort Laramie and other points of interest as we passed along, such as the "Sweet Water" where it cut through a mountain of solid rock, the salaratus lakes where we could gather saleratus like blocks of ice, then the Green River with a splendid ford and how nicely we crossed over it, then Fort Bridger about one hundred and thirteen miles from Salt Lake City. I was so pleased when I thought we were so near our journey's end. We came to Echo Canyon, a beautiful place with rocks perpendicular to the height of several hundred feet. There were holes and caves in the rocks and when one called or made a big noise you could hear the echo three or four times. I have been there since and have taken more notice than when I first saw it.



At the mouth of Echo Canyon we came to the Weber River which we followed about four miles, then crossed it and also crossed two mountain ranges and traveled down Emigration Canyon into Salt Lake Valley and camped. This was on the 13th of October, 1849.

Transcript for Ivy Hooper Blood Hill, compiler and editor, William Blood: His Posterity and Biographies of Their Progenitors (Logan: J.P. Smith and Sons, 1962), 14-16

Martha M. Morgan, A Trip Across the Plains in the Year 1849 with Notes of a Voyage to California by Way of Panama (Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1983), 7-20

Martha M. Morgan, A Trip Across the Plains in the Year 1849 with Notes of a Voyage to California by Way of Panama (Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1983), 7-20.

Transcript for Martha M. Morgan, A Trip Across the Plains in the Year 1849 with Notes of a Voyage to California by Way of Panama (Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1983), 7-20

Silas Harris, Biographical sketches, 1891-2013

Silas Harris, Biographical sketches, 1891-2013.

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Matilda Hawk

William Hawk Jr.

Margaret Harris

Sarah Hawk

Rebecca Hannah Hawk

Mary Caroline Hawk

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