William Horne Dame (1819 - 1884) Profile

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Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1, Page 2, Line 50.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959.

Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 2, Page 2, Line 50.

William H Dame Journals, 1850-1861

William H Dame Journals, 1850-1861.

"Arrival of Trains," Deseret News

"Arrival of Trains," Deseret News, October 22, 1862.

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Capt. [Isaac] Canfield’s company (independent,) arrived late on Thursday evening, Oct. 16th, having occupied eleven weeks in the journey across the plains. Elder James McKnight, chaplain and clerk, reports that they had an exceedingly prosperous journey; that there was but little sickness and no deaths in the company, and their losses in cattle were inconsiderable—only three or four, and those mostly belonging to a small train, freighting merchandize which travelled with the company part of the way.



We are informed that the immigrants in this company were more strict in their devotional exercises than some others have been, and generally held meeting every evening, during the entire journey.



On Friday, 17th; about noon, the fifth church train, Capt. H[enry]. W. Miller; arrived, in which were about six hundred and fifty immigrants, and sixty wagons. It seems there was considerable sickness in the company on the plains; and about thirty deaths, mostly children. The teams generally returned in very good condition.



Mr. [William Samuel] Godbe’s freight train of twenty-two wagons also arrived on Friday, in which there were a few immigrants.



The sixth Church Train Capt. H[orton]. D. Haight came in on Sunday, in which were about four hundred and fifty passengers. There were, as reported, thirty deaths in the company on the plains; most of whom were sick when they left the Missouri river, principally children.



Capt. David P. Kimball’s freight train arrived yesterday afternoon; how many wagons there were in it we did not ascertain.



The large freight train in which there are some few emmigrants, mostly Swiss was supposed to be somewhere in the vicinity of Yellow Creek last night, and may be expected to arrive in the course of five or six days. Capt. W[illiam]. H. Dame is in charge.

Transcript for "Arrival of Trains," Deseret News, 22 October 1862, 132

"Arrival of Trains," Deseret News.

"Companies En Route," Deseret News

"Companies En Route," Deseret News, October 8, 1862.

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Among the companies on the road from the east to this city are, Capt. [Isaac A.] Canfield’s, which will be, as supposed, among the first that will next arrive; Capt. [David P.] Kimball’s freight train; the fifth and sixth church trains, and a freight train in charge of Capt. W[illiam]. H. Dame. The fifth church train, Capt. H[enry]. W. Miller, is supposed to be somewhere between Fort Bridger and Green river. Capt [Horton D.] Haight, with the sixth church train, is believed to be nearly one hundred miles in the rear of Capt. Miller, and Capt. Dame’s freight train, heavily loaded, in the rear of all, and may not yet have reached the South Pass.



It will unavoidably be late before the last company will get over the mountains, and more than one of them may encounter snow storms before they get into this valley, but it is hoped that the weather will continue favorable and that no heavy storms nor extreme cold will occur till after the last immigrant or freight wagon this fall shall have reached this city.

Transcript for "Companies En Route," Deseret News, 8 October 1862, 105

"Companies En Route," Deseret News.

Dame, William H., to Brigham Young

Dame, William H., to Brigham Young, September 18, 1862.

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Capt [William Horne] Dame &amp; [John Ray] Youngs train of sixty four 64 wagons just passing Laramie four 4 PM Sept 18th[.] twenty 20 oxen dead twenty 20 more old &amp; poor[.] three 3 weeks rations of flour[.] health of camp good[.] two hundred thirty five 235 persons. Have you any word for us



 



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Transcript for Dame, William H., to Brigham Young, 18 Sept. 1862 [telegram], in Brigham Young, Office Files 1832-1878, reel 59, box 45, fd. 24

Dame, William H., to Brigham Young.

Hill, William Henry, Autobiography, 1910-1912, 5-9

Hill, William Henry, Autobiography, 1910-1912, 5-9.

We started to hitch up the next morning, and when I got my seven yoke hitched to the wagon they ran away and the night herder started after them on horseback, and they ran five miles before he could get them under control, so as to bring them back. I had on 30,000 weight of freight, but it was in the shape of sheet iron, just the size of the inside of the wagon box and they lay so solid so that no matter how much the wagon might jolt, they could not upset or injure it in the least. And when they returned, I thought it was the best thing that could have happened to them, for really they were more than half broke, so that I didn’t have but little labour to make them quite tractable, for as quick as they got back Captain William H. Dame gave the orders to start, so the train started out, and we traveled eight miles on our way and then camped for the night, and as my cattle had traveled eighteen miles and had become quite docile while all the others had only gone eight miles, I took their yolks all off before I turned them out for the night, while all the rest of the teams had their yolks on, and some of the boys said that I never would be able to catch them in the morning, but when morning came, I had my cattle all caught yolked up and hitched on to the wagon before or about as soon as any of them, and was al ready to start with the rest without much trouble and that day we made 20 miles, besides the Church freight I had in my wagon, I also had five passengers with their luggage, they were Swedish people, and after stopping for the night, I again unyolked my cattle and turned them out, and all the others followed by example this time, as to let their cattle eat and rest better than they could with their yolks on, but next morning I had caught mine and got hitched up over an hour before some of the boys had caught theirs, for they had to lasso them so they could not get any where near them, for all the time they were on the travel, the day before they were shiping and slashing at them with their whips, that their cattle were afraid of them, while I would pet and fondle mine, so that it was not long before I could do anything with them, and before we had been on the road two weeks, I could go into the carroll [corral] and call them by name and they would come to me, and I would put the yolk on, and then go and call another and so on until I got them all yolked up in their places, while most of the boys would have to lasso their cattle every time they wanted to yolk them up. Some of them had to do that all the way to Salt Lake City, and when we had been two weeks on our journey most of the boys went to Captain Dame and ask him to let them have another whip each as they had worn out the first one he gave them before they started, on the poor cattle. Yet mine was as good as it was when he gave it to me, and I had the most tractable team in the whole train, so much so that the Captain came to me and wanted to know if I wouldn’t let one of the boys have one yolk of mine, and me take a yolk of his, as he couldn’t get along, his cattle was so wild. I told him yes he could take a yolk, and he did so, and in two days I had his wild ones so that I had no trouble with them and in a few days the captain came to see me again and wanted me to let him have another yolk and I then told him that he could have them, but if he wanted any more after I had had the trouble to make them tractable he could take them all, for the other boys had the same chance to break their cattle that I had had, so after that exchange, I was not bothered any more, and thus we went on our journey, day by day, we were up in the morning by five o’clock and cooked our breakfast of what we called slap jacks and sow belly with the buttons on, and coffee and this was our diet, day by day only when we got a chance to kill a buffalo then we would feast on fresh meat for a few meals and when we had been traveling 12 days, the brethren we left behind when we started out, caught up with us as they traveled much quicker than we did, for they had horse teams with light wagons. They arrived in damp after we had stopped for the night, and next morning, Brother Blackburn, the person who hired me to drive a team, came and stood by my wagon as he had been making inquiries of the Captain what kind of a driver I was, and the Captain told him to come and see for himself how I handled my cattle, so he came and stood by my wagon, until I had finished yolking up and had got them all hitched to the wagon and then he came and shook hands with me and said, “Well, Bro. Hill, I see you understand how to take care of cattle, and handle them too, " and he said, “I must admit that I have never seen a lot of wild cattle become so tractable in so short a time, and I can but wonder how you have accomplished it.” I smiled at him and said “Well, Bro. Blackburn, I found out that the same spirit which the driver possessed would be transmitted to the cattle, and so by using the spirit of kindness, I have been enabled to bring them into the condition you see them in this morning, and I showed him my whip and then told him to examine the other boys whips and then he would be able to see just as much difference in them as there was in the tractableness of the cattle. “Well,” he said, “I shall always remember the lesson you have given me this morning,” and he shook hands with me bidding me goodbye and shortly the teams being all hitched up, they started on the journey, and during the forenoon the horse teams past us and they were soon out of sight and that was the last we saw of them as they traveled much faster than we did with our cattle, for we only aimed to travel fifteen miles on an average per day, but some days we would make more and some days less, owing to where we could get water and feed for our cattle, and as for wood for cooking, many times we camped where there was none, then we would gather dry buffalo chips or dried cattle dung to cook with and thus we kept on our journey for the valley, and each day we would pass one or more pieces of boards pointing us to where there was some poor soul laid away by the roadside tired and worn out by the hardships they had endured on their journey. I heard that my brother had been taken quite sick with what they termed mountain fever, which caused by mind to be much troubled and fearful lest he should die on the way, and I should discover where they had laid him by the roadside, and I was unable to hear any further from him or about him. But I prayed earnestly to my Heavenly Father for his preserving care to be over him day by day, and he recovered and got through alright. After being on the travel for the space of twelve weeks we finally got to the mouth of what they call Emigration Canyon, where we could see Salt Lake City, and we all thought it was the most pleasant sight that our eyes had ever beheld, and then it was different to what it is now for where we stood we could have counted every house there was in the city at that time and that was on the 29 
th
 of October 1862 making it 6 months and 26 days from the time I left Liverpool, England.

Transcript for Hill, William Henry, Autobiography, 1910-1912, 5-9

Jost, Mary Ann Taylor, Autobiographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26 vols., 7:202-3

Jost, Mary Ann Taylor, Autobiographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26 vols., 7:202-3.

When the Ogden Co. arrived to meet our camp Captain Miles Jones had in his possession a letter which stated that the reason my brother was not with them to meet us was, because he had lost his cattle. We were then booked with a few other families to go with the freight teams. The last company of that season, before continuing on our journey I was called by the church with others to assist in making wagon covers and tents for the last train.
After resuming our journey under the leadership of Captain Dame four days from Florence we were again delayed, to wait for Captain Young and ten or twelve more wagons, which in all made a company of over sixty wagons. 
After we had travelled away from all civilization[,] were approached by a band of over two hundred Indians who were on the war path with another tribe. Our leading teamster Alex. Hubbard, who was a resident of Willard, was also our interpreter, and as soon as he informed us that it was food they demanded, the captain had a great quantity put out for their disposal.
On account of dividing shoes with a girl friend, who was a barefoot orphan, I travelled half the journey in moccassins
Being late in the fall we encountered disagreeable weather to-ward the end of the journey. One whole day in particular we travelled with our clothes frozen stiff with the sleet. When we came to the Platte river, we camped on one bank one night and the next night on the opposite bank, the river being so treacherous that it took us a full day to cross it.
Another event was when I consented to take the place of a lady who was paying her way over by cooking for ten of the freight teamsters. She became ill and was unable to be at her post for two weeks. During which times I assisted by the Capt and teamsters did the cooking.
One day when some members of our party went out for a hunt my father included, they arroused three bears, two of which ran through our camp and startled the cattle to such an extent that a stampede was narrowly averted. 
I rode part of the journey on one of the night herders mules. Of course we had our pleasures as well as our trials.
When we reached Echo Canyon we remained there three days and nights, while the rest of the company went on to Salt Lake City, on account of my brother coming to meet us, so to take us on to Ogden. Our delay in the canyon was due to him having a load of grain to deliver farther on before he could accompany us. The father of the present Bishop Fuller of Eden ward assisted my brother in bringing us to Ogden. 
When we reached 25th st and Washington Ave. I asked how much farther we had to go before we reached Ogden and was astonished, when told that we were in the center of Ogden.
Thus ended a long and tedious journey of six months mingled with joys and sorrows. There were nine deaths on board ship, six on plains and one on the Mississippi river.

Transcript for Jost, Mary Ann Taylor, Autobiographical sketch, in Genealogical Charts and Biographical Sketches of Members of the L.D.S. Church, Ogden Stake, 26 vols., 7:202-3

List of persons in W. H. Dame's freight train, Ft. Laramie

List of persons in W. H. Dame's freight train, Ft. Laramie, September 1862.

List of persons in W. H. Dame's freight train, Ft. Laramie.

McBride, Reuben A., Journals, 1860-1862; 1867

McBride, Reuben A., Journals, 1860-1862; 1867, Vol. 1.

[August] 5
 
Busy preparing to start[.] went to Omaha. Br. Eldrige [Eldredge] came up on the Wood Eagle. Her priott house roof wass full of ball holes the be afsionsts made while cuming up the River. 
6 Florance [Florence]
7 florance
8 florance Mooved camp to the Paunee [Pawnee] Springs
9 <s>Florance went to Big Pappea tiped over wagon broke one tung.</s>
10 Went to the Big Pappea tiped over wagon 
11 Camped on the Elk horn[.] rote to illegible Wife for her to sind me 2 horses
Tuesday, August the 12 th /62 Camped at a small lake close to the Platt[e]
 3 1/2 miles from Fremont. a nice camp/&lt;ground&gt;
13 traveled 13 miles. Camped on the Banks of the Platt[e] Island in the River had a thunder storm, lightning struck me and others lightly 
14 prsed on up the Platt, teams traveling very well 
20 came to wood River Camped at Johnsons Ranch. J.W Young came during the night. 
21 Brs. Lyman, Rich, and Others came, stoped with us after noon went 7 miles. I went and seen Sisters Oens who had stoped at Sister Oliver's, All from Manchester, the girls are sick.
22 Went to the Platt, opisit fort Kerney[.] Stoped in to one Br. Lyman &amp; Rich. Spoke to the camp
23, Sunday Brs. Lyman &amp; Rich went on for utah. I would have went with them if Bro. Dames he[a]lth had permitted me leaving the freight train, as all of the Brethren appeared anxious that I should go home with them[.] it would have been mor plesant to me but duty forbid me[.] we camped on a illegible
24 passed at Elm Creek came to Buffalo Creek, Br. Bats over took us. Br. Allferd [Alfred] Betz took his mules and took them on to his train[.] we in camped on Buffalo Creek. 
25 in the morning saw plenty of Buffalo. passed on up the creek found some plums but went out Buffalo hunting[.] one of the Swiss shot one just as the Buffalo wer[e] coming clos[e] whair [where] I lay in wait for them. we dressed them and took him to camp.
26 come to the Platt[e.] plenty of wood and grass[.] Sister Surage [Ann Surridge or Surrage] was killed
27 up Platt[e]. 
28 pawnee Springs, time passed on, nothing of note traveling very slow
September [18]62 
6 th Camped 4 miles from Woolf Creek, a man came to our camp after dark, sayed he had come from utah, stayed all night had two horses, one [illegible]
7 th came to Woolf Creek. Large sand hill did not keep the old Road went a Round about way. Detained all day[.] camped on Platt.
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Oct. 10 left head of sweet watter. Crossed the south Pass. Met Br. H. Newell with cattle to asist us. 
11 Stoped on the Pacific Creek aranged our loading. 
12 Came to the little Sandy 
13 Big Sandy Crossed Green River on the 15 or 16 
good crossing stoped thier all Day 
20 Passed John Youngs train erley[.] they had lost theire cattle[.] at 9 a.m. Met J. W. Young[.] I Wen[t] over to Bri[d]ger. Send a telegraph dispach to Press. Young. Camped on Muddy
21 Came from Mud[d]y Station hard Road and up hill cattle [illegible]
22 Started from Quaking Asp[en] Hill met many teams from utah loaded with grain goin to diferant mail Stations on the Road at Bair [Bear] River[.] Met 4 teams for us[.] camped at illegibleCreek.
23 Started from the ox train at. 10. AM. With Br Lees for GSL City, Morning rather cool little rain, Met stage, traveled lively all day[.] camped in Echo Kanion [Canyon]
24 Starte 5 miles from the Mouth of Echo kanion came to the Weber[.] Met Br. S.P. Hoit [Hoyt] and Bennett[.] hert [heard] from home[.] father not yet returned from Calliforniah [California.] came up Silver Creek kanion. Dugway nearly 5 miles. Mules ran away tiped over wagon and [illegible] 
Saturday October 25/[18]62 Started from Silver creek came By parlies [Parley's] park and down parlies Kanion[.] very Bad road. was with Josiah Lee’s 4 mule team[.] arived in Great Salt Lake City at 5. PM.

Transcript for McBride, Reuben A., Journals, 1860-1862; 1867, vol. 1, 9 p

McBride, Reuben A., Journals, 1860-1862; 1867.

Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959

Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Vol. 1.

Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959.

"Names of Immigrants," Deseret News

"Names of Immigrants," Deseret News, September 24, 1862.

Transcript for "Names of Immigrants," Deseret News, 24 September 1862, 98

"Names of Immigrants," Deseret News.

"Salt Lake Sensation," Ogden Standard Examiner

"Salt Lake Sensation," Ogden Standard Examiner, November 16, 1891.

Martin D. Wendell, who was very deaf, testified--I joined the Mormons in 1847, came to Utah in 1862 . . . .
I saw the death penalty inflicted on a man named Green, in 1862, about twenty miles west of Green River, W. H. Dame was captain of the train. . . . 
Billy Williams, now dead, and Mark Surridge were there. Joseph Follett, of Cottonwood, saw the trouble, so did Dave McBride, of Iron county, and Blackburn, John W. Young, of Iron county, George Snyder, now dead, and others; my son George was there; he now lives at Peoa, Summit county; Green, the man killed, had two wagons, with three yoke of cattle to each; a Gentile was with Green; the latter was killed about 9 in the evening; when we got to the place Captain Dame led me outside of the train, I saw eleven men, in buckskin clothes, whom he called mountaineers, and told me to warn the people not to go outside of camp, at night Green was called by three men; he would not come, and they dragged him out; one caught him by the hair and another cut his throat; they got $5000 from him; some of us began to object, and John W. Young said if we did not shut up, we would be served the same; next day Dame said Green had apostatized once, and now he had apostatized and gone to hell; my son and the Gentile took Green's outfit to the Tithing yard. It was John W. Young, of Iron county, cousin to John W. Young, of this city. It was not Joseph W. Young, the emigration agent. . . .
The three men who took Green out of the wagon were seen by the others I have mentioned; one of the three was Bill Hickman, John W. Young was not there; there were more than ten of us present when the three men took him, and we did not try to save him. Green had a wife and two or three children. He lived near Farmington; he told me he had $5,000; I saw the men take the money; I made no protest; we had no idea that the men were Danites, but they were. Bill Hickman was the captain; he afterwards told me he was there. I left the Church about five years after the killing[.] I don't know whether or not Green had had his endowments; he told me men were spying about him, and he was timid about getting to Salt Lake . . . . The three men took Green's body away with them. There was another man present. Several persons protested against the murder. These were Billy Williams, Follett, Serridge, Sanders and myself. Surridge afterwards apostatized. Joseph Follett is now living near the mouth of Cottonwood.

Transcript for "Salt Lake Sensation," Ogden Standard Examiner, 16 Nov. 1891, 1

"Salt Lake Sensation," Ogden Standard Examiner.

Young, John R., Letter, in Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Young, John R., Letter, in Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, October 29, 1862.

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Andrew Jensen—Church Historian Dear Brother,
In your Historical Record Vol. 9. Page 64—also in the Genealogical magazine Vol. 8—no.1—Page 5—you say—
Capt. Wm. H. Dame came in on Oct 29, 1862 being the last train for the season. It is an error, John R. Young's train was the last train in 1862.
In that year I went down to Florence in John R. Murdock's train. Just as Wm. H. Dame's train was pulling out, President Young telegraphed to Joseph W. Young the Emigration Agent, to have J. R. Young stay and buy wagons and teams and clean out the Church warehouse. To do that I bought 22 wagons, and Capt. Hooper added three making a train of 25 wagons. I left Florence Aug. 17, reached S. L. City the same day that Capt. Dame did,						
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Transcript for Young, John R., Letter, in Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 29 Oct. 1862

Young, John R., Letter, in Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

[List of those filing for lots, 1848], in Salt Lake County Recorder's Office, Land records [ca. 1847-1860]

[List of those filing for lots, 1848], in Salt Lake County Recorder's Office, Land records [ca. 1847-1860].

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