The
pioneers for the most part had a working relationship with the natives. There
were times when periods of misunderstanding stood in the way of progress
between the two groups and livestock would be stolen and a few lives lost.
Nevertheless, Brigham Young preached to the Saints instructing them that if
they did not want to have problems with the natives then feed the natives. Forgiveness
came hard for Sister Eunice Snow whose husband had been killed by the natives.
She wanted to forgive, but there were times when her patience wore a little
thin. On one occasion a native brave entered her cabin and demanded bread.
Sister Snow wasn’t in the mood and did what to get rid of the young brave?
a.
Told him to take the pie cooling on the window ledge
b.
Warmed his shoulders with a stick
c.
Threw a loaf of bread out the door
d.
Complained to Arapeen, the brave’s Chief
Yesterday’s answer
(D)
Whitewash and wine
This
almanac [1852] moved closer to the traditional American almanac providing
recipes for such things as whitewash, Scotch bread, wedding cake, and wine;
poems; tables for measuring corn and wheat; lists of discoveries and inventions
in world history; lists of Church leaders, territorial officers, officers of
the Nauvoo Legion, justices of the peace; and perhaps most importantly, lists
of operating post offices with arrival and departure schedules for the mails.
David
J. Whittaker, “Alamancs in the New England Heritage of Mormonism,” BYU Studies, Fall 1989, 100.
Additional
interesting information:
The
modern student who peruses Phelps’s almanacs can imaginatively enter into the
cultural world of early Utah. One can glimpse, for example, the major medical concerns
of an earlier generation by reading of the potions recommended for their cure.
Articles on tanning hides, curing diarrhea, treating cuts and bruises, making
candles, preparing vegetable glue, and preventing skippers in hams, suggestions
on how to preserve various foods, how to soften water or stain wood, how to
remove ink stains, or “How to feed fowls in such a manner that they will lay
eggs during the winter season” can bring us closer to the daily lives and
thoughts of our ancestors.
David
J. Whittaker, “Alamancs in the New England Heritage of Mormonism,” BYU Studies, Fall 1989, 104.
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