Brigham Young
What did Brigham Young
pledge he would give if all men in the Battalion served faithfully?
a.
His right hand
b.
The Salt Lake
Valley
c.
His left leg
d.
His children
Yesterday’s answer:
c. While the dead were placed there prior to
the burial
The following from the
journal of Arizona pioneer Lucy Hannah White Flake:
When death came, it cast a
gloom over the entire community and any social event or celebration was
cancelled, even if it were a small child, out of respect for the family. There
were so few, none could be spared. The neighbors all came, the men to offer to
dig the grave or make the casket, or even to furnish some of their treasured
lumber for its construction. The women folks to make the clothes and help lay
out the dead, and all volunteered to sit up with the corpse during the time
between the death and the burial. The body had to be kept as cool as possible
and watched that cats did not get inside the room and eat it.
David F. Boone, “ ‘As Bad As
I Hated To Come’: Lucy Hannah White Flake in Arizona, Journal of Mormon History, Vol. 38, No. 4, Fall 2012, 79-80.
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