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Abel Smart was on a world trip when in Omaha, Nebraska
he heard about Brigham Young and the Great Salt Lake Valley. Continuing to the
west, the world tour bogged down and halted in the Salt Lake Valley, why?
a.
He was converted
into the church
b.
He ran out of
funds and couldn’t find any work
c.
He stopped to
work on the Salt Lake Temple
d.
He met his future
wife
Yesterday’s
answer:
B Lost
livestock, natives, weather, lack of water, accidental shooting
Tuesday, April 27th—At 8:30 a. m. the
wagons commenced moving off. We traveled twelve miles and stopped about 2:15 p.
m., coming nearly a south course. O. P. Rockwell and others went back to look
for the horses that were lost. We stopped at noon near a ravine, where feed was
very good but no water. We dug about four feet and got a little water for our
horses. At 3:15 the teams started again. Brother Woodruff and two others shot
an antelope. President Young and Kimball are still ahead. We traveled four
miles and encamped at 5:30 for the night. Soon after we arrived it began to
thunder and lightning, and gave us a light shower with very heavy wind. Those
who went to hunt the horses returned. They reported that they went back near
where we were encamped April 26th, and saw fifteen Indians well armed.
They endeavored to get near enough to get hold of the horses by pretending
friendship, but the brethren would not let them come near. One of the brethren
cocked his pistol and pointed it at one of them, when they all ran. After they
got off a little distance they turned and fired a shot at the brethren. They
did not see the lost horses and the shot did not take effect. About the time
the brethren returned, a rifle accidentally went off, which was in Brother Brown’s
wagon, and broke the right fore leg of a horse. That makes four of the best
horses in the camp lost in the last four days.
Major Howard Egan, Pioneering
the West (Howard Egan Estate: Richmond, Utah, 1917) 30.
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