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CALL
ZIONthestoiy1
first welshmormon
emigration
publications COMPANIONRELIGIOUS STUDIES CENTER MONOGRAPH SERIES
NIBLEY TIMELY TIMELESSclassic essays hugh W nibley
DEITY DEATHselected symposium papers
edited introduction SpencespencerrjJ palmer
GLORY GOD intelligencefour lectures role intellect judaism
jacob neusner
reflections MORMONISMjudanojudaeo christian parallels
edited introductory essay truman G madsen
literature BELIEFsacred scripture religious experienceedited preface neal E lambert
WORDS JOSEPH SMITHcontemporary accounts nauvoo discourses
compiled edited andrew F ehat lyndon W cook
BOOK MORMON authorshipnew light ancient origins
edited introduction noel B reynolds
MORMONS MUSLIMSspiritual foundations modern manifestationsedited introduction SpencespencerrjJ palmer
TEMPLE ANTIQUITYancient records modern perspectives
edited introductory essay truman G madsen
ISAIAH PROPHETSinspired voices old testament
edited introduction monte nyman
scriptures MODERN WORLDedited paul R cheesman C wilfred griggs
JOSEPH SMITH translationrestoration PLAIN PRECIOUS THINGSedited monte nyman robert L millet
apocryphal WRITINGS LATTERDAYLATTER DAY SAINTSedited C wilfred griggs
preface noel B reynolds
publications RELIGIOUS STUDIES CENTERspecialized MONOGRAPH SERIES
supporting SAINTSLIFE STORIES nineteenth CENTURY MORMONS
edited introduction donald Q cannon david J whittaker
CALL ZIONSTORY FIRST WELSH MORMON emigration
written translated ronald D dennis
RELIGIOUS STUDIES CENTERBRIGHAM YOUNG university
general director robert J matthewsassociate general director donald Q cannonassistant general director kent brown
directors
bible richard lloyd andersondoctrine covenants larry E dahl
ancient studies C wilfred griggsbook mormon monte nyman
pearl great price H donl peterson
advisory committee
robert J matthews chairmanstan L albrechttodd britsch
departmental advisers
monte nymankeith W perkins
george horton jr
CALL1
N
fhe storyfirst welsh
mormonenemigrationmigrationigration
ronald D dennis
volume tworeligious studies center
specialized monograph series
religious studies centerbrigham young university
provo utah
copyright 1987religious studies center
brigham young university
rights reserved
library congress catalog card number 87 70665ISBN 0 8849488494628628 2
first printing 1987
produced distributedBOOKCRAFTsalt lake city utah
printed united states america
contents
illustrations ix
preface xax1xi
gather zion 1
swansea liverpool 7
board buena vista 16
crossing hartley 31
buena vista constitutionnew orleans st louis 36
cholera missouri river 42
new orleans council bluffshartley group 47
council bluffs off water 51
council bluffs salt lake city1849 56
valley 65
council bluffs salt lake valley1852 69
conclusion 78
viii contents
notes 78
appendix alphabetized list buena vistahartley welsh passengers 82
appendix B categorized informationbuena vista passengers 86
appendix C categorized informationhartley passengers 92
appendix D biographical sketches 106
appendix E translated documentssection own table contents 122
works cited 241.241241
illustrations
hartley 32
new orleans frederick piercy 37
st louis frederick piercy 40.4040
council bluffs ferry frederick piercy 52
devils gate frederick piercy 75great salt lake city 1853 frederick piercy 76
david D bowen h73 94.9494morgan david bowen h20 94.9494
william clark h40 94.9494
daniel daniels bv128 94.9494
thomas daniels bv130 95
ann david h15 gyoy95.95
elizabeth david hlahl4h14 95gy95.95
emma david h17 95gy95.95
hannah david high16 96gg.9696morgan david h12 96
rachel david h18 96george davis h68 96gg.9696
thomas davis jr h65 97.9797thomas davis sr h62 9797.97
mary evans bv171 97.9797phoebe evans bv51 97.9797margaret francis bv166 98.9898sarah giles bv132 98morgan hughes bv111 98.9898sarah jeremy bvmbv1bv15454 98.9898thomas jeremy BVbv15315 3 99gg.9999
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mary jones bvmbv1bv155 99william lewis bv66 99thomas mathias bv133 100edward morgan bv12 100william morgan bv10 100isaac nash bv49 I1 100owen owens h48 101
caleb parry bv216 101
catherine parry bv217BV217 1011
john parry bv67 101
david peters h33 102
lowry laura peters h34 102
sarah peters h38 102
john davis rees bv226 102mary rees bv227 103owen roberts h37 10103105
benjamin rowland bv19 I1 103
job rowland bv16 103
eliza thomas bv146BV 146 104rees thomas bv99 104
samuel thomas bv145 101044jane treharne bv116 104104lodiodmary treharne bv115BV 115 105sage treharne bv118 105
sarah treharne bv117 105
william treharne bv119 1051
preface
monday 26 february 1849 day great significancehistory welsh mormonscormonsMormons day 249 them
set sail buena vista waterloo dock liverpoolhomeward zion actually seventy sevenwelsh converts mormonism paid passage travel
buena vista these however wait untilweek later leave britain left board hartley
ship contained 161 english scottish convertswell
although few welsh mormonscormons gone americaindividual basis introduction missionary
effort wales 1840 those sailed buena vistahartley constituted first collective emigration
among welsh convertsfondest wish these first fruits three
thousand brothers sisters faith remainedwales soon join them salt lake valley where
live peace harmony far animositypersecution received nonbeliev-
ing compatriots desperately wanted sea voyageland trek perfect every way success
offer encouragement others follow themthus letters sent back wales church leaderswithout exception enthusiastic optimistic almostpoint being suspect captain dan jones author
letters concerning migration made even funeralheld sea sound attractive hardships minimizedconflicts brushed aside while primary focus placed
positive adventurous spiritual aspectsjourney
joness letters together those thomas jeremywilliam morgan offer extensive documentation
crossing buena vista hartley among best
xiixit preface
crossing mormon emigrants great britainthese letters almost totally ignored mormonhistorians writers penned them welshletters extensive writings rendered mute
welsh speaking historian rare breed countrywhat began me casual interest my own welsh
mormon ancestors eventually developed fascinationhistory welsh mormonscormons general overcoming
language obstacle far greater task I1 originallythought reward being able inject lifeonce meaningless pages amply justified effort
my objective book topresentpresentcopresent detailed accountthese sons ofgomergomer inhabitants hills cambria
time made decision seek rest zionschambers until marched proudly salt lake valley
appendix contains alphabetized list 326 welshemigrants board buena vista hartley
appendixes B C combine passenger list informationemigrants information gleaned numerous
sourcesappendix D series biographical sketches many
emigrantsappendix E contains english translations complete
texts thirty items originally written welsh twenty threeletters four poems three periodical articles dealingdirectly 1849 crossing separate table contents
appendix E lists reference number underentire text may found indicated following quotation
TD translated documents tdatd7td7j examplemean item 7 appendix E full text
danjonessdan joness 28 april 1849 letter tojohncojohnjohn davis quota-tions welsh english documentsentire text provided indicated abbreviationtrans translations mine
I1 like thank D L davies cwmamanCwmaman walesoffering valuable suggestions I1 wish express apprecia-tion linda hunter adams college humanitiespublications center BYU help editorial skills
gather zion
first mormon missionaries assigned waleshenry royle frederick cook began proselytenorth wales october 1840 months earlier others
preaching english counties border walesthese missionaries well gonewelsh villages street meeting two
first missionary assigned heartland waleswilliam henshaw went directly cosmopolitan merthyrtydfil burgeoning town recently becomeindustrial center wales knowledge welshlanguage henshaw proclaim message english
hope understand 19 february 1843baptized first converts william davis family during
following three years henshaw established several branchesglamorgan monmouth branches membership
totaling nearly five hundred membersdecember 1845 captain danjonesvanjonesdan jones called preside
welsh mormonscormonsMormons went down merthyr tydfilhaving spent previous year unproductive
north wales next decade feisty somewhatflamboyant mariner having exchanged ships deckpreachers pulpit central figure welshmormondom
born north wales 18181010 dan jones went seaage seventeen following ten years spent
life away wales shortly marriedjanemarried jane melling1837 took america where became american
citizen operated steamboat mississippi riverwhile captain little steamer maid iowa
first heard mormonscormonsMormons incredulous scur-rilous stories then being printed warsaw illinois signal
elsewhere jones sought missionaries obtain
2 gather zion
firsthand information result conversionjanuary 1843 accepted baptism icy watersmississippi yet met prophetjosephprophet joseph smith
did just few months later april transportinggroup british immigrants st louis nauvoo
friendship resulted between prophet captaincontinued right tojosephsjosephs martyrdom carthagejailcarthage jailjalljali
illinois jones recipient josephs prophecywelshman return native land
fulfill mission calledmonths earlier three narrow escapes grom death during
next thirty six hours jones proceeded make prepara-tions journey back britain
jones wife jane traveling companywilford woodruff hiram clark reached liverpooljanuary 18418455 first assigned north wales jones laborednearly 1845 baptized two three converts
amazed william henshawshenshaweHenshaws success south walesdoubt disappointed lack own reassign-
ment south wales however bring forthencouraging results during 1846 nearly fivehundred welsh converts 1847 just under thousand
astounding 1700 during 1848 year ofjonessjonessfirst mission
joness principal tools proselyting welshnation printing press numerous pamphlets support
mormonism together monthly periodical calledprophwydyprophwydy jubelijubili prophet jubilee 22888 8 pagescriptural commentary welsh published between1845 1848 energetic welshman
converting compatriots however representedobjectives getting them home zion
ultimate goal location zion shifted nauvooillinois rocky mountains duringjonessduring joness first mission
enthusiasm emigrating continued undiminishedperpetual emigrating fund assist many
british converts emigrate yet establishedcost voyage reach welsh
gather zion 3
converts inasmuch them clung lowest rungseconomic ladder encouraged however rely
faith save what lord provideray hope shone through clouds british mormon
poverty thejointjoint stock company establishedinception 1845 jones ardent supporter
encouraged flock purchase sharesafford hope extinguished year laterreuben hedlockbedlock absconded over400400 companyscompanascomp anysfunds 97070 invested welsh saintswhat extent fiasco caused investors abandon mormonism
difficult assess since millennialmillennialstarprintedstar printed very littleprophwyd y jubelijubili totally silent
william henshaw william phillips danjonesvanjonesdan jones threepersons whose names seen often contributors con-tinued firm faith loss fall 1846
company terminated churchfewer nine hundred welsh mormonscormonsMormons conversionsincreased religious periodicals did make
issue companyscompanascomp anys failure suggest repercussionscomparatively small
official organ welsh mormonscormonsMormons prophwyd y
jubelijubili appeared monthly between july 1846 december1848 nearly every thirty issuessomething emigrating articles landing
sam brannan california description california I1
news saints wilderness readystart homeward letter wilford woodruff while
crossing theplainsplains these fanned flames emigratingfever three page article entitled twenty nine welshmenwelshmerWelshmenlose theirjobsjobs cwmbychan mormonscormonsMormonsadded fuel
february 1848 prophwyd y jubelijubili 29 3311 jonesannounced official approval given welsh
begin making definite plans emigrating years timeencouraged pay off debts wealthy
asked generous assisting poor leavebabylon promised land
4 gather zion
june 1848 prophwydyjubi1iprophwyd y jubelijubili 92 9955 jones printedthomas bullocks account trek council bluffsutah future emigrants better idea whatlay store them october jones announced
himself granted permission go firstshipload welsh saints thus get pleasantcompany heavenly teaching sons zion instead
defending truth against malicious tales false asser-tions poison slime perverse obstinatenation prophwydyjubi1iprophwydy jubelijubili october 1848 153 trans
october issue appeared new song hailcalifornia sung welsh sailed awaycredit given composer song consequently onelones
suppose editor dan jones written
pestilence harvesting countriesharvesting man like grass field f
foul breeze blowslaying waste green earth j
californiayonder across distant seas me
sharp shining sword y
bathed bloodyes blood warm blood men
worst battles ever foughtcalifornia t
yonder rocky mountains I1 shall go
prophwydyjub&prophwydy jubelijubili october 1848 158 appen-dix E translated documents item 1 hereaftertranslated documents indicated TD
two months later seren gomer star gomerbaptist periodical appeared lengthy parody hailcalifornia entitled invitation california following two verses typical thescornfulscornful tone throughout
get corn without sowing harrowing f
everyone believe everyone believebread without baking
everyone believe
gather zion 5
houses grow us earthlovely attractive palaces
oh alluring placeeveryone believe everyone believe
place where pain sorrow comeeveryone believe
fat oxenheaven heaven
thousands fat pigsheaven
waiting doorsknives throats
ready morning nightheaven isheavenheaveninheaven t
sparse tableheaven
seren gomer december 1848 373 74 td4tdaparody signed small seer
song sung however welsh leftliverpool yet another entitled saints farewell
farewell now everyoneshall sail great ocean
complete longing gods zionbetter go land
given us our fatherlived captive far too long
freedom come us wake adversitycalled babel
call our intention gogo spite cruel enemy
our god through great gracebring us safely seemly zion
prophwydyjubiiiprophwyd y jubelijubili december 1848 186 td3t133tdasong signed J D pseudonym johndavis successor dan jones printing office
reverend H WwjonesbjonesWJjonesones publisher seren gomerformer employer john davis enthusiasticprospect many welsh men women many former
6 gather zion
baptists turning backs homeland period-ical warned welsh mormonscormons ominous prophecy
receivingenoughreceiving enough money get ship ships voyagecalifornia chief president danjonesvanjonesdan jones sail them
cuba place like sell them slaves every jackthem serve them right having little respectbook christ giving books mormon
seren gomer october 1848 305 trans article signedanti humbug identified john davis H WwjonesbjonesWJjonesones
through prophwdyjubiliPropproaprophwdhwd y jubelijubili call made namesages intended emigrate deposit
pound sterling per person paid later31 december secure passage detailed instructions concern-ing essentials food clothing trunks toolsprinted november 1848 prophwydyjubiliprop bwy d y jubelijubili 1651656969td2tda itinerary described final counsel concern-ing indebtedness given three hundred welsh saintsdeclared themselves candidates first emigrating party
opponents mormonismofmormonism wales incensedthese enticements claimed compatriots vicvic-tims grand wicked scheme anti mormon publicationsarticles lectures campaigns grew number intensity
year before emigration danjonesvanjonesdanjones assessed situa-tion merthyr area 29 september 1847 letter orsonspencer president missionary effort great britain
exhausted ammunition poorjosephpoorpoo josephrJosephlate beset poor captain jones imp arch
impostor wales truly amusing witnesswitness exertionsthese nothingariansNothingarians ransacking thevocabularyvocabulary billingsgate
itself titles crown me say provenme even worse joe smith others say quitebad soon scenes here very like con-tinentaltinental rabblesbabbles missouri etc still raging worse hotterdaily you neednotneed surprised should you hear carthagetragedies wales ere long whole towntowns works here-abouts containing 60000 people actually drunkeninfatuation rage against mormonism millennial star15 october 1847 318 19
swansea liverpool 17
joness fellow emigrants wrote severeopposition just prior departure merthyr tydfil
swansea en route liverpool
life our dear brother captainjonescaptain jones dangerhouse attacked almost every night weeks beforehisbefore leav-
ing merthyr godly life safe sleeping exceptbetween guards among brethren scoundrels
inhuman paid kill him leftleave secretly day before udgorn sebonselon zions
trumpet march 1849 57 tdatd5
swansea liverpool
plan emigrating called welsh saints meetliverpool 15 february those lived north wales
go individuals small groups those southwales meet swansea thirteenthmake thirty four hour voyage together steamergathering swansea caused great sensation amongresidents even described considerable detaillocal newspaper CamcambrianahanbHan tone amaze-ment intermixed pity
emigration california latter day saints tuesdayswansea quite enlivened consequence arrival
several waggonswiggons loaded luggage attended scoresbold peasantry carmarthenshire almost equal
number inhabitants merthyr surrounding districtstogether families formidable party nearly
latter day saints came town purposeproceeding liverpool troubadourtroubadorTroubador steamer where ship
readiness transport them next week glittering regions
8 swansea liverpool
california goodly company under command pop-ular saint known captain dan jones hardy travellerbrother wellweliweil knownjohnjonesknown john jones IlanUaniianilangollenuangollengollen able disputant
subject baptism arrived town tuesdayevening seems enjoy respect confidence faith-ful band entered town amidst gaze hundreds spec-tators evening delivered valedictory address
trades hall numerous audience majority whomled curiosity hear doctrines quite novel
town amongst group many substantial farmersneighbourhoodsneighbourhoods brechfaofbrechfabrechka llanybydder carmarthenshirealthough well do disposed posses-
sions get california new jerusalem deemwhere fanaticism teaches them believe escape
general destruction conflagration shortly envelopearth due them however state farbeing smitten mania gold discovery
imparted modern el dorado notoriety lateseem animated devout feelings aspirations
seem flow source judging conver-sation sincere belief end world hand
great captain salvation soon visit bobi ynngwladngw1ad y saint people country saintsintention informed visit gold regionsagricultural districts where intend say helpinganother reside peace harmony exemplify truth
brotherly love name practice amongstnumber came here several aged men varing 7090 years age whose hoary locks proclaimed
lengthened years render very improbable livesee america yet deluded poor simple saintsbelieve every amongst them however infirm oldmay surely land california safely startedwales faith extraordinary wednesday morning
being addressed leader repaired board admi-rable order extraordinary resignation departurewitnessed hundreds spectators whilst steamer gailypassed down river saints commenced singing favouritehymn entering piers however abruptly stopped sing-ing lustily responded cheeringgreeted inhabitants camjCambcambrianiian 16 february 1849
swansea liverpool 9
departure swansea 9 oclock wednesdaymorning 14 february 1849 arrival liverpool
following day 330 PM journey accordingwilliam phillips danjonessdan joness successor shorter usual
four hours phillips accompanied emigrants duringtwo week period prior departure liverpool
see them off gain firsthand knowledgeshare future emigrants march 1849 udgorn selonyelon
published brief account experiencesfashion standard letter writers
journey william phillips accentuated positiveaspects emigration downplayed anything con-trary discouraging nature everyone healthycontent during entire voyage except little seasicknesstroubled udgorn yelon march 1849 59 td6tda
little seasickness described somewhat different termsdavid D bowen experienced seaman
board troubadourtroubadorTroubador passengers few exceptionsvery sick passage pitching rockingsteamer board except dan jones
myself do help sick everybody plentytake care them delfsselfs bowen 19 majority
emigrants first time aboard ship thussea legs slow develop recordhaving turned back short voyage swansealiverpool however merely prelude fifty daysatlantic waves en route new orleans
mid nineteenth century liverpool bustling port citymuch larger welsh seen wales
many neophytes passed through liverpool wayparts world group fast talking sharperssharpelssharperscropped many careless emigrant find himselfrelieved baggage currency these shrewddealers welsh however given fair warningleader printed instructions them prqpbwydyjubi1iprophwydyjubilinovember 1848 167 td2tda those board troubadourtroubadorTroub adorreceived additional help ships captain land-ing place where shystersshysters waiting
10 swansea liverpool
william phillips reported later through listeningleaders warning take care possessions saintskept everything safe cunning predators
place did them harm way udgorn semnsewnselonmarch 1849 59 td6tda
brothers sisters faith encouraged assistanother every opportunity just pioneers crossing
plains america plant crops along waybenefit those followed saints liverpool assisted
welsh comrades despite centuries old suspicionbetween england wales rented musichall large six story building sufficient rooms
entire company take lodging rateshilling sixpence per night per person welsh spent fivenights
harbor final preparations being madevessel transport company new orleans
547 tons buena vista among smaller ships usedmormon emigration measured 141 x 29 x 14.5145145 feet
built just year before newburyportmassachusetts captain ebenezer linnell 2
five nights music hall welsh emigrantsinstructed go board ship david D bowen
few families already ship doubtconserve money supply bowen described spectacle
emigrants went place anothertown passingerspassengerspassingers where sic marching along
streets liverpool body like regiment solders I1
thought biggest sight liverpool people everseen way where looking us 19
three unexpected developments took place once entiregroup congregated board buena vista first depar-ture delayed another six days unexplained reasonssecond seventy seven those counted sailing
buena vista wait another week sailhartley along 161 english scottish converts 7
third welsh speaking ministers liverpool went boarddissuade emigrants going
swansea liverpool 11
many stories very strange indeedcirculated wales mormonscormonsMormons addition
prophecy sale emigrants slaverycuba strong rumor widows southwales board prepared clothes put departedhusbands california shoes put feetphillips udgorn semnsewnselon march 1849 60 td6tda
reverend henry rees sectarianpreachers town made inquiry concerninginformation received colleaguessouth wales danjonesvanjonesdan jones william phillips spokesmen
group replied barefaced lie offeredfollowing explanation ship
widows kept things theiriusbandshusbandsrespect greet them california phillipsudgorn selmsewnseimsemmyemmseiw march 1849 60 td6tda
these reverends failed convert mormonscormonsidea staying great britain lack
effort readily sense animosity welshmormonscormons toward ministers these comments articleentitled greeting odtheofthe emigrating saints signedtwentyfivetwenty five departing brethren
many preachers different sects slandering us smear-ing our characters through welsh publications condemningour dear religion pulpits doing everything
disgrace us shatter our feelings even hereboard ship foot
babylon trying frighten saints seavoyage country everything goodtrying persuade them everything exceptshould do udgomudgorn selon march 1849 58 tdatd5
sacrifices small many these emigrantsbecome mormonscormonsMormons them disowned
families shunned friends persecuted formerministers fellow parishioners uncommon
constantly graced epithets deceiversfalse prophets weakheadedweakheaded unprincipled liars idlers
12 eromprom swansea liverpool
dregs everything stinks nostrils everyonedavis 6 october 1848 3 trans label really
caused mormonscormons breathe fire applied themreverend W R davies baptist minister dowlaisDowlais
called them latter day satanists little wonder thenemigrants stood ground board buena vista
gave prayers thanksgiving soon freepernicious influences welsh reverends
even before ministers went board president williamphillips see everyone off decided put saints
test see convincehomesick ones turn back him answer generallyreceived however much love you cannot loveyou much wish turn back you leave uspeace forward us want go udgorn semnsewnselonmarch 1849 60 td6tda
desire every missionary baptize entirefamilies church many times however wife
husband become believer situationsbecame particularly divisive call came emigrateaccusations launched men deserting wives
children going zion without them trueseveral men board leaving
families behind intention ever seeing themagain emigrants felt justified however placedblame babylonians
bad them influenced our ownfamilies yes our dear wives children frighten themagainst coming us yes cause contention between husband
wife between parents dear children what worsehavedonehav edonedone much answer udgomudgorn semnsewnselon
march 1849 57 tdatd5attraction proceed zion greater sense
duty stay behind babylon intractable wivewiveschildren converts denounced families well
those caused families refuse accompanyhusbands fathers
swansea liverpool 13
yet doubt these themselves babylonians raisevoices highest condemn man leaving disobedientpeevish cruel wife behind refuses every offer come
assure you men our midsttried utmost get wives come themchildren do laws men god assurehusband head family choice country
refuse follow him wife childrenones leaving him leaving themudgomudgorn selon march 1849 57 tdatd5
stories spread wives boardemigrating against wishes husbands stories
summarily dismissed signers greetingbaseless lieswilliam phillips reported great enthusiasm won-
drous things took place board ship prior departure1 I saw saints times taken sick sooner
hands laid them restored immediatelyI1 bear witness I1 never seen
power god I1 saw ship udgorn semnsewnselonmarch 1849 60 td6tda these manifestations divineintervention came betsy david nineteen year olddaughter morgan elizabeth david fell topdeck bottom hold cut bruised unconscious
taken hospital regained consciousnessnext day thought live through
blessings prayers elders experienced fullrecovery lived another four decades chambers
nine children under age nonpayingpassengers those between ages fourteen cost
parents Y 3 each above age fourteen paidxax33 12s 6dad reasonable price considering xax55 uncommon
voyage price included needed provi-sions fares having collected ship put
state readiness two things left completeorganize emigrants different sections set sail
249 persons board buena vista assignedeight sections elder appointed
14 eromprombrom swansea liverpool
supervise each section see everyone acted properlyreceived justice impartially foster nurture loveunity especially see kept places cleanhealthful jones 18 april 1849180 5 td7tda keepship clean two men assigned arise each morningbefore others group wash dry deckcaptain dan jones very much home back board ship
four years land president emigratingcompany assisted triad william morgan
forty six year old engineer merthyr tydfil ricewilliams forty five year old farmer rhymniwilliam davis forty three year old tailor rhymnithese constituted council organizetemporal spiritual matters
nine day wait fourth groupreassigned sail few days later buena vista
ready dragged sea two large steamers per-formed task tears joy excitement anxiety rolleddown passengers cheeks tears sadness eyes
william phillips abel evans elieser edwards john daviesdavidjeremydavid jeremy daniel evans brethren comebid farewell emigrants tears disappointment
faces seventy seven paidbuena vista still another week waitingliverpool dan jones described departure
monday 26th february two oclock after-noon set sail port saints accompanied
harp sang saints farewell left docksweet voices resounded throughout city attracting atten-tion causing amazement thousands spectatorsfollowed us along shore charmed 18 april 1849 6 td73
phillips others purchased oranges hurloutstretched hands passengers ship being
dragged waterloo dock fresh fruit expensivebritain saints poor consequently apprecia-
tion greater ship gone reachthrowing oranges handkerchiefs then waved
swansea liverpool 15
final farewell winds february turnedsummer breezes jones 18 april 1849 6 td7tda
thomasjeremythomas jeremy became very nostalgic prospectbeing separated perhaps permanently brethren
gospel
oh how lovely association I1 thesebrethren numerous occasions wales sometimes daytoo short us talk things pertaining kingdom
god frequently take night extentionsleep stand distance us while others
abundantly comfortable grasp time camemy mind I1 see them again I1 imagined hearing
something answer long before seeing themzion I1 took courage 18 april 1849 212 1 td8tda
opposition back wales means ceaseddeparture first group welsh saints fact
departure used reason further agitation date27 february 1849 just day buena vista
left liverpool applied letter sent johntojohncojohn davis editorudgorn selon signed capt dan jones contained
rather startling declarations
my dear brother lord I1 am pleased able informyou landed safely new orleans shortcomfortable voyage evident care our behalf clear proof
world truthfulness our faith spite muchtalk against numerous false religions worldperhaps letter come your hand rather miraculously
proclaim before public proclaim gathashkelonAshkelon providential care our heavenly fatherus going here nauvoo banksmississippi river state illinois councilbluffs state missouri angel showed you dream
directions inform everyone tell brethrenwell comfortable convincing world
go forward our numbers thousands time reachend our journey before long shall overthrow
kingdoms earth shall live thousand two hundredsixty years happens I1 do time write
16 board buena vista
much you I1 much do I1 am yours affectionatelyyour father lord capt dan jones davis preface iii iv
trans
disregard perhaps placing council bluffsmissouri immigrants go first nauvoo enroute council bluffs three years saints exodusnauvoo davis accept additionnoticed emblem odd fellows stationerydeclared letter clumsy forgery printed fore-word pamphlet containing joness andjeremysandjeremys authen-tic accounts buena vista crossing tdatd7 td8tdafurther caution already cautious welsh saints beware
continued efforts hamper progress mormonism
board buena vista
many welsh saints poor evenliquidating meager assets still didsufficient money pay fare eae33 12s 6dad each member
families amount equivalent 18perhaps 100 todays standards although maysound quite reasonable must bear mindthird laborers annual wages required transporthimself wife few children across atlantic once
reached new orleans pay another tenshillings per person go steamer upstream st louisyet another iai11 sterling each required steamer
st louis council bluffs immigrantneed purchase food family while mississippi
board buena vista 17
missouri rivers once arrived council bluffsface expense buying wagon oxen plus pro-visions thousand mile three month journeygreat salt lake valley these considerations addition
prospect eight months income madeemigrating sobering challenge
perpetual emigrating fund established later1849 used many welsh mormonscormonsMormonsthose board buena vista hartleyuse means intended outset proceed
far council bluffs where work saveuntil buy themselves fitoutfltout continuewestward just enough go full distance
made arrangements earn way going maidservant family afford pay services
elizabeth lewis wealthy convert grom Kidwelly statesbrief autobiographical sketch paid passage across
ocean forty persons provided expenses thirtytwo persons council bluffs salt lake city tullidge461 62 these maids servants appears
agreement eventual reimbursement
249 passengers buena vista 5522 percent 130male 48 percent 119 female table 1 shows
distribution age groups
TABLE 1
age distribution buena vista passengers
age total percentage
07opio0100710olo0 10 59 23723.7237
11111717 36 14.5145145
181830185030 71 28528.5285
31315050 62 24.9249249
51 21 848.484
249 100.01000
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TABLE 2
family units among buena vista passengers t
total percentage
part complete family unit 179 7197171.971991
husband wife childrenpart incomplete family unit 37 14.8148148
father mother childrenapparent family attachment 33 13313.3135153
249 1006100.61000100.0lood
nearly 87 percent emigrating part completeincomplete family unit eleven thirty three
apparent family attachment listed servants maidsthus putting them under supervision family head
twenty two individuals board own P
wide variety occupations listed under columnoccupation trade profession family members usually
received ditto mark column under occupationindicated family head 4 occasional widow49sonson written space sarah daviseliza williams two died board buena vista
new orleans clerk entered deceasedpassengers varying numbers earned way life
performing following occupations
blacksmith lime burner puddlerbutcher locksmith saddlercarpenter maid servantclerk mason schoolmastercollier milliner schoolteacherdressmaker miner shoemakerengineer moulder stone cutter tfarmer nailer tailorjoiner pattern maker wheelrightlaborer plasterer whitesmith i
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few these occupations required classroomtraining literacy welsh including women
literate however thanks circulating schoolsprevious century these schools consisted brief
training reading skills various nonconformist ministerstraveled countryside intense desire
get people read bible 5 idea teach smallgroups individuals turn instruct others
newfound skill little attention given writingsince major thrust do reading consequentlymany welsh read quote scriptureswhile same time being totally incapable writing
names formal schooling kind earlynineteenth century deemed luxury enjoyed
well do children working class nearly alwaysstayed within class occasionally young ladapprenticed learn trade thus able rise notch
two above fathers level social mobility veryunusual idea becoming landowner staggeredimagination since prospect held converts
assume constituted least partmotivation joining church going rockymountains 6
initial enthusiasm adventure combined devo-tion newly acquired beliefs perhaps keptemigrants turning back liverpool few ever
sea before possessed clear con-cept what involved walking terra firmaseven weeks might well second thoughtsalthough described idyllic terms letter writers cross-ing atlantic fraught numerous inconveniences
hardships try patience evenstalwart welsh strangers hardship
long years experience hardshipsencountered board ship variety neverbefore dealt
cramped conditions become way lifenext fifty days
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four six persons packed berths wooden slatsmeasuring six feet square two people might share berth sixsix feetlong three feet wide berths arranged along bothsides ship double triple tiers passengersleep feet towards center aisle where provisions
voyage hand luggage items too fragile holdstored tin utensils light items wouldhanghang
sides berths beams above hatchesclosed during storms might wet below even less violentweather particularly cargo consisted iron rails mightcause greater rolling berths sometimes made greenwood creak horrendously ship rolled stormtemporary berths known come tumbling down pratt 5
jim warner emigrant board another ship complained
room beds 2 must mind our headscrawl our dogkennelsdogkennels you must go head-
first same you knock your head against topbotombatom hamock best get lamp oil
place very dark cant see read small lightcomes door single folks curtain goes8 births go dress undress warner7Warnerwarnera7
under these conditions privacy unknown luxurynowhere ship two people really themselves
doubt genuine concern caleb catherine parrymarried day departure fortunately
buena vista passengers church country commonnearly attached family these circumstances
combined diminish somewhat shortage personal spaceduring fifty days togetherness
stench sanitation ever present challengesespecially outset seasickness rampantwilliam clayton board north america 1840observed wind blew hard vessel rock manysick night new scene sickness vomitinggroaning bad smells I1 never witnessed before added
closeness births berths almost suffocatedus want air clayton 173 even best modernday imaginations strain conjuring scenes
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seven weeks being without fresh foods meansrefrigeration made preparation appetizing meals particularlydifficult law specified each passenger age
twelve months furnished following items
good navy bread 33 ibslbsrice 10 ibslbsoatmeal 10 ibslbswheat flour 10 ibslbspeas beans 10 ibslbspotatoes 35 ibslbsvinegar 1pintspint1 pintfresh water 60 galsgood salted pork 10 ibslbssufficient supply fuel
cookingprophwydyjubiiiprophwyd y jubelijubili october 1848 151 trans
lest these quantities should prove inadequate duringvoyage danjonesvanjonesdan jones recommended supplemented
age fourteen following provisions
10 pounds hard bread 3 pence pound2 pounds rice 3 pence pound4 pounds sugar 3125123 pence pound144 pound tea 2 shillings pound2 pounds coffee 6 pence pound4 pounds treacle 2122 vz pence pound4 pounds raisins currants 4124 vz pence pound3 pounds butter 1 shilling pound3 pounds cheese 8 pence pound
quantity buying prices liverpool these provisionscost emigrants 13 shillings captain jones
gave further suggestion food thoseprepare oat bread good butter own cheese preservespickles things may desire verygood them take things them homeprophwydyjubiliprophwydyjubiii november 1848 166 td2tda these
words wisdom old tar jones often calledhimself spent many years sea variety
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additional commodities provide doubtwelcome relief steady diet rather unexcitingstaples provided shipping line
these supplies kept back shipstoreroom dubbed company shop jones
three assistants william morgan rice williamswilliam davis assigned important task apportion-ing allotments each family family groups familiesthen prepared cooked food using cookingfacilities shifts
aside normal problems germane beingrestricted microcosm sailing vessel several weeksmuch time passed rather uneventfully boardhorizon 1856 john jaques described passengerlife following manner
sea sailing very pleasant times I1 sit hoursforecastle watch our noble vessel dashingclashing through brinywaves lashing them innumerable variety fantasticforms spray foam then possibly likecontinually rocked admires treading plat-form seems plaything everlasting earthquake I1
great taste these things I1 make myself littleexertion tolerably comfortable sea whenever advisableme go I1 privilege choosing I1 like
where I1 enjoy myself naturally ideawaiting day day idle wind bad enoughreality much worse makes feel like getting push-ing behind then wind comes bit vengeance
make lost time just people hurryloitering way then willing ship dashes through
waters like mad thing rate dozen mileshour tack right tack left sail-
ing heartily 200 300 miles captain takes observa-tion finds 20 miles worse our trouble
perhaps same place becalmedmillennial star 30 august 1856 553 57
biggest challenges danjonesvanjonesdan jones dealduring crossing contention developed
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between small group passengers eventually apostatizedbulk committed placed blame
uninvited passenger
devilish foe himself asserted right neptunegod sea journey us though company
sweet nevertheless hard work cast him overboardcleverness infrequently hard times
turn himself angel lightoccasionally hide pocket officer everyone may
left behind babylon let poorsailor troublemaker worse guide ahithophel
swine sea babyloniansescapes times next time I1 cross seagroup saints zion two kinds stay homejones 18 april 1849 13 td7tdaday before leaving liverpool unwelcome meddler
already marred sunday meetings held board buenavista possessing sisters until driven
senses causing scream utter inhumanthings frightening curses jones 18 april 1849 5 td7tda
blessing sister calmed peace restoredhardly escaped almost immediate onset sea-
sickness evening first night sea saw go will-ingly beds prayer services sleep
rather divide time betweenvomiting agonizing though wind stormy
sea rough just normal rocking swayingship sufficient create image violent
tempest lot landlubbersland lubbers jones few otherssea legs previous experience spent night
rendering what assistance comfortsufferers althoughjonesalthoughjones makes specific reference
thing letter assistance doubt meantcountless cleanupsclean ups around those whose debilitatedcondition did allow them conduct regurgitations
guardrail deck task certainly enviednext morning memorable night
even least desire move bed much less
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expend gargantuan effort required go deckbreathe healthful air captainjonescaptain jones insistingdo assisted daniel daniels william jenkins jonesprepared gruel oat flour better stay
shrunken stomachs anything else hardlyanyone gave groan joness effortsthomasjeremythomas jeremy reported thatjonesjones jokingly threaten
get pulley down deck put ropes aroundrecalcitrants pull them top 18 april 1849 22
td8tda wanting sound negative jeremy declaredsickness actually benefit emigrants
cleansing stomachsjeremysjeremasJeremys infant daughter mary sick during
entire journey although predicted back waleslikely die sea
weaned however emigrants counseled refrainweaning small children just before embarking fear
adjustment mothers milk ships foodlittle constitution abide
vomiting reduced mere agonizingdan jones allowed little time himself during
accomplished much pondering writingthus began compose letter eventually sendjohn davis new orleans 8 reflected scenes
recently left wales buena vista sailed southwardbetween coasts ireland wales four days previous
departure merthyr tydfil meetemigrating saints swansea wife jane given birth
daughter claudia time claudiachild several others died previously including twowales during first mission view situation jonesdeemed wise entrust jane claudia carefellow saints merthyr tydfil until return them
delivering safely salt lake valley jane didapplaud plan do little until
confinement two weeks buena vista leftliverpool however jane made way same place
booked passage emblem sailing vessel
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take daughter new orleanstake steamer council bluffs rejoin
husband trek zionfar asjonesjonesapjones knew time seejanesee jane
claudia another two three yearsprospect together threats life while backmerthyr tydfil caused him become bit nostalgicreflective letter
fact just dream I1 escaped watermidst my welsh brothers my life skin
my teeth why why persecution slanderfalse accusations I1 suffered years khom press
pulpits why did my residence guarded weekswhy my life safe among guards why did I1 flee
secret before time why I1 able bid farewellmy dear wife my baby 18 april 1849 8 td7tdajust time passengers getting
accustomed being constant state motionsurprised saddened unexpected passing
sarah davies liverpool although sixty yearsage poor health outset desire accompany
husband daughter greater fear beingburied sea ship became house mourning prayermeeting held evening 6 march plans made
funeral two oclock next afternoon burialservices held deck jones preached funeralsermon endeavored answer question how
dead raised what body do comejones described event account crossing
sermon coffin placed large plank shipstopped saints sung hymn sailors raisedinward end plank coffin slipped down
end salty deep weightstones placed coffin sink openedswallow precious treasure keep safe until day
command shall given sea yield deadsea closed jaws
morsel our little ship stood us able
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behold majestic sight few minutes sails filledbreezes galloped across waves nothing
ever happened 18 april 1849 11 td7tdajoness sermon became topic discussion almost
every meeting held during rest voyage much fearmany misconceptions existed among group
being buried sea addition speaking resur-rection general jones endeavored sermons dispelfears clarify mistaken ideas oft exercised giftrhetoric depicted sea burial something preferred
customary ground burialsburials
think float surface prey fisheven worse rotting cold gravel
being food grave worms fish do thoseburied sea purpose putting weights
body sink down quickly lower oceanfish ever go lower live
float peaceful salt water keep decom-posing rotting forever yes until day rising
sea boil kept better bestegyptians kept through embalming 18 april 1849 11 td7tda
throughout letter jones availed himself everyopportunity reemphasize emigrants beingguided divine powers these opportunities arose16 march eighteen days sea wind
strong against ship jones called special prayermeeting might pray fair wind characteristic
fervent attitude displayed ever sincebaptism mississippi river six years before jonesannounced felt like going deck returning until
fair wind granted put footfirst rung ladder brethren asked him what
wanted replied like hearmate deck shouting haul weather braces
order set sails across ship order meantfair wind obvious contentmentjonescontentmentjones announcedcompatriots back wales before I1 moved my foot
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I1 others heard my wish heard mate aboveour heads shouting loudly haul weather bracesyea word word I1 said 18 april 1849 12 td7tda
fair wind came grateful saints gave thanks graduallypassengers developed expertise travers-
ing rocking deck although frequently observedlegs longer
shorter times however strong winds madeimpossible anyone lie stand place jones compared
ship door hinge continually swayed thosereclined those standing wrote
throwing them along deck boxescrockery recklessly without warning wild horsethrows unskilled rider across hedge leaves him
without pity rider got shipthrow him somewhere else until crawled home
18 april 1849 10 td7tdaoften however wind fair weather
lovely almost like wales june jonesdescribes activities take place whenever sheersurvival focus
beautiful see children playing across deckentertaining parents singing here others talkingreading walking arm arm while others prepare foods
many kinds almost obtained cookshopmusicians did best beautify atmosphere
harp pleasant sounds alone evening entertained ussang farewell king day lowered red head
western sea 18 april 1849 12 td7tdaactivity engaged first time many
jones mentions bit apologetically first holdingrevered old testament prophet precedent
wonder scenes less wondrous excited heelsdavid old point even took off garment
temple what hush shall reply whatuse hiding fact did do order dance yesyes hardly anyone our midst except
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occasional dry sectarian did prefer imitate him ratherfind fault least hard deny
here times did even cause storm 18 april 184912 13 td7tda
7 april thirty nine days sea emigrantssighted land little ship arrived bahamas
welsh passengers jubilant areadangerous places world navigation
number small ships called wreckers sailed around con-tinually waiting opportunity profit mis-fortune ships wreckers well acquainted
dangers presented many islands offerservices handsome fee ships became
lost maze often much like todays dishonestmechanic creates problems engine repair
wreckers send deceptive signals lead shipsdifficulty go assistance buena vistapassed through area without assistance
cuba far south proximity broughtmind ridiculous loathesomeloathesome prophecyappeared seren gomer dan jones sellfollowers slavery deck scornfully discussedabsurdity prediction jones observed
correspondent immortalized foolishness poortaste brought cuba notoriety anything else
now serves bring recollection emigrantslies false accusations said published them
dear religion fellow nation until loosenedlove knot knot even country birthinstead thinking turning back prompted them turnfaces toward east sunset freedom worshipgod those rights deprived zealouschristians own country yes constant prayereveryone throughout ship blow east wind blow us fiercely
western ocean 18 april 1849 17 td7tdasomething marred crossing councils
having excommunicate williarnjoneswilliam jones wife marian
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both nineteen young couple oddspassengers especially religious leaders
board quite early voyage didmanifest proper commitment teachings newreligion satisfy jones members councilwilliam morgan rice williams william davis
quite possible two recalcitrants used churchemigration plan simply vehicle transport them
america things uncommon perhapsintentions initially pure event stayed
saints until reached st louis 1 may fifteendays excommunication causing much worry
saints through false accusations captaindisgracing religion etc jones 18 april 184920 td7tda upon landing st louis william marianalong several others left without uttering word tojonesjonestijones
william marianjonesmarianmarlan jones deprived member-ship church just two days prior arriving neworleans infraction precipitated actioncouncil occurred 5 april during thursday night saintsmeeting occasion saints first put
gifts practice exactly what phrase meantimply clear appears reference special
kind communication divine powers jones describescollusion collision ensued
great commotion caused down shipamongst Babylonians 9 clustered along officers
ship entrance our place listened amazementwondered greatly what caused then perceived
achan10Achan 10 our midst two three saintstransgressed them translating them
causing them believe evil things us officersship captain bitter toward us then
ever before I1 hard time calming him down
jones laments confusion caused traitors midst
our dismay interference obliged us cease practicinggifts middle meeting before
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received great comfort through them learned thingsyou yourselves wales etc informedparty those failed designs me I1
leave wales plotting revenge my dear fellow officersleft behind me succeed 18 april 1849
17 td7tdafurther event caused sorrow among
emigrants passing ofelizaofelitaelizaellzaeilza williams age seventy sevenjust six days before buena vista landed new orleans
ill several days prior demise fiftyfive years methodists rejoiced deathbed
honor dying mormon bore strong testimonytruthfulness mormonism sister williamss funeral
similar held five weeks earlier sarah davisfew days before reaching new orleans jones recorded
water apportioned washing plentyboard another month I1 cannot liken bust-
ling scene sisters around deck doing washingbetter scenes I1 remember seeing hot waters
iron furnaces merthyr washday foodoffered company store everyoneabundance did come get saidsacks vessels full room hold
many said never before varietyabundance food lives I1 maintain anyone
happy food should shut ovenwhile like lap dog gentle lady 18 april 1849
18 td7tdathomasjeremythomas jeremy wife sarah reported descendants
somewhat less enthusiastic attitude concerningfood water situation end atlantic crossing
seven weeks aboard buena vista ranoatmeal bread water eat hardtack drink waterfull slime called ropey water sarah jeremy 8
numerous emotions welled within breastssojourners neared new orleans relief prospect
ending fifty day voyage atlantic joy ii
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anticipation being land onceagainonce again frustration havingpoor relations small group cabin pas-
sengers five men two women twentiesthirteen year old girl whom succeeded bemusing confusing elizabeth lewiss maids angertoward small group disenchantedenchanteddisenchanterdis mormonscormonsfought against faithful gratitude toward captain
crew despite strained relationship themhaving brought them safely journeys end
doubtless much nostalgia rife homesickness saintscontemplated virtually irreversible decision beginnew life new land new language
morning 16 april two steamers went towardbuena vista frantic race reach ship first
selected tow new orleans winnergiven large rope then used lead
buena vista mouth mississippi thennew orleans docks
weary emigrants arrived destination nextday long sea voyage finished two rivers however
ascended plains traversed beforefinal destination reached
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time buena vista emigrants recuperat-ing bout seasickness seventy seven welshsaints back liverpool just set sail board
hartley these fully intended journey acrossatlantic compatriots determined
number paying passengers exceeded number
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accommodations modest sized buena vistafourth them reassigned ships having waited
liverpool eleven days already weekbeyondweek beyond whatoriginally anticipated those selected extend waityet another week disappointed displeasedeven sleeping board buena vista
asked leave what criteria used determine shipassignments clear
hartleyused permission peabody museum salem
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david D bowen recorded disgruntlementour friends acquaintances left buna vestadanjonesvanjonesdan jones left among strangers sail anothership our ship reddyteddy sail good many dayyet 19 bowen left Llanelli south wales wife
two children company three families twothese went first group two remained behindsail second
did reassignments result separationsfriends costly delay strange city caused
welsh many them non english speaking thrownenglish scots few irish none whom
understood welsh although 161 non welshpassengers converts mormonism david D bowensaid midst meanest people
ever seen 2211 although did give illustra-tions meanness
considered separate group seventy seven welshboard hartley similar composition thosebuena vista slightly fewer half male 3355 7777
45 percent slightly half female 42 775555 percent age group distribution shown table 3
TABLE 3
age distribution hartley passengers
age total percentage
0 10 20 26.0260260
11 17 12 15.6156156
18 30 24 31.231231 50 16 20.8208208
51 5 6.46464
77 100.01000
combining two groups buena vista hartleyresults following figures
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TABLE 4age distribution buena vista hartley passengers
age total percentage
0 10 79 24.3243243245
11 17 48 14.7147147
18 30 95 29.1291291
31 50 78 23.9239239259
51 26 8.08080
326 100.01000
like those buena vista hartleypassengers part complete partial family unit
TABLE 5
family units among hartley passengers
total percentage
part complete family unit 63 81.8818818
husband wife childrenpart incomplete family unit 9 11.7117117
father mother childrenapparent family attachment 5 6.56565
77 100.01000
combining figures buena vista hartley shows
TABLE 6
family units among buena vista hartley passengers
total percentage
part complete family unit 242 74.2742742
husband wife childrenpart incomplete family unit 46 14114.1141
father mother childrenapparent family attachment 38 11.7117117
326 100.01000
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david D bowen experience seasappointed cook hartley passengers
first few days many took interest sittingtable gradually business picked eventually got quitebrisk very disagreeable situation bowendescribed 20 shilling supposedreceive every passenger promised him orson pratt
liverpool offered sufficient incentive keep himkitchen either passengers informed
cooks salary simply chose ignoreship arrived new orleans two passengers rewarded
bowen services cadwalader owens 75 centsdavid peters 25 cents preparing food twohundred people three times day seven weeks bowenfelt cheated stayed church grouphowever
william hulme president saints boardhartley reported voyage likepleasure excursion 185 weather pleasant
sea wind gentle two roughdays experienced during crossing reached
bahamas thirty fifth day five days fewerrequired buena vista point howevercalms contrary winds delayed progress conse-
quentlyquent ly hartley docked new orleans 28 april 1849fifty four days leaving liverpool
blemish otherwise placid sea journeypassing elizabeth infant daughter ofjosephjoseph mary
stringer died croup just nine days before shiparrived new orleans body placed tin coffinmade tea canisters makeshift coffin then placed
wooden burial services held new orleanscontrast strained relations between 249
buena vista saints captain hartley companygot famously stephen cammet captain things
pleasant leaders company drewletter appreciation captain cammet kind
humane generous treatment watchful care
36 new orleans st louis buena vista group
demonstrated behalf during passagehulme 186 four sailors greatly admired
mormonscormons cast lot thembaptized immediately arriving new orleans thesejohn everett alfred percy george percy davis wilson
twentiestwo births occurred board hartley son born
tojosephjoseph hannah hale liverpool daughterjane hartley eames nathaniel sarah eames 11
buena vistaconstitution
new orleans st louis
buena vista dragged new orleansfirst time nearly passengers behold
majestic mississippi whom somethinghomecoming leader captain danjonesvanjonesdan jones severalyears earlier plied maid iowa rivertime however instead transporting someone alseselses convertsupstream boat rely someone elsesalsessteamer perform task flock faithfuls
whenjonessjoness group docked new orleans dis-covered caught saints boardashland ship left liverpool 6 february 1849nearly three weeks ahead buena vista sincetwo groups headed same direction jones hired
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rate 2252252.25 ten shillings per personcaptain constitution agreed transport combinedgroup nearly 450 passengers distance 1100 miles
mississippi st louis even agreed pull alongsidebuena vista order take goods aboard boatthus spared joness group expense having
belongings moved vesselexact date departure new orleans clear
few sources even mention eventcholera city considered unwise linger
thus assume two three days com-pany way once again separationeleven days between arrival buena vista neworleans arrival constitution st louisbrief voyage apparently uneventful dan joneslittle say 30 april 1849 letter wrotewilliam phillips st louis young child ofreesreesjane price died consumption board constitution
baby boy born samuel ann leigh just twodays before reaching st louis among english saints
joined welsh new orleans three dieddeadly cholera jones emphasized how fortunatelose few cholera very bad new orleans
many dying steamboats along riversespecially immigrants ship went before us
forty two died cholerajourney nineteen etc saints jones wrote
surprise officers constitution quotedthem saying each morning none you deadyet udgorn selon june 1849 122 td9tda
although everyone feared cholera saints thoughtfaith combined lord
arrive safe destination make them essentiallyimmune jones pointed ones suffered
terribly mormonscormonsMormons writer cambrianback swansea marveled how confident latterday saints reaching end journey completelyintact even old infirm obvious
new orleans st louis buena vista group 39
relief jones happily reported william phillipsststlouislouislouls welsh saints come alive healthy
point udgorn semnsewnselon june 1849 122 td9tdalone exception wasjenkinjenkin williams twenty year old
engineer aberdareaberdaleAberdare died within few hoursarriving st louis however danjonesvanjonesdan jones still optimistic
informed president phillips boys deathgood faithful lad whole voyage except
went contrary counsels givenhid themthet cholera long taking own way
treat through brandy few minutes before diedleft remarkably good testimony him said
completely happy faced death udgomudgorn semnsewnselonjune 1849 122 td9tda
even though mary rees stillborn sonsame day jones wrote report saints walesrepeated earlier comment general condition
everyone healthy today heartened rejoicingprivilege desirous move forward udgomudgorn semnsewnselon
june 1849 122 td9tdast louis place purchase flour meat
groceries everything necessary trek californiainitiated council bluffs place where
immigrants gathered clothes firearms stoves eveniron make wagons included buying spree jones
delighted hold public meetings timewished st louis 1843 1844
worth life man say mormonudgomudgorn semnsewnselon june 1849 123 td9tda
highlandHighlanhighlandmarymarydMaryvmary steamer jones contractedtransport saints missouri river council bluffs
just barely returned earlier voyage councilbluffs 12 terms still quite reasonable although bitexpensive passage constitutioncharge children aged three younger children betweenfour fourteen went half price passengers fifteen
older paid full fare sixteen shillings eight penceeach entitled hundred pounds luggage extra
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charge two shillings charge each additional hun-dred pounds cost making journey point
turned whatjoneswhat jones calculatedcounsel emigrants prophwydprophwydyy jubelijubili five monthsearlier
may day 1849 ashland saintsbuena vista saints eager complete legsea journey council bluffs highlandmanhighlandmaqhighland mary pulledalongside constitution goods once againtransported vessel another expensepassengers preparations nearly complete depar-ture st louis set following day
few passengers however desired seek companypoint jones bitterly remarked letter william
phillips benj jones whole family except wifebecame blemished unfaithfulness went away along
road destruction gallop today david gilesdavidjonesdavid jones wife went them completely unknown
me I1 shall take greater care next time refrain bring-ing faithful saints me udgomudgorn semnsewnsegon
june 1849 123 td9tda benjaminjonessbeniaminbenjamin jonessponess son williamdaughter law marian excommuni-
cated while board buena vista just two weeks earlierbenjbenjaminbeniaminaminjonesamin jones addition wife jane yet anotherson thomas daughter law eliza grandson johntraveling him presumably seven membersfamily including jane despite faithfulness parted com-pany st louis traveling companionsjoined three others although danjonesvanjonesdan jones did give
further information concerning them very possiblest louis destination along
simply taking advantageofadvantage cheaper fares joiningchurch wales traveling mormonscormonsMormons
case certainly first usemoneysavingmoney saving approach reaching america
cholera spread st louis claimed manyvictims time second welshman die dreaddisease benjamin francis forty six year old blacksmith
42 cholera missouri river
llanybydder death occurred morning 1 mayjones referred him dear faithful elderobserved difficult find faithful
life died happy wife children e
come along us udgorn deionseionsewnjwejune 1849 121231253 td9tdabenjamin margaret francis left wales fourchildren widow margaret francis arrived council bluffs
mid may child unspeakable sorrow
cholera missouri riverrivet
cholera morbusborbus highly infectious bacterial diseasetransmitted polluted food water symptoms
severe diarrhea vomiting dehydration collapsevirtually nothing known mid nineteenth century
prevention treatment individual oncecontracted dread disease orson spencer
president company saints board zetlandarrived new orleans two weeks before buena
vista told experience cholera mississippi
confidently said officers steam boat leastfifty large company die our passage st louis
now within fifty miles st louis without apprehensionanother death unless gentile doctor board kills them
favorite dose 20 grains calomel laudanum camphor brandydose given our deceased brother sister contrary
my wishes many others died immediately withinfew hours several saints I1 rescued dose mormor-tally seized now live millennial star 15 june 1849 184
cholera missouri river 43
numerous suggested treatments call mind modernday quackery dealing arthritis cancer
felt fumes air carried diseaseresult great campaigns waged sulphur burned
purposes purification lime spread streetskinds remedies proposed newspaper advertise-
ments proclaimed anti cholera medicines kinds bloodlettingblood lettingadvocated doctor burned soles patients feet
another raised blisters sufferers abdomens lucky doctorfound success washing down medicines small doses
lots water clifford L ashton 65
listened doctor followed advicedrinking plenty water fewer lives
lost medicine prescribed little benefit ratherwater saved victim dehydration
twentieth century physician commented
prime essential treatment case choleraregarded medical emergency cannot too
strongly emphasized replacement fluids electrolytessalts potassium urgent necessity
methods treatment should subordinated elsom 1411
brother benjamin clapp church member advisingsaints drink water strickencholera unfortunate bit counsel chose
heed clapps advice nine year old thomasjeremythomas jeremycrawled bunk drank water off
oatmeal ladies put stove cookdoing life spared sarah jeremy 8
danjonesvanjonesdan jones advice own dispensedsaints st louis wrote william phillips
members company reached point alivehealthy through being careful observe rulescleanliness refrain drinking water riverwithout letting settle putting alum oat flourthrough being faithful godly through refrainingeating fruits meats etc udgomudgorn semnsewnsemu june 1849122 td9tda
44 cholera missouri river
regardless how well intended advice remediesreality twenty three day period between
28 april 21 may forty four original 249 buena vistapassengers fell victim cholera epidemic
names recorded thomas jeremy pocketsized journal attempt imimagineagine terrorespecially 6 7 may ink spelled names
three young daughters two them buried samesmall coffin doubt near utter despairjust four days later wrote thomas my son hanahmy daughter sick 11 may 1849 trans these twochildren however recovered
david mary phillips begun journey fourchildren part way missouri river left just
child burying three three day periodmargaret francis widowed
30 april 8 may stood shallow hastily dug gravethird child buried many days samuel leigh
whose wife presented him new son just beforereaching st louis looked helpless nine days later both
taken him very few families left intactcholera swept along path devastation claiming fifth
welsh mormonscormons aboard ill fated highlandHighlanhighlandmaryvmarydMarymaryage factor selection process victims rangednewborn infants ninety two year oldoid evan jones
otherwise uncomplicated journey st louiscouncil bluffs lengthened several days allow timenearly every day graves dug along shore
three days fifteen day passage did thomasjeremythomas jeremyrecord new names journal 13dan13 dan joness
pen fell totally silent next two monthsnoah jones passing wife esther expressedgrief verse
my dear friends environs waleskindly hear my lament verselamenting still am I1 sorrow
loss my dear estherwhom I1 loved my own soul
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while minegod called my maiden
knows whydepart though against my
care came my familywhile crossing ocean
mississippi full comfortuntil went town st louis
got enemy camespears filled poison
cut strongest among usdid ask permission anyone
rather did cut finest worst
five died swordpowers able withstand him
buried albeit sadlythen left town st louisthird day may
left cityglad take leave
steamboat named marycouncil bluffs wished pull
next day fourthtwo died heavy news
fifth seven buriedtoday seen seen
sixth day came meet meI1 shall forever remember day
I1 leave my dear brideput myself great tribulation
blinded strength blow
I1 called two elders come mecame according my summons
I1 anointed holy oilaccording commandment apostle
prayeddwells heavens
did delay hearing themI1 made whole under hands
long I1 live I1 shall remember my godnoah jones 1 2 trans
46 cholera missouri river
william appleby missouri river duringsame time period welsh immigrants recordedjournal graphic portrayal scenes left wake
cholera
add horrid spectacle graves side sidebeds pillows half burned pieces tents broken cupsbowls pillows mattresses etc lined banksofbanksonbanksriver near boat while blankets mattresses beds etc
sick died came floating down river while townnothing seen scarcely carts hearses loadedrough coffins chiefly physicians riding fro citizens con-gregatedgregated together locking houses fleeing
country fear consternation depicted everycountenance mingled groans sick dying
hotels churches houses added generalprevailing gloom appleby 1
fear becoming infected themselves saintscouncil bluffs wanted part new arrivals isaac nashhaving recently buried brother grandmother along
missouri recorded journal
arrived st joseph captain boatname scott declared take us furtherauthorities st joe made him take us away
arrived council bluffs sorry condition nobody comenear us put banks river our dead
suffering apostle george smith hearing our arrivalsad condition came down river
banks brother smith sent word peopletake us give us shelter lord turn
scourge upon them long before teams wagons camedown taken care nash 6
dan jones may written john davis williamphillips cholera devastation very littleever appeared print udgorn semnsewnseiondeion brief commentmade letter written eight weeks arrival councilbluffs 13 july 1849 printed cholera imposedheavy losses our small army along rivers especially
new orleans council bluffs hartley group 47
accursed waters missouri yet effectsmall comparison people throughoutneighboring boats towns ijdgomudgorn selon september 1849180 td10 asjonesjonesapjones neared salt lake city three monthslater expressed concern letter 12 october 1849
william phillips welsh mormonscormons remainwales hearing effects cholera addition
offering encouragement reluctant saints jones calledultimate philosophy matters expressed byjobbyjoejoblord giveth lord taketh away blessed
name lord udgorn sehonsebon april 18518500 108 TDtd1313
new orleanscouncil bluffs
hartley group
waiting new orleans arrival hartleylucius scoville assignment church
assist immigrants requestthomas D brown board sixty six boxes brown
asked scoville see through customs preferably withouthaving pay duty case possible brownsent 400 scoville assisted hartley passengers throughcustoms succeeded getting assigned sixty six boxesthrough duty free
william hulme president 238 hartley saints wentback board ship make final check items
may left behind found small box
48 new orleans council bluffs hartley group
containing writing desk fixtures put box underarm left boat promptly arrested
smuggling put jail await trial four days hencebox taken customhouse where lucius scovilletransacting business scoville recognized
sixty six learned hulme put prisonbail posted 750750730 mameluke steamer scoville
arranged transport immigrants upriver st louisloaded ready leave evening third may
7 0 clock hulme professor music backengland now behind bars different kind
two teenage daughters waiting him docksscoville did thing do arranged
lawyer go next morning jail post hulmesbail try clear him charges lawyer scovillelearned later did just promised mameluke howeverdeparted schedule passenger short hulme able
rejoin others shortly thereafterhappening new orleans david D
bowen recorded journal thatjohntha tJohnjohn hughes williamspresident welsh saints board hartley got drunkalthough bowen did mention repercussionsimprisonment leaders inebriety
must caused immigrating saints considerableconcern minds however soon fixed far
pressing matter choleranew orleans st louis journey hartley saints
coincided almost exactly st louis council bluffsjourney buena vista compatriots toll exacted
cholera epidemic equally disastrous 12 maynine day voyage mameluke steamer arrived
st louis lucius scoville wrote journalburied 30 saints 4 deck hands between new orleansst louis bjune8 8junejune 1849 2 ten dead among
welsh five children five adults four differentfamilies
st louis another steamboat lightfootlightfoot con-tracted take company missouri river council
new orleans council bluffs hartley group 49ao1.1
bluffs according scoville 110 passengers boarded14 may apparently nearly half original 238 remained
st louis lightfoot left st louis 100 AM15 may stopped few miles upstream mouth
missouri river bury seven immigrants diedwhile st louis two days later atjeffersonjefferson city twentyfivetwenty five
passengers taken board leftbrothers farnum applebysApple bys company
monroe scoville 8 june 1849 4 st josephanother fifteen persons boarded lightfoot thesebrother jesse havens company
30 may lightfoot reached iowa point twentypersons died cholera chief pilot
fireman among them river high currentstrong steamer progress further
want pilot take group forty five remainingmiles upstream council bluffs boat lay idle severaldays finally captain brooks whom appleby labeled baseswindler without refinement fit wood raftcaptain steamboat appleby 1 decided go backdownstream seventy five miles savannah landing
put passengers freight ashoreappleby 1 hired another steamer st croix take
hapless immigrants rest way council bluffsarrived 8 june frustrating sorrow
filled twenty five day journey even buena vistagroup difficulties accomplished fifteendays
lightfoot backtracked savannah landingwelshman determined
enough having buried wife four year old son justfew miles upriver st louis thomas davies decidedtake remaining eight children remain northwesternmissouri nineteen year old thomas jr however went con-trary fathers wishes stayed main body
saintsthirteen year old nathaniel eames stepped off
st croix council bluffs orphan nearly
50 new orleans council bluffs hartley group
month five day period just before lightfoot reachedst louis nathaniel lost father stepmotherfive year old half brother two little half sisters
little girls named jane hartley eames havingborn board hartley just two months before
end journey william owens family consistedjust three children complete family parents seven
children left liverpool three months earlierseventy seven welsh passengers hartley least twentydied between liverpool council bluffs may
among those remained st louis recordlocated
david D bowen unpaid cook hartleypassengers stayed st louis both wifemary mother law elizabeth david extremelyill took them hospital st louis where motherinlawlaw admitted cholera patient mary bowenrefused admittance however illness something
cholera bowen then left mother lawcharity hospital youngest daughter six year oldrachel whereupon took wife three miles further
city hospital left lot ofstrengersstrengersshee never seen before went back mamelukesteamer brought them grom new orleans
wrote bowen 1 I nurse my little babe eightmonths old night without mother verymiserable night
next day did bring better fortune
I1 arrived charity hospital my astonish-ment shee mother law dead beriedaeried before I1 got
I1 did see atall little girl rachel likelittle stranger I1 then went hospital where my wife
I1 found very weak & febie saidnothing take while shee water shee begged
me take miserable place I1 completedcompleyedcomple yeddesire I1 took I1 carry my back
way hospital boat through cityst louis bowen 12 may 1849 21
council bluffs 51
reached boat david mary found twomarys younger sisters sick cholera
next morning morgan david bowens father lawwent country look place live found
small branch church located dry hill sixmiles st louis kind brothers gospelthomas green william stone accompanied him back
mameluke team wagon retrievedmorgan davids family david bowens transportedthem belongings back dry hill nightnine guests three them extremely ill stayed home
brother green landlord garsaidetarsaideGarsaide gave ordersnewcomers sent away fear bring
cholera coal diggings dry hill ordersignored
next day bowen father law purchasedlittle cabin fifteen dollars short time healthyexcept mary bowen whose condition worsenedpassing each day 2233 may bowen recorded daylight morning shee very bad 4 0 clock sheeset box leaned head back wall sheedied instant without uttering word 23 may 184922 month later bowens infant daughter diedburied same grave mother
council bluffsoff water
rejoicing made difficult unfathomable sorrowenshrouded welsh immigrants dragged
52
council bluffs ferry Fredefrederickrickfick piercy
council bluffs 53
themselves literally city council bluffs manytimes while still wales during crossing
reviewed great anticipation what doreached council bluffs here where buena vista
249 reunite hartley 77 plus babiesann leigh mary rees sarah eames letitia thomaslikely bring forth then here where welshspeakers surrounded english speakers where
former need begin studying new languageearnest here where begin immediate
preparation make trek farther westward whereothers search employment begin nest eggstoward opportunity complete journey saltlake valley here where constant swayingrocking caused atlantic mississippimissouri cease
many however absent anticipated reunionnineteen abandoned belief mormonismsearching brighter horizons st louis northwesternmissouri sixty seven died various points alongway 1411 number hartley welsh remainedst louis care sick expectant mothers
two four mary rees letitia thomaslive see council bluffs just babiessurvive little hannah maria thomas born 13 may 1849just four days old parents carried ashorecouncil bluffs maternal grandfather dan davis
buried along shores missouri four days beforehannah marias birth
need preparations get underway employ-ment found loomed large recuperation mourning
cruelly curtailed abrupt reality situationinsufficient housing chronic condition way
station westbound saints space provided wherereally none jamming several persons already
overcrowded rooms cholera epidemic ensuedarea fear replaced frontier hospitality
kindness
54 council bluffs
council bluffs becoming rather cosmopolitanenglish norwegiansNorwegians now large band welsh inter-preters kept busy provided way com-municatingmunicating many need welsh learn english
diminished banding together formingwelsh speaking branch church first part
world 15 however communication even between personssame language often hampered sometimes
frantic atmosphere excitementthose planned cross plains season needed
arrange wagons teams expected makesalt lake city before cold weather snow came
upon them great influx immigrants employ-ment opportunities immediate vicinity plenti-ful consequently wives families often leftcouncil bluffs while men went far st louis getwork tempers short people agonizedrecent loss loved ones worried what future
bring although situation become quiteirreversible point wished
never left comforts home family backold country
isaac eliza nash together morgan margarethughes befriended father king council point
far river isaacs elizasalizas passagespaid elizabeth lewis hhorn kidwellydwellyKi south walesexchange service isaac performed
helped persuade husband sign papers allowingsale lewiss brother rather large inheritance money
then used assist number people emigrate nash5 6 isaac understood sister lewis agreed pay
him wife way rocky mountainssister lewis informed him upon reaching council bluffs
then own nash blacksmith trade obtainedwork brother ovett council point shortly thereaftercaptain jones requested nashsnases services ironingwagons nash refused wishing honor contractbrother ovett argument ensued solved
council bluffs 555 5
intervention apostle george smith nashiron wagons shoe horses do workcompany jones allow nash use team wagonfilled provisions until reached salt lake cityaddition elder smith purchased set blacksmith toolsst louis promised nash upon arriving end
journeymisunderstandings arose between elizabeth lewis
phoebe evans seventeen year old girl served sister lewismaid exchange passage phoebe became exas-
perated demands made finally packedbelongings went live sister margaret hughes
buena vista passenger dan jones soon arrivedhouse declared phoebe fulfilledpart agreement sister lewis take
clothes auction them off restitution accord-ing david D bowen following year marriedphoebe evans clothes taken sold january 185024
eight weeks required preparations completedthose continue directly salt lake
valley during time approximately 200 welshliving around council bluffs part
banded together offered mutual assistancespecial branch church set accommodate
welsh saints follow william morganmade coming council bluffs sound very attractiveletter dated 2 september 1849 president phillips backwales
advantage monoglot welshmenwelshmerWelshmenfollow people same language
same country likely many know themassociated each many times welcome them
new country englishmen here severalhundreds miles small handful welshmidst brothers sisters enjoying our freedom like birds
say word against us them very friendlyudgomudgorn selon november 1849 218 td11
56 council bluffs salt lake city 1849
dan jones arranged welsh remainedcouncil bluffs lands adjoining then
purchased land claim 150 acres near welshholdings gave william morgan administergift welsh morgan reported element prosperityamong welsh saints company
penny landed here cattle sheepnow fact I1 know family country
cow two udgorn selonscion november 1849 219 TD 11
offered encouragement brothers sisters stillwales come join abundance
council bluffssalt lake city 1849
13 july large segment welsh traileden new canaan chief paradise
world phrases song hail california tdltd1idlcovered eighteen miles thousand mile
108 day trek headed nearby elk horn rivergathering place george smith company
370 persons smith company welshnumbered eighty four just fifth
buena vista 69hartley 12
emblem 2native born american 1
tat484
emblem ship left liverpool two weeksbuena vista carried jane claudia jones
council bluffs salt lake city 1849 57
captain danjonessdan joness wife infant daughter nativeborn american little hannah maria thomas lonebreath hope midst miasma cholera along missouri
eighty four buried family members priorembarking overland journey familiesremained intact twenty eight welsh saints likely
gone salt lake valley 1849total forty male forty three
female seen according age groups patternunlike original 326 despite cholera
defections division
TABLE 7
age distribution welsh smith company
age total percentage
0 10 20 23.8238238258
11 17 12 14.3143143145
18 30 29 34534.5345545
31 50 18 21.4214214
51 5 60go6.060
84 100.01000
cholera altered ratio complete incomplete familyunits significantly percentage those apparentfamily attachment bit higher
TABLE 8
family units among welsh smith company
total percentage
part complete family unit 39 46.4464464
husband wife childrenpart incomplete family unit 30 35.7357357
father mother childrenapparent family attachment 15 17.9179179
84 100.01000
58 council bluffs salt lake city 1849184
dan jones continued spiritual leaderwelsh however purposes temporal organizationwelsh divided three groups eachunder leadership captain ten person
responsible ten wagons daniel danielsthomas jeremy both buena vista two thesecaptains lysander gee americanaddition gees family familyrobert berrett traveled welsh albert bowen
ricy jones two welsh lads arrivedcouncil bluffs time prior buena vista immigrants
groupfollowing rules regulations used previouslycamps israel adopted
1 each ten travel ahead alternately accord-ing numbers
2 lost property brought captainfifties quarters
3 dogs tied dark preventannoyance guard
4 man allowed leave camphimself without consent captain
5 captains ten instruct menattend family prayers soundinghorn
6 captain fifty see guardsplaced around camp half past eight oclock each night
relieve captain herd whose dutysound horn morning men boysexempt guard duty take charge herd untilnight guard again posted
7 sounding horn morningsignal camp arise attend dutiesmorning8 camp ready start each morning
half past seven oclock9 implicit obedience officers required
every man camp
council bluffs salt lake city 1849 59
10 each man owning horses mules requiredtake them corral sundown secure them
11 each teamster without fail herd drivennight see team hand
herd12 every member camp quarters
nine oclock guard cry correct timewithout making unnecessary noise appleby 1 2
statistics camp recorded william I1 applebyclerk follows 2
ducks 23 ponies 3
turkeys 4 oxen 477crows 1 cows 214doves 2 looseguns 131 cattle 35pistols 27 sheep 105wagons 118 pigs 12souls 370 chickens 81horses 20 cats 13mules 1 dogs 20
driving team oxen yokedjoked pull covered wagonsomething totally foreign many welsh johnjohnsonjohn johnsondavies pioneer crossed few years later described
difficulties welsh group newchallenge
breakfast got cattle together triedyoke them I1 assure you quite task us
got them hitched wagon started nowcomes circus good captain watchingus aridabid telling us what do told us tat6 take whiplandwhipandwhip use
say whoa duke gee brandy now funcommenced then went them pretty lively cattlewent gee too much run off side yelling them
whoa bunting them stock whip thengo haw too much puffing sweating 160
respect how well welsh group manageddan jones wrote william phillips 12 october 1849
60 council bluffs salt lake city 1849
welsh holding under difficulties journeylearning drive oxen better my expectations
winning praise camps saintsorganization virtue skill especiallysinging udgorn selonscionsehonsebon april 1850 108 td13
singing something far naturalwelsh driving team oxen became trademark
welsh gathered around camp fires nightwilliam morgan accompanied them first few daysjourney commented pride william phillipsjohn davis
sang first part verse saw englishnorwegiansNorwegians everyone I1 think heads
wagons second part wagons emptyinstant inhabitants running toward us
charmed asked me where learnedteacher I1 said hills wales
schoolhouse spirit god teacher responsewell indeed wonderful never heard good
singing before 19 july 1850 6 td21
likely john parry directed singing reachingvalley asked brigham young organize choir
compatriots nucleus choir gained fameyears evolved what now known
mormon tabernacle choiranother talent welsh noted poetry
numbered among welsh george smith com-pany william lewis poet won several prizes
verses old country muses inspired himcompose following poem during trek westward
verses
sectarianssectarians insist sell usshame like animals
across sea our leaders dogroups cry
council bluffs salt lake city 1849 61
captain say enticed areamerthyr huge number waless children
might soldyes shipful among host
oh blind men poor souls continuecourse angry dispositionjudgment plague come upon them
false tales wind
our moses mighty chief jonesour supreme heavenly teacher
full energy holy wisdomlead us land praise
lewis 12 td22
first three hundred miles journey throughmud mire brought frequent rainstormsbrainstormsrainstormstask neophyte teamsters offered daily discouragement
wheels inched forward great reluctance heavysand encountered next change much
rest positive side however two factorsfar laramie grazing abundant loss cattle
minimalcompany following tracks groups gold
diggers crossed previous year boneshundreds cattle lay along path servedreminder animals should receive best treat-ment traveling should paced accordingcapacity
gaining two months experience completingtwo thirds journey these pioneers wished
impart new knowledge others travelsame path later point george smith ezra Tbenson dan jones sent informative letter backwilliam morgan council bluffs request morgantranslate welsh send tojohncojohnjohn davisthen publish udgomudgorn selonsewn morgan complied
request davis however judged instructions
62 council bluffs salt lake city 1849
importance published them separate pamphlettogether william morgans letter containing additionalsuggestions william lewiss verses includedtwelve page pamphlet
reading through long list christian virtuesbrothers smith benson jones recommended
forepart letter suspect loveharmony did always prevail among pioneers
following these initial observations presented many sug-gestionsgestions pragmatic nature oxen should betweenfive ten years old wagon wheels should six incheslarger normal keeping supplies dry while crossingrivers wagon loads should exceed two thousand pounds
three yoke oxen spare parts wagons shouldbrought along animals should expected cover
sixty miles each week russian duck canvasshould purchased liverpool best coverswagons provisions should obtained new orleansst louis instead relying merchants council bluffs
disappointed others unfulfilled promisesservice few good american teamsters gentleanimals should enlisted
item received special emphasis concerneduse strong drinks
our brothers come distant country where liquor scarcehard anyone get except wealthy
seldom used poor come americawhere liquor cheap being accustomeddrunkeningdrunkening effect very likely make too much use
own harm great loss reason counseleveryone under your care abstain completely refrainmaking use except necessary case illnessjones 21 september 1849 4 5 td12
must allow bit exaggeration joness partrosy depiction
letter william morgan gave number recommen-dations complemented those given brothers smith
council bluffs salt lake city 1849 63
benson jones morgan directed himself specificallyfarmers gave them american prices items
iron ploughsplougploughths iron harrows files sharpeningsaws scythe handles hay spikes wheel rim iron milkpitchers pottery billhooksbillhooks axes tongs fire shovels bellowsknives forks spoons ended reiterating counsel
given previously danjonesvanjonesdan jones individualseither break engagements get married before leaving
walescompany three hundred miles east
destination met group teamsterswagons sixty yoke oxen sent
brigham young salt lake city assistancegratefully welcomed travel weary saints gave themnew life complete leg seeminglyinterminable journey
major setback came during first week octoberapproached summit south pass
wind river chain mountains north seventhousand foot elevation snow wind suddenlybecame severe temperature dropped forcingtravelers make hasty encampment without being ableform wagons customary corral george smith
william appleby described ordeal 18 october1849 letter orson hyde
turned our cattle loose drove them willowsnear do best share fate
storm wind snow experienced think neversuperseded pottawatamiepottawatomie thirty six hours continuedhowl around us unceasingly blowing nearly hurricane drifting
snow every direction freezing fast whatevertouched being unable keep fires except few stoves
wagons content without them dobest many mother infant obliged
bed under frail covering sheltered thempitiless blast keep them perishing nothing
perhaps piece dry bread few crackers subsist uponwhile winds spent fury upon our camp canvass covering
64 council bluffs salt lake city 1849
mass ice snow drifting around us placesdepth three four feet millennial star 15 april 1818505 0
126
first thoughts storm abated verifiedhuman life lost animals wendedbended
our way down stream among willows indeedsorrowful sight behold our perished cattle
another cold stiff lying snow banks food wolvesravens catamounts magpies etc inhabit these moun-tainous regions countless numbers live preymillennial star 15 april 1850 126 found
upwards sixty head cattle george smiths campwell two camps immediately ahead perished
others died within few days effectsstorm while still others time recovering not-withstanding loss pioneers rejoiced
worseduring entire journey george smith reported
solitary death occurred man woman childmillennial star 15 april 1850 127 birth however
did occur little robert dan parry born 15 octoberthirty miles east fort bridger widow ann parryanns husband died missouri river
marriage william clarke widowed whilemississippi eliza thomas servant girl thejeremyjeremy
family married 14 september isaac clarkepresident company appleby journal 14 september1849
upon arriving little mountain shortly stormwelsh gathered meeting extraordinary
proposal presented according isaac nash dan jonestold welshmenwelshmerWelshmen needed stick togethernation inasmuch discriminated againstwagons animals onions potatoes sent brigham youngjones explained come primarily brother smith
americans sentcompany entirely welsh perceived unfair
valley 65
treatment jones proposed go across jordan riversettle independent nation elizabeth lewis
queen 16 willing declareindependence become subject new queenasked raise hands hands went except those
isaac nash edward ned williams asked whyraised hand nash replied
enough welsh going try americanswhile jones threatened nash cut off
book nation never restored nashwent reported entire incident george smith
accompanied nash immediately back meetingjones still speaking arrived brother smith
invited address welsh just upheldjonessupheld jonessunique proposal made very conciliatory speech94 rebels said wagons animals potatoesonions intended them much anyoneelse need them becomeindependent nation nash 8 apparently smiths appealunity successful record furtherattempts set independent welsh nation acrossjordan river feelings however betweenjonesbetween jones nashconsiderably strained incident
valley
26 october 1849 108 days trailwelsh arrived land promise eight months
clasped since stretched armsoranges thrown brethren waterloo dockfourth original 326 now main body
66 valley
church achieved goal faithfulwelsh cormonsmormonsMormons
first night valley camped northeastold emigration road where visited
brigham young familiar face dan jonesexcited presence beckonedthem now addressed them language
required interpretation president young gavethem warm welcome requested mechanics stay
city farmers go plot land nearjordan river four miles west city
seven declared themselves mechanics john parrycaleb catherine parry william eliza clark isaac
eliza nashnashjohnNashJohnjohn caleb stonemasons williamtinsmith isaac blacksmith these remained
campground while others traveled few remainingmiles receive parcels land farm own land
long dream welsh whomtenant farmers laborers wales stayed
wales unlikely ever becomeindependent landowners attraction actually owningland strong cause daniel leigh william lewis
daniel daniels point declare themselves farmerswhereas occupations wales joiner mason
stonecutterseparation mechanics farmers
isaac nash wife left without wagon sleepnash described first night valley dark
night began rain without fire beddingfood ten oclock man came us wanted
know why staying here rain told him oursituation suggested use little shanty
far off contained fireplace made firecooked food gave us began feel comfortable9 hospitable man elijah gifford extending
assistance isaac eliza nash carryinginstructions brigham young given residents
valley succor newcomers
valley 67
beginning winter short time awayhousing became pressing concern newly arrived immigrantsthomasjeremythomas jeremy family lived wagon firstmonth then rented room city four monthsbefore able complete construction homesouth temple 6thath west built willows plasteredinside home called willow basket
each welsh families received city lot ofonecofonefourth acres addition land farming
four five miles west city many welsh builthomes same vicinity area soon called
new wales land mapped blockseach measured ten acres welsh occupied
greater part three these blocks coming landhills vales these sons ofgomergomer doubt elatedlive farm flat lands salt lake valley
letter written following april thomas jeremyjoyfully announced plenty room thousands
compatriots come settle new walesstatistics concerning fruitfulness land offered greatencouragement saints wales halliday planted
bushel wheat called touse wheat got183 bushels another planted bushel potatoes
got 330 bushels said you get barleyobtained california 100 bushels plantingperhaps account too good welsh believe
yet make less true udgorn semnsewnselonoctober 1850 283 td19 according jeremytojeremy wagesvalley considerably higher wales laborerspaid 1501.50150 per day carpenters received 2002.00200 masons earned2502.50250 tailor earn 600goo6.00600 10.001000 makingsomeone coat jeremy reported welsh brothershere earn 3 4 per day digging jobamericans used digging you see how easy
live here udgorn selon october 1850 283 td19elizabeth lewis benefactress third
newly arrived welsh offered encouragement fellowsaints old country
68 valley
though salt lake valley perfect heaven noreveryone perfect yet I1 am sorry having come here
evils prophesied me backplace inhabitants fulfilled I1 believe
my duty my good lord cause send my witnessback sake those experienceI1 take heart come here 10 april1850 6 td16
sister lewis compared herself queen shebatold half good things place
inhabitants wrote joy felt beingable hear various church leaders mingle peace
harmony saints valley
I1 seen drunken person place anyonequarrellingquarrelling another I1 heard someone threaten-ing take another court except too ashamed
first place do 17 1I yet hearoath swearing street murder theft I1 know
place nor I1 seen immoralityhere begging poor here men came here
same time I1 did freeholders difficult meget anyone work my small farm 10 april 1850 7 td16
custom welsh rebaptizedreaching valley order them renew covenants
seal faithfulness lord god israel jones2200 november 1849 2 TDtd1414 permission obtainedpresident young establish welsh branch church
hold worship services welsh language thomasjeremy appointed president unique branchdaniel daniels rice williams counselors welshbranch first several foreign language branchesestablished salt lake city accommodate various ethnicgroups settled
1850 census shows welsh two groupsplus few scattered several places greaterpart them chose settle new wales sixty four
eighty four crossed george smith
council bluffs salt lake valley 1852 69
company together until fall 1850time fifteen went settle manti dan jane
claudiajonesclaudia jones elizabeth lewis time marrieddanjonesvanjonesdan jones six children rees thomas mary evans
married then sarah davis owen owenslittle david davis orphaned mother margaret died
missouriisaac nash caleb parry wives
parts salt lake city many others marriedsettled families spouses mary davis
marriage james switzler among first marrynon welshman marriages undermined preserva-
tion welsh language culture although manychildren welsh pioneers learned welsh language
customs grew things became less lesscommon each succeeding generation
council bluffssalt lake valley 1852
life 113 welsh converts council bluffsseveral others remained st louis offered numerousdifficulties challenges gone ahead
george smith company compatriots simplyresources exhausted time com-
pleted atlantic crossing ascension two riversfew may wherewithal continue
valley same year requested stay behindpreside buena vista hartley emigrants
70 council bluffs salt lake valley 1852
organized body welsh saints council bluffsfuture immigrants same language warmwelcome addition instruction guidance how
complete journey valley housingprovided employment information given
assistance getting fitoutsfitouts availablewilliam morgan selected preside welsh
branch church council bluffs morgan wrote severalletters brethren wales give them benefit
experience encourage saints oldcountry begin preparations immediately emigration
sent them copies frontier guardian newspaperpublished mormonscormons council bluffs returnmorgan receive ample supply udgorn semnsewnselonperiodical succeeded prqphwydyjubi1iprophwydyjubili con-tained news mormonscormons wales
morgan liberal dispenser counsel advicehow make sea voyage enjoyable
letter dated 2325 december 1849 wrotepresident phillips advise everyone
emigrating take care boxes strong madedry wood suffered losses boxes
dry clothes become mouldybouldy potatoesocean very desirable herrings oat flour
bacon dried beef pepper mustard salt pickles onionsoranges udgorn semnsewnselon february 18501830 3252 td15td13
recommended bring brandybeneficial warm stomach weather cold
sea roughmany gold diggers headed california expected
pass through council bluffs spring 18501830saints made considerable profit selling provisionsthem morgan saw reason why next company welshshould take advantage opportunity well
promised send further information what itemsemigrants should purchase britain selling america 18
morgan reported performing two marriages amongwelsh end 1849 maryjonesmary jones tojohncojohnjohn williams
council bluffs salt lake valley 1852 71
alice richards edward evans alexander owens diedyellow fever william phillips inform owenssoweiss wife
twynrodyn suburb merthyr tydfil cholera accord-ing morgan longer problem st louis
reached council bluffs 19
able obtain jobs council bluffs areaothers forced travel way back st louisfind work october 1849 john hughes williams rees pricemorgan hughes noahjonesnoah jones william lewis20alllewis20 ailali returned
st louis hopes getting employment coaldiggings gravois place vicinity st louis
met david D bowen morgan davidstopped off st louis back april illnesses
wives childrenbowen widower time informed rees price
phoebe evans council bluffs seventeen year oldoidwelsh girl whom bowen should consider marrying follow-ing spring bowen took prices advice traveled
bluffs where courted then wed young phoebe evansreturn st louis resulted very cool reception
part morgan hughes phoebesphoebeaPhoebes brother lawbowen obtained permission marriagemorgan davids daughters sisters law bowen bittertoward phoebe possibly least two them
just old just eligibleduring next two years bowen worked saved
towards making overland journey salt lake valleytimes earned much twentyfivetwenty five dollars per weektimes amount far less two occasions
periods several weeks totally incapacitated illnessincome others fellow welsh saints
faced similar circumstancesjune 1852 remaining buena vista
hartley immigrants fitted ready beginjourney rocky mountains disease misfortunedefection reduced numbers winter
1850 much illness among saintscouncil bluffs william treharne among fatalities 21
72 council bluffs salt lake valley 1852
noah jones poet died brights disease fall1818515 1 dying wish orphaned fourteen year olddaughter mary allowed cross plains welshsaints following year 1818525 2 explosion steamersaluda killed william rowland two children
during three years william morganfellow welsh converts remained council bluffsjoined welsh mormonscormons various parts walesthose afford continue immediately valleydid however stayed council bluffs until 1852
bulk remaining welsh saints traversedplains together
nine wagons mormonscormons traveledgravois council bluffs join otherscrossing among these david D bowen madeenough money januarybyjanuary 1852 purchase two yoke oxen
wagon shares thomas vargo pur-pose going salt lake valley small band mettogether st louis 6 april 1818525 2 began journeyacross state missouri council bluffsstayed together far lexington where bowen vargostruck own shared wagonst joseph misunderstanding occurred between two
decided part company each received yoke oxencow half wagon bowen sold share wagonvargo put wife child steamer st louis
proceeded finish remainder journeycouncil bluffs foot three animals once reachedcouncil bluffs mid may made agreementolder gentleman name daniel shearer bowen agreed
haul him luggage salt lake city exchangewagon shearer owned then bowen worked
unloading steamboats hauling wood until main bodyprepared depart month later
2211 june welsh gathered near winter quarterswhere visited apostle ezra T bensonneeded interpreter translate bensons instructionshow organized crossing william morgan
council bluffs salt lake valley 1852 73
appointed captain fifty welsh few englishfrench made fifty wagons counselors
william davis rees jones williams daviss soninlawson lawthree days later crossed missouri campedwinter quarters another three days
morning 28 june company finally gotunder way bowen lamented 1 I deal troublemy cattle broken very whiled wildyoung day started grom winter quarters very hotI1 lebouredleboured hard cattle sweat much I1
headache bad I1 blind day2288 june 1818525 2 afternoon william davis showed
lack experience driving team running wagonanother breaking axletree delay until
following day while repairs mademorgan reported five buffaloes killed during
crossing described taste similar welsh beefcustom ride ahead camp determine
trail places suitable stoppingoccasion morgan found himself midst
several hundred sioux greeted appearedchief how do mormon good morgan then
taken indian camp mile half away whereinvited sit down smoke pipe peace
chiefs morgan compared unique custom hand-ing around shilling jug taverns wales each
take drink udgorn semnsewn 27 august 1853183318351855 145 td30whole journey 1852 welsh pioneers
considerably pleasant thosecrossed 1849 outset william morgan reportedcheerily letter dated 22 june 1852 saints
good health each canvas tent whitesnow much milk our camp thrown casually
bathwaterbathwater used three four merthyr colliersuse close
need udgorn semnsewnsemuselon 7 august 1852 259 60 td2820 september 1852 near end journey morgan
wrote weather unusually moderate
74 council bluffs salt lake valley 1852
udgorn semnsewnselon 8 january 1853183318351855 32 td29experienced rainstormsbrainstormsrainstorms snow even wentthrough mountain pass buried 1849 pioneers
snow four welshmenwelshmerWelshmen however died before reachedvalley these nine year old son
widow martha howells morgan describes happening
administered him through ordinances churchjesus christ according scriptures next night
strolling around camp fell sick again day twobro taylor myself administered him again died
spite everything everyone udgomudgorn semnsewnsehonsebon 8 january 185332 td29
company reached fort laramie crossedsouth side platte river unusually high water
river made crossing difficult many things lostconsequence few days later arrived deer creek
where stayed several days here david D bowendifficulty brother shearer
here I1 quarrell old sherar consequence wagonpromise me hauling him luggage salt lake
city said did calculate give me wagonget men settle between us promise again
give me wagon I1 going leave him wagonI1 listen fair promises haul him along again
29 september 1852 30
number cattle died devils gate short time latercompany divided several partiesparries david D
bowens ten traveled alone rest way valley23 september reached mouth emigration
canyon where visited bishop lorenzo D youngbrigham young brother main message accordingbowen d mind number first principle
valley two days later went down salt lake cityarriving early afternoon bowens wagon partneronce again decided part wagonbishop joseph D noble asked arbitrate matterdecided bowen shearer should each half
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shearer unwilling sell half buy bowens halffinally bowen sold half man san peteexchange twenty dollars lumber
main body welsh eighty milessalt lake valley reunion
beloved captaincaptain jones jones together thomas jeremydaniel daniels called brigham young
return wales another mission three yearselapsed since 1849 group left council bluffs
emotions strong 1852 group welcomedjoneswelcomed jonesmidst morgan described reunion letter dated
20 september 1852 shaking hands embracing weep-ing kissing went bank river wheredanjonesvanjonesdan jones left horse having traveled twenty
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kingdom our god oh brethren how sweet wordspoured lips udgorn semnsewnselon 8 january 1853 33td29
later day thomasjeremythomas jeremy daniel daniels arrivedwelsh gathering drank deeply old friendships
joined camaraderie jones gave morgan letterpresent bishop edward hunter just soon
arrived company valley morganmoved letter quoted segment ownletter dated 2255 june 1853 phillips davis back wales
esteemed bishop hunter many my compatriots com-ing across 13th company I1 do know conditionperhaps money provisions scarce
reach valley I1 shall grateful you furnishing themneeds through hand brother morgans sic I1 shall
pay you manti san pete valley udgomudgorn seiondeion 272 7 august1853 147 td30
few days later several welsh brethren arrivedcamp these traveled thirty miles
salt lake city load watermelonswatermelons mushmelonsmushmelonspotatoes pickle cucumbers grapes etc these delicaciescame welcome treat those spent threemonths trail two days later just before campreached little mountain found multitudebrethren morgan udgorn deionseion 27 august 1853 144td30 awaiting them wagons fruit vegetables
valley among group john parry caleb parrydaniel leigh owen roberts cadwalader owensdelighted having ranks swelled newcomersthese 1849 pioneers extended sincere loving welcome
compatriotsmorgan pleased how crossing gone
although journey long I1 considered nothingenjoyment every step way udgorn selon 27 august1853 146 td30 gave equally positive comments concern-ing everything everyone valley predicted
salt lake temple completed three years hence 22
conclusion
several thousand welsh saints journeyed saltlake valley during next decade usually cameclusters rather companies 560 sonsgomer board samuel curling 1856 constituting
notable exception many them settled samegeographical areas malad city southern idahospanish fork city fifty five miles south salt lake city
initially welsh communities first second genera-tion cambriansCambrians conscientious preservationlanguage observance periodic welsh celebrations
turn century manyjonesesmany joneses davisesdaviselDaviseswilliamseswilliarnseswilliamsenWilliamses spoke great pride welsh
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notes1 california name applied western america
including region now known utah
2 welsh mormon folklore faith promoting apocryphalstory sinking buena vista boat leaky
english said let them go downdamned mormonscormons board butjonesjones being seaworthy wise repaired
ship prayers each day safety camcamee acrossocean unloaded everything upon docks much water soakedspoiled ship sank harbor heart throbs 24
3 led wonder jonessatjonessponess estimate number onlookersemphatic use hyperbole unusual joness writings
4 see appendixes further information passengers
5 welsh protestants oppositioncatholic church anglican church well consequently
notes 79
referred themselves nonconformists those refusedconform religious policies king henry VIII
6 writers often attribute college education captain danjonesvanjonesdan jonesdistinction utterly impossible him given
circumstances laboring class background gone sea ageseventeen somehow acquired high degree polish speaking
writing university trained nineteenth century waleshowever taken place gentleman never
soiled hands things anchors riggingsbiggingsriggings
7 warners spelling maintained
8 jones intended letter published udgornvdgom semnsewnselonzions trumpet length however nearly 10000 words
davis combined thomasjeremysthomas jeremysjeremasJeremys smaller letter 1800 wordsforeword own published twenty four page pamphlet
entitled naneshaneshanesymfudiadyymfudiady saint i gallGalicalifornianorniafornia accountsaints emigration california
9 wales term babylonians used mormonscormons referwelsh citizens used here refers eight non mormon cabin
passengers
10 reference achan old testamentdisobedience causes much consternation among israelites follow-
ing seige jericho see joshua 7
11 william hulme mentions first baby letter seedavid peterss records information second
12 see ashton 66 detailed explanation concerning twosteamers
13 jeremy used welsh early journals however knowingdescendants probably speak welsh kept later journalsenglish second language
14 these figures considerably higher accurate recordsperiod kept yet surface
15 many lowry peters h34 lived another fiftyyears go graves speakers welsh
16 elizabeth lewis called welsh queen many yearsafterwards thought actually welsh queen few knewhowever how title arisen
80 notes
17 numerous court cases held salt lake city prior elizabethlewiss letter someone heard threatening takeanother court dan jones 2222 april 1818505 0 jones
awarded 25917239.1723917 edward williams debt duecaptain jones according hosea stout joness lawyerassistance helping him williams wales stout 2367 howjones four years missionary wales able proffer assistance
williams how williams collier before emigrating obtainedwherewithal just six months salt lake valley pay settle-ment tojonestijonesjones certainly legitimate answerable questionsfact thatjonesjones married wealthy elizabeth lewis two weeks arriv-ing valley may provide clarification first questionelizabeth said ofjonesjones letter john davis capt jones
evil man prophesied himreceived nor tried get my money I1 heard
anyone company loser pennyhim 10 april 1850 8 td16
18 letter containing information ever appearedudgomudgorn semnsewnselon
19 while welsh saints being decimated cholera alongmississippi missouri rivers mid 1849 same disease
reached epidemic proportions merthyr tydfil area victimsreverend W R davies person coined epithet
latter day satanists
20 three men name william lewis amongemigrants stayed council bluffs instead continuingdirectly utah number 70 buena vista passenger list
2211 daughter jane sick several daysheard fathers death administered brother abel evanswhereupon arose immediately rode six miles horseback attend
fathers funeral see ashton 79
22 actual completion salt lake temple until nearlyfour decades later
appendixes
appendixalphabetized list
buena vista hartley welsh passengers
numbers keyed appendixes B C those H indicatehartley passengers others buena vista passengers
BOWEN anne h21 DAVIS margtmaegt 209david h73 mary 94mary hig mary jane h64morgan h20 mary ouberyaubery 224
CHILDS david 215 morgan h12CLARK francis h41 phoebe h63
william h40 radialrachal 233DANIELS dan 128 rachel h18
david 131 sarah 90mary 129 sarah 93thomas 130 sarah 223
DAVISDA VIS ann 92 sophia h72anne h15 stephen h71catherine h42 thomas 85
dan 89 thomas h62dan 91 thomas h65david 86 william 6
david 183 wm 83david 210 wm 232dinna 95 EAMES elenor h56edmund h70 john h55eliza 40 nathaniel hyzeliza 88 nathaniel h54eliza h13 sarah h53eliza h14 EDWARDS edward 237eliza h66 edward 239eliza lee 84 eliza 238elizabeth 5 jno 240emma h17 mary 241george h68 peter h36griffith 211 EVANS chas h61hannah hig david 172
henry 87 david 201
hugh 222 edward 206
jane h67 evan 208margaret h69 even 199margret 52 janet 200
buena vista hartley welsh passengers list 83
EVANS margtmaegt 203 JONES david 220mary 207 eliza 190igomorgan 205 emma 221rachel 204 ester 197william 202 esther 14
EVENSHVBNS chariot 50 even jos 196edw 179 evens 120marymaty 171 henry 64pheabe 51 hugh h58
EYNON charlotte h32 jacob 3
elizabeth h29 jane 65james h28 jane 102
louesa h30 jane 107martha h31 jane 188
FRANCIS ann 167 jane h59benin 165 jno 101loliolbenin 170 jno 105loydan 168 jno 139margret 166 jno 162margret 169 jno 182
GILES edwd 63 jno 191iglmaria 62 jno 198sarah 132 jno h75thsohs 61 letetia h76
HUGHES maegtmargt 112 lewis 4morgan ill111iiilillii maegtmargt 125
HUGHS eliza 225 marian 193
JAMES eliza 195 mary 2
jno 194 mary 15
JEREMY ester 160 mary 106loghannah 157 mary i 122
jno 155 mary 181margret 159 noah 13marymaty 161 owen h57sarah 154 rees 138sarah 158 rees 180thmsehms 153 robert h74thmsehms 156 robert h77
JINKINS mary 57 sarah log109wm 56 thomas 184
JNO thomas 231 thomas 189JONES ann 104 williams 192
ann h35 wm 103105benj 187 LEIGH ann 32ceteria 110 ann 36charlotte 123 ann 77
dan I11 anna 82
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LEIGH henry 79 OWENS cadwallader hyojno 33 elenor h44jno 81 jane h51mary 35 margaret h45samuel 76 owin cadwallader h48sophia 80 richard h46wrnarn 78 william h43
LEWIS ann 72 wmwin h47ann 163 PARRY ann 213215
calvan 46 caleb 216
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elizaellzaeilza 42 edward 212
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jno 44 jno 67
lewis 48 mary 68mary 71 PETERS david h33sarah 47 lowry h34thomas 43 lowry h39wrnarn 66 sarah h38win 70 PHILLIP benin 151
win 73 david 147
MATHIOS ada 135155 david 150
jonah 137157 elizabeth 152
margret 134 mary 148
sila 136 sarah 149
thomas 133153 PRICE daniel 25
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cecilia 243 harriett 24
edward 12 jane 21
elizaeilza 244 mary 22
jane 164 rees 20mary 246 ruth 26morgan 242 REES david 230250sarah 247 eben 54
thomas 48 jane 229wm 10 jno 226wm 11 mary 227
NASH elizaeilza 53 william 228isack 49 RICHARDS allicealike 8mary 75 ann 9
thomas 74 david 7
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elizaeilza h26 david hiohloellinor h27 eliza 28
jno h22 emma 30jno h23 jno 27
letetia h25 mary hah9OWENS alexralear 186 thomas hah8
aliceallceaiice h49 thomas hilhiihll
buena vista hartley welsh passengers list 85
RICHARDS william 29 TREHARN jane 116ROBERTS owin h37 mary 115
ROWLAND ann 177 sage 118benjaman 19 sarah 117
david 178 wmWRI 113115
job 16 wm 119ilgmary 17 WILLIAMS ann 218marymaty 175 edwd 58
rachal 174 eleanor hgorachal 176 eliza 38thomas 18 jinkins 185wm 173 jno 234254
STEPHENS rees 249 john hah1THOMAS ann 141 john hah5
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bowen david D h73 Llanelli cook boardhartley wife child died st louis married
phoebe evans bv51 left sizeable journal containsmany interesting details crossing life st louis
trek across plains died 1904 nephi utah
clark william h40 cardiganshireCardiganshire widowed whilemississippi river married eliza thomas bv146
14 september 1849 while plains died 1890 maladidaho eliza died nine years later malad
daniels danlerdanieldanleadamew128BV 12 8 Carmarthen crossed plainswife mary two sons 1849 returned wales
danjonesvanjonesdan jones thomasjeremythomas jeremy 1852 serve missionsucceeded danjonesvanjonesdan jones mission president 1856 became editor
udgomudgorn selonyelon two years died 1893 malad idaho
david morgan h12 Llanelli left wales wife sixdaughters soninlawson law david D bowen h73 morgans wifeeliza married daughter mary died st louiseighteen years baptist before converting mormonism died
1888 spanish fork utah daughter elizabeth marriedwilliam thomas died 1890 ann married william warner
died 1900 hannah married morgan hughes bv111BV 111iliill11
died 1925 emma married alfred rees died 1915 rachelmarried george chambers died 1920
davis danierdanieldanlerdaniebv89bv89 carmarthenmarthenCar died 9 may 1849missouri leaving wife sarah responsibility sonfour daughters traveling davisesdavisel marrieddaughter letitia husband benjamin thomasyear old son daniel letitia gave birth baby girl hannah maria
baby survive born during crossing13 may 1849 just before buena vista emigrants arrivedcouncil bluffs sarah davis died 1864 box elder county utah
biographical sketches 107
davis eliza bv40 traveling maid someone elsebuena vista group apparently things
liking arriving council bluffs just seven days laterthomas jeremy made entry journal betsy davis wentback 24 may 1849
davis hugh bv222BV222 liverpool schoolmastergroup wife sarah first person original
326 die mary ouberyaubery davis daughter appears 1850federal census utah james switzler consequentlyamong first welsh mormonscormons cross culturalmarriage
davis margaret bv209 young mother three yearold david baby griffith died 2 may 1849 missouririver just day st louis griffith died six days laterdavid isaac eliza nash crossed plainsfew weeks being orphaned appears 1850census dan jones family manti
davis sarah bv223 died buena vista just eight daysdeparting liverpool first person original 326 people
die health according dan jones very poor evenembarked husband hugh bv222BV222 daughter
mary bv224BV224 jones preached funeral sermon describedoccasion considerable detail account crossing
davis sarah thomas bv90 carmarthenshire left two marriedchildren wales husband daniel died 9 may 1849missouri river left four daughters son sarahdied 1864 perry utah
davis thomas h62 montgomeryshireMontgomery shire became disenchantedmormonism difficulties encountered reaching
council bluffs death wife four year old sonstephen thomas eight nine remaining children settled
northwestern missouri instead continuing nineteenyear old son thomas elected remain main bodywent grave faithful mormon thomas sr died 1891kansas thomas jr died 1903 idaho
108 appendix D
damdawdavisdatis william bv232BV232 rhymni family firstwilliam henshaw many converts south wales
baptized 19 february 1843 william wife rachel settledkanarravilleKanar raville utah died 1865 rachel died 1882
kanarravilleKanar raville
eamesfames nathaniel h52 ffestiniog travelingsecond wife sarah two children themnathaniel eamesseimess thirteen year old son first wifechildren left behind wales rejoin them later utah
baby jane hartley eames born nathaniel sarah whileboard hartley entire family except nathaniel jr
died within week each before reaching council bluffsyoung nathaniel crossed plains 1849 david petersfamily appears 1850 census older brother david
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hartley sarah gave birth another child givenname jane hartley eames family sarahs stepsonnathaniel escaped death missouri river
edwards peter h36 ffestiniog nephew david peters
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evans mary bv171BV1717 1 journeyed liverpool council bluffsservant benjbenjaminbeniaminamin francis BVbv16516 5 family four
six members francis family succumbed cholera alongmissouri mary services longer needed traveled
benjamin thomas bv96 family council bluffs saltlake city married rees thomas bv99 utah trekacross plains died 1907 thomas 1893 both avonmontana
evans phoebe bvmbv5bv511 merthyr tydfil servant girlelizabeth lewis council bluffs phoebe left sister lewis
what felt unjust demands made went livesister margaret hughes result clothes con-
fiscatedfisca ted auctioned off 1850 married david D bowenh73 left widower cholera epidemic
biographical sketches 109
eynon james h28 pembrokeshirePembrokeshire wife elizabethparents seven daughters earliest
converts pembrokeshirePembrokeshire south wales elizabeth died choleramissouri river louisa three daughters
accompanied parents hartley became polygamoussecond wife israel clarkdarkoark utah manifesto denounc-ing polygamy appeared 1890 louisa went live sonhyrum
francis benjamin bv165BV 165 llanybydder 30 april 1849died cholera second victim among buena vistaemigrants eight days later widow margaretdaughter left cholera taken away daughtertwo sons surviving daughter annantiantl married thomas howellsfour years later eventually thirteen children margaret died
salt lake city 1886
francis margaret evans bv166BV 166 cardiganshireCardiganshire whilemissouri river lost husband daughter two sonsvictims cholera margarets child survive daughterann married thomas howells four years later thirteenchildren margaret survived even daughter margaret diedsalt lake city 1886 twelve years anns passing 1874
giles thomas bv61 monmouthshireMonmouthshire lay baptistminister before joining mormon church 1845 several monthsbefore thomas maria left wales son thomasleft blind accident coal mine later pulled hand-cart across plains gained fame utah blindharpist thomas sr died 1850 council bluffs maria died
1866 ogden utah daughter sarah married lorin farr18518511 second wife six bore him nine children
sarah died 1892 ogden
henshawhenohens kawhaw william cornwall although welshman norpassenger buena vista hartley instru-
mental conversion many first welsh mormonemigrants first mormon missionary proselytemerthyr tydfil where experienced considerable success during
three year period 1843 1846 time danjonesvanjonesdan jones
110 appendix D
took henshawHenshaws place december 1845 five hundred convertsbrought LDS faith under henshaw leadership
1851 henshaw sailed america olympus wifefour children died st louis 1870
hughes margaret evans bvmbv1BVbv11211212 wife morganhughes bv111BV 111 sister phoebe bv51 later marrieddavid D bowen h73 passenger buena vista
reaching utah 1852 margaret divorced husbandlater married bishop william pace
hughes morgan bvmbv1BVbv111111iiiili11 carmarthenmarthenCar remained councilbluffs wife margaret order save money continue
way utah morgan margaret divorcedreaching utah morgan later married hannah david high16bore him thirteen children morgan died 1890 spanish forkhannah lived almost ninety
jeremy sarah evans bv154BV1545 4 carmarthenshire left waleshusband thomas two sons five daughters missouri
river three daughters died cholera two day periodsarah gave birth three daughters son reachingutah two occasions left full responsibilityrearing family while husband returned walesmissionary died 1878
jeremy thomas bv153BV153 llanybydder baptizedCarmarthen 3 march 1846 earliest converts
area became dan joness intimate friendswife sarah lost three little girls cholera two nights
while missouri river thomas returned wales twooccasions do missionary work died salt lake city1891 sarah died 1878 among many descendantsmarvin jeremy ashton member council twelveapostles church jesus christ latter day saintswendell jeremy ashton former publisher deseret news
john thomas bvmbv2BVbv2312313 1 according dan jones letter march1851 td24 8 few welsh succumbed4 yellow fever spent time mining gold california
biographical sketches 111illliilil
1854 back wales where wrote very apologeticletter dan jones maligningmaligning him letter appearedudgomudgorn sebonselon 29july29 july 1854 454511 didjonessdid joness letter forgiveness29 july 1854 451 52
jones benjamin bv187BV 187 di whole family exceptwife became blemished unfaithfulness went away along
road destruction gallop today dan jones letter30 april 1849 td9tda 123 benjamins son williamdaughter law marian excommunicated two days before
buena vista reached new orleans evidencebenjamins wife jane stayed main body saintsalthough dan joness comment appearsopposed rest family apostasy
jones dan avibvlbvi flintshireFlintshire mariner steamboatcaptain many years before joining church 1843 curious
inaccurate word saints entered occupationcolumn buena vista passenger list nine nineteenyears between conversion mormonism death provo
utah 1862 missionary among compatriots danswife jane daughter claudia traveled emblem leftliverpool two weeks buena vista however caught
him council bluffs dan married elizabeth lewis bv42shortly arrived utah returningsecond mission wales 1818575 7 married mary matilda latriellejane died provo 1861 dan survived six young childrentwo each wife died chronic lung illness
age fifty daughter claudia married hyrurnjameshyrum james dennis1866 died 1903 provo
jones davibv220davidbv220 wife emma did continueemigrants past st louis appears dan joness letter
30 april 1849 td9tda 123 left benjaminjonesbeniaminbenjamin jonesfamily david giles bv215BV215
jones evan bv120BV 12020 age ninety two oldestemigrants ministers liverpool tried dissuade himcrossing sea predicted survive voyage
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false prophets reply according danjonesvanjonesdan jones danjonesvanjonesdan jonessaid him lost hair except few strands white
snow now abundant new crop just likehair child feels younger youngerletter 18 april 1849 15 td7tda evan jones did complete
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council bluffs
jones jane meilingmoilingmelling denbighshireDenbigh shire although wifecaptain danjonesvanjonesdan jones did sail him buena vistaappears plan remain wales untilhusbands return completing task leading groupemigrants salt lake city reason behind arrangement
birth daughter claudia 8 february 1849 less
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procedure nor plan wait walesreturn husband 12 march 1849 just two weeks
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dan jones council bluffs crossed plainshim george smith company dan jane tenchildren two whom grew maturity jane died ageforty two provo 1861
jones noah bv13 merthyr tydfil penned lamentemigrant quoted text death wife esther
board highland mary cared twelve year olddaughter mary st louis until death 1851 brightsdisease according wish friends took mary across
plains them married james dunster 1854 borehim ten children died salt lake city 1886
jones owen h57 ffestiniog lost sight eyechild working slate quarry
wales even though totally blind jones workedtwentyfivetwenty five years mail carrier brigham city utah havingmemorized layout city died 1894
biographical sketches 113
jones thomas bv184BV 184 member familyaccept mormonism just twenty years old still home
parents having heard scurrilous stories mormonscormonsMormonsforbade him attend further meetings accordingdescendants thomas climbed bedroom windowran away utah yorkjonesyork jones 6 thomas married sage treharnebvmbv1bv11818 1852 left widow ten years later six smallchildren sage married samuel leigh bv76 1868 died1897
leigh danierdanieldanlerdanielbv31bvmbv3 1 Llanelli brother samuel leighbv76 daniels son daniel died cholera missouri
daniel sr crossed plains 1849 family settledmalad where died 1866 daughter mary married
nephi campbell died 1932
leigh samuel bv76 Llanelli brother daniel leighbvmbv31bv31 lost wife baby cholera missouri river
baby just week old having born boardconstitution two days before group arrived st louis28 april 1849 year later samuel married mary treharnebvmbv1bv11515 council bluffs 1868 married sage trtreharneeharnejonesjonesbvmbv1BVbv11811818 time widow six small children
1876 returned wales missionary died cedarcity 1894 mary died 1881 sage died 1897
lewis elizabeth bv42 Kidwelly married david lewisleft wales six children 1849 part davids
sizeable inheritance sold brotherjamesbrothbrother jameserjames just few weeksbefore departure buena vista david remainedwales tidy unfinished business much moneyused assist number emigrants get councilbluffs eventually utah elizabeth crossed plains4 4 spring wagon married captain dan jones two weeksarriving marriage brigham youngs approval donewithout knowledge elizabeths husband stillwales lived manti several years eventually settled
salt lake city where died 1895
114 appendix D
lewis william bv66 fishguardFish guard widoweremigrated having left behind seventeen year old daughter
eleven year old son later sent money children joinhim utah william wrote poetry under pen name gwilymdduaddu won prizes verses wales evenwhile crossing plains wrote poem see td21td2tda1 shortlyarriving salt lake city married charity arms whom
two children william died 1875 salt lake city
mathias thomas bv133BV 133 carmarthenshire wifemargaret stayed council bluffs two three children
thirteen year old daughter ada bv135BV 135 went danieldaniels family utah 1849 possibly help widowed mother
two small children daniels family ada diedchildbirth 1861 sister zillah bv136BV 136 1857 becameplural wife tojohncojohnjohn D rees bv226 bore him nine children
died 1923 age 84 thomas mathias died brigham city1887 margaret died 1871 brigham city
morgan jane BVbv164164 cardiff traveling maidthomasjeremythomas jeremy family danjonesvanjonesdan jones wrote during cross-
ing jane morgans cardiff suffered painful soreslegs off nine years considered com-
pletely incurable doctors worsening becomediscouraged church ordinances faith
weakened 18 april 1849 15 td7tda jane did continueutah thejeremys apparently crossed 1852
william morgan company married john D rees bv226few weeks arriving salt lake city died followingyear cancer
morgan morgan bv242BV242 merthyr tydfil stayed familycouncil bluffs eleven year old sarah died missouri
family eventually settled malad where morgan died 1878wife cecilia died 1887 mt pleasant utah
morgan william bv10 glamorganshireGlamorganshire widower beforeemigration selected preside welsh branch
church council bluffs led welsh fiftywagons crossed plains 1852 letters
biographical sketches 115
wrote council bluffs appendix E son williamdied missouri son edward accompanied himutah 1853 married martha williams howells widowwilliam howells first missionary france morgan died1889 willard utah
nash isaac bv49 Kidwelly exchange financial assistance
journeying utah assisted elizabeth lewis prior emigra-tion convincing husband sign papers sale
property kidwellydwellyKi south wales isaac recorded journalnumerous details concerning sea land travels
buena vista group grandmother brother died choleramissouri wife eliza came close dying saved
own life drinking water while others asleep isaaceliza divorced reaching utah isaac married twowives spent three months prison 1885 polygamydied 1907 franklin idaho
ormondOrmonormondjohnjojnjohndJohn h22 pembrokeshirePembroke shire joined church 1845
first do pembrokeshirePembrokeshire wife elizabeth didshare enthusiasm mormonism refused accompany
him wished emigrate three unmarried childrenstayed mother wales five went father
america howjohnrowjohnhow john convinced wife part little threeyear old ellinor four clear elizabeth declaredherself widow four years later remarried john eventuallymarried three wives died 1883 kanosh utah
children sailed him hartley ellinorletitia both died cholera 8 may 1849 dorothy died 1851
council bluffs john married jane jones 1818525 2 died 1913logan elizabeth married george tall 1856 died 1932
owens william h43 ffestiniog left liverpool eightmembers family three survived reach council bluffs
parents four children died between 5 may18 may mississippi missouri rivers cadwallader marriedelizabethjoneselizabethellzabethelizabcth jones 1851 died 1898 ionalona idaho margaretmarried robert wardrop 1851 died 1913 william married
jane parson 1857 died 1913 willard utah
116 appendix D
parry annjonesannanuamu jones bv213BV213 flintshireFlintshire first stagespregnancy while crossing buena vista faced dualchallenge seasickness morning sickness husbandedward died missouri river ann left widowfive year old son five months later during crossing george
smith company salt lake city thirty mileseast fort bridger ann gave birth son robert dan 1851ann became plural wife david peters h33 bore himfive children died age forty brigham city utah 1863
panyparrypurry caleb bv216BV216 newmarket catherine vaughn evans
bv217 married 26 february 1849 same daybuena vista set sail calebs parents board eight years
reaching utah caleb became polygamist 1870called serve mission great britain died year laterbirmingham victim small pox catherine died 1893marriott utah
pareyparrypany edwardbv212edwarfedward wiil newmarket distant relative calebdied missouri widow ann bore him posthumouschild five months later way salt lake city latermarried david peters h33 died brigham city utah1863
panyparry john bv67 newmarket preacher baptistseven own church john parrys association fashionedalexander campbells views before converting mormonism
1846 parrys likelihood distinguishedwelsh join church time caused great
excitement among welsh mormonscormons count parrys
brothers gospel johns wife mary died cholera sameday highland mary landed council bluffs johnaccompanied son caleb daughter law catherine utah
1849 john asked brigham young form choirsinging compatriots nucleus choir evolved what
known today mormon tabernacle choir 1854 johnmarried harriet parry bore him five children
born john seventy three john parry died 1868
salt lake city
biographical sketches 117
peters david h33 ffestiniog owned woolen millffestinlogffestiniog north wales before joined mormonscormonsMormons
forty members ffestiniog branch twenty seven emigrated1849 three board hartley eleven died cholera
mostly members williamowenswilliam owens nathaniel eamesfamilies david sold factory order emigrate money
paid him family plus five others marriedann jones parry bv213 1851 plural wife died 1898
brigham city wife lowry laura died following yearsame place
phillips david bv147BV 147 wife mary lost three littlechildren three days cholera missouri crossedplains utah 1849 daughter sarah
price rees bv20 dowlaisDowlais scribe trusteerev W R daviess baptist congregation dowlais before
conversion mormonism year prior emigratingdavies then claimed price even literate much lessscribe material september 1848 prqphwydyjubi1iprophwydyjubilkvbv131 33yprice published long letter explained reasonsleaving baptists joining much maligned mormonscormonsMormonsprices wife jane five children diedmissouri
rees john D bv226BV2262 6 merthyr tydfil wife marystillborn child changing steamers constitution
highland harymarykary john returned wales missionary1868 eventually four wives mary morgan accompaniedhim buena vista jane morgan bv164BV 164 whom married
salt lake city 1852 zillah mathias bv136BV 136 whommarried 1857 cecelia howe whom married 1869
father twenty seven children died 1880 maladidaho mary died 1907 brigham city utah jane died1853 zillah died 1923 cecelia 1932
roberts owen h37 ffestiniog closely associateddavid peters family accompanied them 1849 crossing
plains married sarah treharne bv117BV 117
118 appendix D
rowland job BVbv1616 monmouthshireMonmouthshire baptistthirteen years before becoming mormon prompted inves-
tigate mormonism seriously hearing minister rev W R
davies ofdowlaisdowlaisDowlais comment wished kill dan jonessame way others killed joseph smith job married mary parry
1854 mother bv17 died council bluffs 1851brother thomas bv18 married isabell nelson eleven children
died 1886 logan utah brother benjamin marriedelizabeth williams eleven children died 1910salt lake city job five children died 1879 logan
rowland william bv173BV 173 hirwaunHirwaun widowed five monthsbefore emigrating married nineteen year old rachel evansbv174BV 174 first wifescifes niece just two months before leaving
buena vista rowlands misfortune beingboard steamer saluda april 1852 engines explodedquite number cormonsmormons killed including william two
children rachel david first wife two bornhim rachel america william sarah rachel
although left permanently crippled later married james E harrisgave birth eight children died 1918 cedar
city stepdaughter mary badly burned accidentmarried thomasthomasjamesjames 1857 isaac riddle 1861 died
1920 stepdaughter anne later adopted coupleway california
thomas annjonesann jones bv141bv14BV1411 carmarthenshire lost husbandbenjamin bv140BV 140 while missouri river five yearold son daniel while council bluffs two remainingchildren crossed plains george smith company1849 upon reaching salt lake valley ann marriedhusbands brother samuel thomas bv145 bore him fourchildren died 1869 age fifty salt lake city
thomas benjamin bv96 carmarthenshire wifeletitia parents buena vista child born
missouri river survive hannah maria thomas born13 may 1849 letitiasLetitias father daniel davis bv&9 died fourdays before benjamin died 1887 malad idaho letitia 1858
biographical sketches 119
thomas benjamin bv140BV 140 carmarthenshire died choleramissouri brother samuel bv145 assumed respon-
sibilitysibility benjamins family later married widow ann
thomas elizajaneeliza jane bv146BV 146 glamorganshireGlamorganshire twentysingle left wales board buena vista
council bluffs became acquainted william clarkdarkoark h40crossed hartley whose wife frances died
while mississippi river may 1849 eliza williammarried 14 september 1849 during trek salt lake city
george smith company eventually nine childrenwilliam died 1890 malad idaho eliza died 1899malad
thomas hannah maria daughter benjamin bv96letitia thomas bv97 born 13 may 1849buena vista child born missouri river survivemarried william D williams 1870 settled malad idahowhere reared nine children hannah maria died 1900
thomas letitia davis bv97 carmarthenshiresix months pregnant left wales husbandbenjamin thomas year old son daniel traveled
company letitiasLetitias parents brother four sistersletitiasLetitias father daniel davis bv89 died 9 may 1849 just fourdays later while missouri river letitia gave birthdaughter hannah maria letitia died 1818585 8 family traveleddown help settle st george southern utah buried
side road
thomas rees bv99 married mary evans bv171trek across plains thomas died 1893 wife died 1907both avon montana
thomas samuelbv145samuel bv145BV 145 carmarthenshire travelingbrother benjamins family bv140BV 140 several monthsbrothers death samuel married benjamins widow ann
samuel died salt lake city 1893 ann died 1869salt lake
120 appendix D
treharne jane bvmbv1BVbv116116ilg16 carmarthenshire met edward ashtonwhile crossing plains 1852 family traditionmeeting took place while each holding corner canvasprotection woman labor during rainstornrainstormrain storn ashton 89
jane edward married year half later6 february 1854 eventually seven children elder marvin
J ashton member council twelve postleswendell J ashton former publisher deseret newsamong descendants jane died 1897 edward died1904
Tretreharnehame uarymaryalary BVbv115115 carmarthenshire married widowed
samuel leigh bv76 council bluffs 1850 becamemother four stepchildren crossed plains 1852
settled cedar city utah mary died 1881 samuel died1894
treharne sage BVUS18 carmarthenshire met thomas jonesbv184 while living council bluffs agreed
marry soon reached salt lake city thomas crossedplains year before sage sage reached salt lakevalley october 1852 married planned
t
settled cedar city where six children sagewidowed 1862 death thomas six years laterbecame plural wife samuel leigh husband sister marysamuel died 1894 sage died 1897 age sixty five
treharnetrehametrebarnetteTre kamehamebarnejanneaarne sarah bv117BV 117 carmarthenshire married owenroberts 14571437 information lacking further detailslives sarah died 1898
treharne william bvmbv1BVbv11311313 carmarthenshire left waleswife four daughters son oldest son john
bring wife two children across following year williamswife ann died cholera missouri following year
john treharne wife two children died cholera beforereached council bluffs william died shortly thereafter
council bluffs daughters young son william leftfind way get utah william jr married ann hughes
1864 died 1907
biographical sketches 121
williams edwardbv58evwardedward WS whose way across saltlake valley paid elizabeth lewis apparently moneyintended loan 23 april 1850 edward requiredpay 2391725917239.1723917 dan jones assistance helping himwales stout 367 danjonesvanjonesdan jones elizabeth lewis married
time thus money go jones williamscast vote against dan joness proposal create
separate welsh kingdom side jordan riverletter dated 20 march 1853 written san bernardino
udgomudgorn selon 9 july 1853 31 34 williams testifiedparents wales dan jones man god
williams eliza bv38 traveled two sons rice bv37samuel bv39 died board buena vista just six
days before immigrants reached new orleansfaithful methodist fifty five years before receiving baptism
LDS faith gave thanks deathbeddying mormon
williams rice bv37 brother samuel bv39 althoughboth forties accompanied mother elizabv38 eliza died board buena vista rice samuel
journeyed salt lake city 1849 rice married before1850 census
appendix Etranslated documents
contents
TD page1 danjonesvanjonesdan jones henffych california hail california 125
prophwyd y jubelijubili prophet jubilee october1848 p 158
2 dan jones cynghorion i ymfudwyr i california 127counsels emigrants california prophwydy
abiliubili november 1848 ppap 165 69
3 J D bohnjohnuohn davis ffarwel y saint saints 135farewell prqphwydyjubi1iprophwydy jubelijubili december 1848 p 186
4 gwahoddiad i Galicaliforniafornia invitation california 136seren gomer star gomer baptist periodicaldecember 1848 ppap 373 74 signed drywdrawdrywbachbachsmall seer
5 thomas jeremy twenty four others cyfarchiad 139olaf y saint ymfudol i california greetingemigrating saints california udgorn selon zionstrumpet march 1849 ppap 55 58
6 william phillips ymfudiad y saint i Galicaliforniafornia 143emigration saints california udgorn selmseimselonseiw
march 1849 ppap 59 61
7 danjonesvanjonesdan jones tojohncojohnjohn davis 18 april 1849 new orleans 159hoveshoneshanesranes ymfudiady saint i gallGalicaliforniamorniafornia account
saints emigration california merthyr tydfilJ davis 1849 ppap 5 21
8 thomas jeremy john davis 18 april 1849 new 168orleans hanes Yymfudiadmfudiady y saint i gallGalicaliforniafornia merthyrtydfiltydfiljJ davis 1849 ppap 21 24
contents 123
9 danjonesvanjonesdan jones william phillips 30 april 1849 st louis 172
udgomudgorn semnsewnseiondeion june 1849 ppap 122 23
10 dan jones william phillips 13 july 1849 omaha 175udgorn selon september 1849 ppap 179 82
11 william morgan william phillips 2 september 1849 178pottowatamie county iowa udgomudgorn selon november1849 ppap 218 19
12 george smith ezra T benson dan jones 180william morgan william davis 21 september
1849 camp israel cyfarwyddiadau irymfudwyrtua dinas y llyn halenhaen directions emigrants
salt lake city merthyr tydfil J davis 1849ppap 2 6
13 dan jones william phillips 12 october 1849 184
bank green river udgorn deionseion april 1850ppap 105 10
14 danjonesvanjonesdan jones william phillips 20 november 1849 salt 189lake city trltritiitry ilythyrllythyr oddiwrth capt D jones acun oddiwrth lewis 0o gydweli 0 dainasddinas y llynhalen three letters capt D jones
lewis Kidwelly salt lake citymerthyr tydfil J davis 1850 ppap 1 3
15 william morgan william phillips 25 december 1849 192council bluffs udgorn selon february 1850ppap 51 54
16 elizabeth lewis tojohncojohnjohn davis 10 april 1850 salt lake 195city triditrltzi llythyrilythyr oddiwrth capt DbjonesdjonesDJjonesones ppap 6 8
17 danjonesvanjonesdan jones tojohncojohnjohn davis 12 april 1850 salt lake city 197tzitritiitrlttl llythyrilythyr oddiwrth capt D jones ppap 5 6
18 danjonesvanjonesdan jones william phillips 12 april 1850 salt lake 198city triditrl ilythyrllythyr oddiwrth capt DbjonesdjonesDJjonesones ppap 4 5
19 thomas jeremy john davis 14 april 1850 salt 199lake city udgorn selon october 1850 ppap 281 85
124 appendix E
20 william morgan william phillips 26 may 1850 204council bluffs udgorn semnsewnselon july 1850 ppap 186 88
21 gwilym dduaddu william lewis englynionEnglyn ion verses 206cyfanvyddiadaucyfarwycldiadau prymfudwyrirymfudwyrtuadinasyruatua dibasdinas y llyn halen
p 12
22 william morgan william phillips john davis 21119 july 1850 kanesvilleganesvilleKanesville iowa cyfarwyddiadau irprymfudwyr tua dinas y llyn halen ppap 2 6 10
23 dan jones william phillips john davis 21210 september 1850 salt lake city udgorn selonscion11 january 1818515 1 ppap 17 19
24 dan jones william phillips marchmatch 18518511 manti 214llythyr oddiwrth capt D jones wmvm phillips yn
cynnwys newyddion 0 semnsewn letter capt Djones wm phillips containing news zionmerthyr tydfil john davis 1851 8 pages total
25 elizabeth lewis john davis 18511851 manti udgorn 223semnsewnselon 23 august 1851 ppap 272 74
26 thomas jeremy john davis 2211 january 1818525 2 salt 225lake city udgorn semnsewnselon 8 may 1852 ppap 142 45
27 dan jones william phillips 1 may 1852 manti 229private collection xerox copy possession author
fourth letter publishedudgorn semnsewnselon 4 september 1852 ppap 287 90
28 william morgan william phillips john davis 2332222 june 1818525 2 pottowatamie udgorn segonscion 7 august1852 ppap 259 60
29 william morgan william phillips john davis 23420 september 1852 bear river 80 miles salt lakecity udgorn selonscion 8 january 1853 ppap 32 33
30 william morgan william phillips john davis 2362255 june 18185518535 3 salt lake city udgorn semnsewnselon 2277 august1853 ppap 143 47
hail californiaidltdltd1
pestilence harvesting countriesharvesting man like grass field
foul breeze blowslaying waste green earth
californiayonder across distant seas me
sharp shining swordbathed blood
yes blood warm blood menworst battles ever fought
californiayonder rocky mountains I1 shall go
seed sower descendsstraight under soils field
sower waitsreap without ever reaping
californiacountry me eden world
crops abundantfruits sweet
end winter edens cursebeginning lords blessed summer
californiachief paradise world
tithing brought togethergreat temple foundedsplendidly sanctifiedlord hour comes
californiathou shalt new canaan world
126 appendix Ei
tyou brethren stayed behind
hasten come usremember shall await you
longing lookcalifornia
sing until you come
let dear sailing vessel comelet brethren come aboard
farewell thee world curse
thou breeze blow awaycalifornia
california henceforth
counsels emigrants californiatdatd2
response frequent varied questionsasked respect preparations expense
emigrating inquirers satisfied following obser-vationsvations let them ask again first place respectpreparation food voyage say state govern-ment requires every shipowner carry board ship variousprovisions mentioned already our previous observations
matter issue prophwyd every-thing proportionate respect nourishment pound
bread apportioned each emigrant ageeach day voyage addition 10 pounds bacon each
voyage these supplies included pricecrossing sum ship xax33 12s 6caceveryone fourteen years age further observeabove preparation perhaps may sufficient everyoneanything else emigrants may wish purchase
discretion respect provisions abundancefollowing list consider sufficient each additionprovisions ship each determine home
additional cost bear foodwhether better those things home
bring them buy them following prices liverpool
provisionsshillings pence
10 foundspounds hard bread 2 6mor everyone 14 3 pence poundoundaund
2 pounpounds 0f riricece 3 pence pounpound 0 64 pounds sugar 3 vi12 pence pound 1 2
vi14 pound tea 2 shillings pound 0 62 pounds coffee 6 pence pound 1 04 pounds treacle 22v212 pence pound 0 104 pounds raisins currants 1 6
4 122 pence pound3 pounds butter 1 shilling pound 3 03 pounds cheese 8 pence pound 2 0
13 0
128 appendix E
take note addition pricecrossing seen above prices much lowerthings sold shops reason advantage
allowed emigrants purchasing large quantitiestogether custom house without tax them
intended use them sea those prepare oatbread good butter own cheese preserves picklesthings may desire very good them takethings them home state government sees
provisions prepared ship good tastyhead each family weighed each week
needs time being him familyuse how choose themselves those
children under age fourteen probably need pro-vide additional items above them since provisions
ship sufficient cost less mucheach provide own provisions way
liverpool then until ship begins voyage
necessary clothes
do counsel saints buy very much clothing materialhere them two three years order
warm comfortable earn dif-ference prices interest receive money
spend them while side goodslie decay useless comparison while warn
against extremes side urge everyone sideprepare much durable warm useful clothing
especially let abundant preparations made underclothingdark wool clothes especially children women clearwater washing clothes cannot obtained ocean let
prepared equal proportion heavy light clothingsummer winter clothing prepared climate
country generally women daughtersdress homespun material welsh wool gowns
worn carmarthenshire etc consideredvaluable arriving end journey men
transtrims documents tdatd2 counsels emigrants 129
get suitsultsuitsult two clothes besides normallyhere sufficient them get under way especially
outer clothes underclothing youbetter main points creed saintscleanliness comfort satisfaction though shall experiencevarious climates during journey first parttoo warm wear winter clothes country restclothing those warm weather counseleveryone get deal chests following sizes new onespurchased 3 feet 3 inches long 18 20 inches wide
deep put clothes dry neat themneed open them long time especially
sea breeze water sea greatly damage clothingbesides chests above sizes convenient
move belongings back forth filledspare clothes put way ship
space passengers let do accordingcounsel before leaving town otherwise encounter
inconvenience way clothes confusionmixed throughout chests dress children warmlyhealthily lest start crying colds discomfortsthose feather beds may take them along ie many
wish use voyage notice must provideown beds bedding ship every place
take care bring enough blankets beddingcomfortable theshipship provides nothing bed boards
place put beds
necessary dishes tools etc
emigrants well advised take themservice family arriving home good proportionfollowing things hand platesknives forks spoons crockery china wishthings women deem desirable comfortconsider comfort much yes even our own
hope see them end journey having built homesliving them having planted vineyards enjoying
130 appendix E
fulnessfalness tasty produce frighten themoppress them result counsel them thinkthemselves dishes etc chooseprepare feasts arriving home carry them across
sea moderation cost ie own servicegovernment officials where land side think
intend sell things put taxthem perhaps make them expensive
purchased st louis things personal userarely tax them since need
dishes normal use voyage best put themsafekeeping among spare clothes keep them break-
ing do counsel anyone take heavy tools nor factscarcely household furniture except what mentioned
do counsel various craftsmen take very manynormal tools them probably get new ones
better cheaper st louis tin dishes usevoyage obtained liverpool best get under way
way takendistance estimated cost
already speaking captain steam-boat troubadour taking first company emigrantsswansea liverpool kind gentleman promised makeevery provision benefit comfort travelerscarry them much cheaper usual shall advertise timelater greater detail perhaps whole company cannotprepared before end ofjanuaryjanuary beginning february
reaching liverpool someone else board shipprepared pres 0 pratt let us know
three four days before sailing timewisdom value part mormon creed
seen ie everyone mind own business lest sharperssharpelssharperswolves snatch them belongings while smiling
face sincerely hope welsh flock knowvoice shepherd too well mistake howl wolf
liverpool normal time voyage new orleans
trans documents tdatd2 counsels emigrants 131
six seven weeks part journeyleaving borders kingdom temperate breezes
lovely often too few themnew orleans large steamboats available during season
year come close ship take whole processionbelongings once five six days
10 shillings each great mississippi river elevenhundred miles great city st louis another steam-boat obtained take them belongingsmissouri river council bluffs eight hundred ninehundred miles week pound eachneed provide own food along part journeybesides prices mentioned short along wayship end journey take care provi-sions own cost yet uncommon unity lovesaints very advantageous them buy everything required
large quantities everything necessary buyespecially conveyance along rivers come much lessexpensive each
reaching council bluffs you outside westernconfines babylon among settlements containing thousandssaints emigrating salt lake city make desert blossom
rose prepare themselves restjourney welsh procession rest council bluffs
while preparing wagons food buying animals pull themforward perhaps take several weeks time beforewhole procession ready get under way again besides being
likely several thousandssaints besides welsh traveling together through
rocky mountains council bluffs shops everykind necessary skills being carried saints wherewagons every needed tool purchased those neighbor-hoods milk cows cost 2 pounds each yoke oxen5 6 pounds further east here obtainedcheaper saints buying many those areas
cannot count cost council bluffs forward our satis-faction well back best estimatemake follows eight persons go together
132 appendix E
buy wagon yoke oxen four cows carrythem clothes food comfortably think
expense 133 10 shillings zc44 eachwagon animals belong them then those
family four five six children need getwagon themselves families two three children
two families get together buy wagon between themshare cost distance council bluffs salt lake
city considered thousand miles enoughgame journey sustenance these few counsels deemsufficient time above things wish
see way open before them send us namesages each babies soon possible
mindful these days time gathering daywinnowing call children ofzionzion comebabylon lest made recipients plagues
doubt each neglects duty emigrate saddenspirit god god opens way provides circum-stances know land beganwither like wife lot old until became dry treeswaiting gathered fire
latest news california very comforting apostleW woodruff tells us through recent letter nine hundredwagons loaded saints left council bluffs toward salt lakecity during june hosts others preparing followthem every crop produced valley beyond expecta-tions saints enjoy generally better health
place medicinal waterssprings proven priceless blessing sickfar what blessing see sickchildren god wales leaping joy banks thesesprings
spirit gathering taken strong hold saintswales throughout world happy learn
how thoroughly words isaiah fulfilledday shall deaf hear words
book clearly further meek shall increasejoy lord poor among men shall rejoice
trans documents tdatd2 counsels emigrants 133
holy israel isa 2918 19 what greater rejoicingpoor meek men wales desire life get way
emigrating country where abundancethem race them generations
earth well preparation already awaiting them ziongo enjoy comfort poor saints
state sufficient faith believe matter how greatpoverty started them good work
finish through preparing way bringing meanshands according faithfulness easiest way
arrive home through fulfilling role
present time do sufficient faith believegod allow poverty faithful saints
deprive him blessed deliverance notrejoicerejoicelord time spite extent former
poverty expect yet see nation meek welshmenwelshmerWelsh menstrengthen strong host brave men stock gomerdwelling happily peacefully centers western con-tinent obedient citizens heavenly laws expect see
poor beautiful carriages along high roadsearth enjoying fill abundance before long shalllend listening ear hear mountains hills echoing
sweet songs rejoicing children zion sometimesoon hope see kings queens encouraging greatwondrous work fulfilled blessed does
might work continues praisename through generations while work foremost
people world like grass stubble clay
another thing merits attentionsaints
like saints remember especially thoseintend go toward zion place where justice
dwells consequently children zion should workersjustice far even while captivity babylon
laws zion do allow children work injusticebabylonians far know do
134 appendix E
allow indebted anyone world justlyemigrate without either paying them satisfying them getting
forgiveness way working justice toward themsaints warned before remind pure
minds again strive free themselvestiresome captivity time happy invitation comes
call them home our desire benefit freedomsaints well glory ofzionzion prompts us
call attention saints frequently important mattertrue wages low time bad yet
never time bad principle justice shownthrough doing done then penny
old debt incurred while babylonians paidshow dennyspennys worth righteousness
much possible then faith claimblessing just god every just effort work justicedoubtless succeed
notice first emigrants
according custom transport emigrants seapres pratt expects each send pound moneypassage advance before hire ship secureeach passage ship turn come time
announced time through paying rest pricepassage according mentioned above con-sequently ourselves expect save expense loss cost
do someone them bring aforementionedpound them NEXT conference heldmerthyr take place SUNDAY YEAR
then pres pratt able here occasionpromised get them together cannot come
here transported him thenbetter advantage hire ship cheaply through gettingtime choose ship takes whatever might
time crossing cheaper everyone noticeplace secured ship anyone except those
follow arrangement
saints farewelltdatd3
farewell now everyoneshall sail great ocean
complete longing gods zionbetter go land
given us our fatherlived captive far too long
freedomFre edoin come us wake adversitycalled babel
call our intention gogo spite cruel enemy
our god through great gracebring us safely seemly zion
farewell british landour home long time
better home before us nowhardship agony violence
perpetually hereparadise beyond great open sea
willing come zionplace complete deliverance
plagues troublescome worry mankind
safe place livestorms cover earth
let us bid farewellsaints short while
until see them homeour farewell long
them deny truthfamily heaven
let us go singing across seawithout fear our heartsgod kindness shall watch vessel
rides wavemay saints throughout island
care
invitation californiatdatd4
oh come californiadear welshmenwelshmerWelshmen dear welshmenwelshmerWelshmen
stand here longerdear welshmenwelshmerWelsh men
heavens usshall land without rent taxes
prepare come without delaydear welshmenwelshmerWelsh men dear welshmenwelshmerWelshmen
do tarry here exceptdear welshmenwelshmerWelshmen
get corn without sowing harrowingeveryone believe everyone believe
bread without bakingeveryone believe
houses grow us earthlovely attractive palacesoh alluring place
everyone believe everyone believeplace where pain sorrow comeeveryone believe
geese thousandscome quickly come quickly
running through streetscome quickly
those being roastedready lunch
gocome quickly come quickly
feast prepared himcome quickly
fat oxenheaven heaven
thousands fat pigsheaven
trans documents ydetd4yd4 invitation california 137157
waiting doorsknives throats
ready morning nightheaven heaven
sparse tableheaven
soon vehicles runlisten listenthemselves without horses
listenshall servants
serve us maidsproblems
listen listentrouble family zion
listen
clothes come cloudsbecome saints become saints
like hail showersbecome saints
cow milks herselfmilk soon turns cheesebutter comes without effort
become saints become saintstis sin you doze
become saints
give love things earthventure forth venture forth
extremely attractiveventure forth
joseph smith callingvery famous man
strength nameventure forth venture forth
although dieventure forth
138 appendix E
you wealthy farmershasten come hasten come
provide work splendid auctioneershasten come
oh sell your possessionsbefore heavy judgments come
consume you plagueshasten come hasten comegain refuge your souls
hasten come
man glantrenGlantren get under waygreat prophet great prophetzeal feet crown head
great prophetsold things
already journeymay fair wind call him begin
great prophet great prophetuntil reaches land saints
great prophet
near bogeymansBogeymans hole small seer
greeting emigrating saintscalifornia
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dear brothers sisters sadness nostalgiahand great joy love hopes sendgreeting you staying behind babylon feeldeeply indebted gratefully recognize great care protec-tion our heavenly father us until now 240 usbesides children board ship buena vista 65 welshsaints besides children board ship hartley organizedour whole circumstances comfortably expectedintend sail great ocean tomorrow unusually goodweather our voyage here however many dangerssurrounded us however much prophesied adversityus however many babylonians tried discourage usmislead us plunder us thank our god today victory
giving us leader guide us safely through withoutanyone getting hurt plundered anything much didenemies truth prophesy our dear president capt jones
plunder us our money leaveus midst strangers do numberbad things us justice character justice religion
professes glory god owns him our dutytestify you our dear bro jones continues
blessing us present circumstance everbefore never repay him enough continual care
us beneficial directions us through him got newcomfortable ships transport us cheaply price our
transportation 133 12s 6cac each each person 14 years ageeae33 each those under age year
old ships here now sailing sameport charging eae55 each without necessary pro-visions while hand our ships contain provi-sions need us through wisdom fatherlycare us know instead
140 Appenappendixappendirmtrstrdir E
cheating saints money many falsely accused himpaid much own money comfort assist othersuntil now refused receive least pay rather
paid penny same price ourselves transpor-tation every regard short loving watchful behavior
without exception bound affections aroundhim love until everyone likes hear voice
our midst biggest worry othersbig enough ship transport everyone
same place himdear saints us encouraged praying
gracious lord quickly open way you come uszion doubt little wales like boiling pot false
tales us much prophesied wreckingour ship etc pray us shall go safely under
protection our god do believe them youdefend our character our departure babylon ourrighteousness you know our dear president proclaimed
warned beforehand allow anyone comeaway debt world saintshappy say none us guilty conscience
given cause disgrace religionjesus christ hand completely contrarybabylonians boast paying us just debts exert-ing themselves utmost plunder us everything
grab unless repent testify against themjudgment bad them
influenced our own families yes our dear wives childrenfrighten them against coming us yes cause conten-
tion between husband wife between parents dear childrenwhat worse done much answer
yet doubt these themselves babylonians I1 raisevoices highest condemn man leaving disobedient
peevish cruel wife behind refuses every offer comeassure you men our midst
tried utmost get wives come themchildren do laws man god assurehusband head family choicechoke country
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refuse follow him wife children onesleaving him leaving themmany stories spread before left women going
against wishes husbands baseless lienone kind know our midst anyone
wronged man our midst wronged man any-thing without reconciling wrong rage our fellow nation
great toward us before our departure walesenenjoyJ
ioy our civil rights hardly place abun-dantly true life our dear brother capt jonesdanger house attacked almost every night weeksbefore leaving merthyr godly life safesleeping except between guards among brethren
scoundrels inhuman paid kill himleft leave secretly day before what end
you know cause given anyonerather rage devil against himinstrument hand god zion repaymentbro jones desires get interest prayers saints
them kind dear wife child whomleaves your midst until returns child
four days old left them practiced everyself denial gospel christ saints doubtreward family great zion
many preachers different sects slandering ussmearing our characters through welsh publications con-demning our dear religion pulpits doing everything
disgrace us shatter our feelings even hereboard ship practically foot
babylon trying frighten saints seavoyage country everything good try-ing persuade them everything except shoulddo great efforts put envy between us capt jones
happy report our dear sister recuperated quicklybecame sufficiently strong able leave ship full
saints sailed middle month intendsjoin husband council bluffs before long
142 appendix E
target arrows now failedinfluence much each glad get back
shore shame own false beliefs occasionally
honest them confessed surprise neithernor our religion bad thought yesterdayreceived irrefutable testimony capt jones others
even ministers rev H rees well untilwent back shore hurriedly mutely hopebeneficial bring them darkness light
praise trust due our dear pres pratt
goodness us here worthy your trust thingsnow dear saints farewell you hasten come
us
your brothers gospel jesus christ
thos jeremy llanybydder william morgan merthyrbenjamin francis ditto edward edwards dittodavid phillips brechfabrechka benjamin jones aberdartaberdar
daniel daniels ditto edward edwards dittorice williams swyddffynnon william davies rymniwilliam treharn pontyetsPontyets john williams dittodavid james ditto rees price dowlaismorgan hughes ditto job rowland dittosamuel leigh Llanelli john hughes penycae
john richards ditto william lewis blaenafonwilliam rowland hirwaun john parry birkenheadrees jones ditto william jenkins caerdyfthomas giles merthyr
liverpool feb 25 1849
emigration saints californiatdatd6
editor I1 wish give story saintsemigrated country lately since I1 accompanied themliverpool consequently am enabled describe voyage
pointemigration begun swansea where saints
south wales met 13th february 9 oclocknext morning leave steamboat troubadour
go liverpool preaching meeting held previousnight large convenient chapel saintsswansea overfilled responsible listeners whilebro thomas pugh others preached emigrationcaused great commotion town thousands gathered
see saints depart emigrantsleave town through permission captain sang
saints farewell very beautifully attracting unusual atten-tion observers great respect shown occasion
crowd general many handkerchiefs being wavednearby windows while singing continued ship sailed
away arrived liverpool 330 following thursdayvoyage especially successful shorter
usual four hours everyone healthy content duringentire voyage except little seasickness troubled uponlanding liverpool captain ship showed great care
saints landing place where sharperssharpelssharperstown waiting hosts gathered usual place
await steamboat steal emigrantsaddition kindness liverpool saints rented largesix story house order care welsh brothers while
town sufficiently large whole company takelodging I1 am pleased say through listening
leaders warning take care possessions saintskept everything safe cunning predatorsplace did them harm way spent five days
144 appendix E
before mentioned house during time 6caceach charged lodging following tuesday everyonemoved american ship intended sail nextday through obstacles waited until 26th
meantime saints stayed ship I1 stayedmidst 1I saw saints times taken sick
sooner hands laid them restoredimmediately I1 bear witness I1 never seen
power god I1 saw ship while I1
midst I1 led my curiosity put many saintstest especially weakest ones I1 name gwilym
dduaddu satisfy friends ofpontypriddpontypridd order see I1
get them homesick go back answerI1 received generally however much love you cannotlove you much wish turn back you leave uspeace forward us want go
saturday before sailing rev henry reessectarian preachers town came saints board
ship asked me capt jones emigrants welshanswered yes then asked second time true
here widows south preparedclothes put departed husbands california shoes
put feet received letters respectedministers south wales telling us wordtrue said rather barefaced lie those persons knew
lie wrote you neverthelessship widows kept things husbands
respect greet them californiavery glad indeed said welsh wise
surprised hear welsh foolish nowwitnesses contrary then showed our principles
those reverends telling them did believe anythingexcept bible said very well
wish success you arrive end your journeymay god bless you left bidding farewellus probably very disappointed saints
sunday 25th2 5 th conference held shipbegun 200 secretary singing praying
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carried forward under presidency capt jonesseveral brethren spoke occasion unusualmeasure spirit god enjoyed saints
embodied branch then divided eightgroups president each group three othersappointed preside whole company council
organized arrange matters saints everyonejustice then conference ended
customary mannertime drew near sail toward home
take place next day 11110000 occasion harpistsharpistssingers place captains cabin sing saintsfarewell time crowds congregated listen
music eyewitnesses departure califor-nia many left tasks present great courtesy
shown occasion reached mouthriver 1 oclock
went singing oceanwithout single fear breast
until soon escaped our sight wish oursthem reach better country another ship left morn-ing next day full welsh irish scottish saints
gracious god may bless them us my continual prayeramen
W phillips
letter capt D joneseditor udgornuclgorn selonyelon
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new orleans april 18 1849dear brother davis
according my frequent promise dear saints whom I1
left behind wales I1 shall give account our voyage acrossocean point doubt many tales
us spread throughout wales propheciesour drowning etc therefore I1 beseech you announce yourudgorn these false now still aliveeven though side sea you I1 hopedo believe letter coming spirit worldfurthermore captain turned ship cuba sold
saints slavery yet prophesied seren gomerothers do facts like these prove
false prophets reallyaccount our voyage since I1 am writing
many intend follow us sooner later whose happinessdesirous allow me itemize educational things
may benefit our experience accordingaccount concerning us you heard liverpool I1 reportbefore sailing first sunday boarding shipestablished ourselves emigrating floating branchdepths yet another sense established branchvarious officers chosen fill different responsibilitiesappertaining held meeting saints distributed sacra-
ment received open evidence our worship acceptedheaven through presence holy spirit lovelyinfluence received open evidence enemy
days ofjobjob come possessing sisteruntil driven senses causing screamutter inhuman things frightening curses disturbancedid keep very long through laying hands
elders prayer faith our father saw fit seal
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promise son them believe land seamy name shall cast devils oh how
valuable blessing timeship divided eight sections according
number families elders assigned supervise eachsection see everyone acted properly received justiceimpartially foster nurture love unity especiallysee kept places clean healthful endarranged two each morning arise before others aroundthem wash deck clean dry these eight presidentstogether another triad william morgans merthyrrice williams william davis rhymni counselors con-stituted council organize temporal spiritual matters
manner prepared ourselves through agreement withoutexception
monday 26th february two oclockafternoon set sail port saints accompanied
harp sang saints farewell left docksweet voices resounded throughout city attracting atten-tion causing amazement thousands spectatorsfollowed us along shore charmed followed here
our dear faithful brethren william phillips merthyrabel evans eliaser edwards faithful elderstogether davidjeremydavid jeremy brechfabrechkaBrech fa these brethren havingshown every kindness assistance like dearkinsmen loved ones graveside vied eachshowing yet additional love buying oranges throwing them
us ship long reach falloranges our reach sea proved too far
shake hands each separa-tion them agitate fountains tears spite
ourselves time almost unawares see behindus handkerchiefs like flags waving breezelanguage shouting aching heart farewell farewellsail across vast sea dear zion while heard back
echoes our warm hearts coming breezewater farewell farewell land britain etc thought
foreign men nature well become calm
148 appendix E
observe scene winds february turnedsummer breezes our behalf indescribable feelingsdragged two large steamers sight city beforenightfall our ship rocking just like hut surging waves
sea steamers turned back escorting us30 miles inwardly scene changed us nowgo light fires boil water make tea etc while others made
miserable seasickness staggered bedseight oclock came ship under full sail wind
west everything order much possible meetingheld family prayer everyone went lie down
hardly anyone sleep even though windstormy sea rough still sufficiently roughmake almost everyone sick I1 shall forget night
long time though hardly anyone sleep yet sleptless myself few elders backforth comforting assisting sick much through-out almost entire night sunlight beautiful nextday sick improved yet hardly walkthemselves across deck without someone guiding themservice kept me quite busy less pleasant every
guidance behalf morning I1 tried hard beforesucceeding getting sick bed breathehealthful air since seasickness causes debilitating feeling
almost angry me my insistence I1
wouldnt refused even though I1 obliged carry manyperson deck I1 well paid my trouble throughpatience once realized topside healthful airimprove them gradually without exception easy
see difference between those succumbed desiresstay beds others showed courage
coming healthful air deck whose healing togethertestimonies these others convinced others follow
example I1 cannot encourage too much those yetcome do come deck similar circumstances
long before those resisted strongly cometopside me thanking me almost forc-ing them come day I1 got enough men come
trans documents dbtd7d72 capt D jones editor 149
company shop called storeroom backship where supplies kept three membersfirst presidency myself became makeshift shopkeepers weigh
following different foods each family wishedeach prepare how wishedfourteen years age following amounts distributedhalf everyone between fourteen ten pounds
hard bread white good four pounds sugar three poundscheese three pounds butter four pounds raisins two
pounds rice two pounds coffee four pounds molassesfourth pound tea food extremely high quality
gift pres pratt something else gaveemigrants matter how sad womens faces
sight gift caused them go cheerfully shopalthough stepped each others feet sometimes felleach shaking ship yet I1 declarelaughingly called help raise lowest tried
again respecting persons ratherbest feet kept head everyone agreed
leg too short too long almostevery step
afternoon since cross wind ship stayedalong coast ireland until steep mountains jaggedrocks threatened mangle us came closer rejoiced
sailors turned side ship windpoint toward borders our own beloved country
several large ships our sight sailing westabsolutely incredible how our ship sped them
see them longer middlenight winds increased very close lights
holyheadHolyhead peninsula almost everyone except myselfbrother daniel daniel sick
february 28 went deck break dayfirst thing attracted my attention bardseybarasey island far
us beyond huge mountains caernarvonshirelifted snowy peaks vying each height
desire see crack dawn whether childrenraised breasts still alive whether
150 appendix E
drowned what heard ocean lovely voices
emigrant sons echoing before forests glensland eager search like nostalgic mother
midst daughters dear snowdon above rocks snowdoniaofsnowdoniasnowdonianSnowdoniadonla
stretched neck raised head highestheavens gazing us forgot desire take
off snowy night cap greet us yet none these
sons except myself strength echo back motherlyfarewell before lowered comely head behind daughters
eastern oceanmy vessel did wait my affection embrace long
object dear land my fathersgreyhound like desire speed along way across seethingwhite caps though frolicking splendid fearless tops
furious waves green ocean spitecommotion blue sky spite ferocity even
comfort my fellow travelers nor how much I1 wanted norfarewell shores my country mainly
filled my thoughts rather I1 pondered seriously conditioninhabitants I1 see myself now small handful sheaffluttering inhabitants wales looking afar
country called garden christianity coun-try bibles erected lofty tops numeroushouses worship sky monument zealous
enthusiasm yes behold even fact justdream I1 escaped water midst my
welsh brothers my life skin my teeth whywhy persecution slander false accusa-
tions I1 suffered years press pulpits why didmy residence guarded weeks why my life safe
among guards why did I1 flee secret beforetime why I1 able bid farewell my dear wife my
baby doubtless transgression world oncetwice yes even three times I1 challenged man prove meguilty transgression oh must admitted cannothidden religious persecution what caused must
strength my religion nothing else proveable excite old passion every false
trans documents tdatd7t97 capt D jones editor 151
religion persecute persecution does originate godneither does religion persecutes come him
oh yes tisytis fact sun dawns cheerfully my headexile borders my country winds try beat me back
exile belief my beloved vessel my castle fightsdefend me against danger exile cast brothers whosebenefit seeks opens sails wind carry me
kinsman safely home zion like victorious soldierhome thoughts unawares drew my affection my eyes
toward west ponder zion glories until onceagain like flowing stream came my memory dearchildren thousands left behind wales my gentlefellow nation multitudes love true faith
chanceonce again I1 turned my face east my spirit prayer
god initiated good work blessed gospelsuccess wales make servants mighty men beloved
like sons great thunder sound trump loudlyuntil inhabitants hill vale awakened sleep
false religion embrace gospel spirit likepurifying fire refine those obeyed time
blue cover sky high whitecapswhite caps wavesbetween them almost hid under covers little green garden
country raised me I1 vowed I1
angry evil I1 received nor am I1 exiledforever rather I1 shall yet come across depths homemy loved ones try way take them worthyzion my embrace time
0 my country my love binds itself around your beautiful valesyour rocky shores magnetic stones I1 want benefityour peoples may gospel heaven raise white bannersevery brow hill within your land wave your breezes
yet within your land something surpasseseverything I1 noted something far above belovedfair though far away now closer anything else myheart 0 my mind stop come return back why do I1 breakstrings my heart why do I1 call come back wellthen just instant raise your wings wind feast
152 appendix E
company angels heaven now surround bed lullingsleep cheeks red smile happy sees me
reaches pure arms embraces tightly dear lord
arms just image 0 little rosebudhardly old new moon why did I1 leave
thee even until morning my beloved following me across
land sea many countries happily sharing troublescomforts my breast many times having caused me
forget world things tightly having keptkeys my heart ten years everything everyone
ever even until morning my mind shot breakdawn your bedchamber 1I loved you oh my
mind stay here longer yes wait you awake
first parting sorrow enough why cause second wound
take courage my spirit must christs religion
long nor separation without everlasting rewardyou angels pure I1 charge you care my wife baby I1 go
courageously watch until I1 return preciousmy soul content my sake snowdonjump sea before I1 shall ever ever forget thy arms
my father I1 commend everything I1 look yetgreeting ere I1 leave my spirit bows above place where lies
now takes strength adventure hush what matterwhere am I1 what high sea yes call hasten
sickwell well I1 wandered far I1 shall return my account
hardly anyone able prepare food today danieldaniel williamjenkinswilliam jenkins I1 agreed attracting device
helping several onto deck made comfortable place
row women sit air I1 set making gruel
oat flour them strengthened them greatly
pot pot apportioned them circle condi-tiont stay eat hard describe gooddid them I1 counsel everyone take sufficient quantity
noted udgornudgom lately jones improved quickly
able leave dear husband likely seen
council bluffs now JD
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good oat flour oat bread them shall seetaste better them anything else awhile
evening ireland sight wind increasednecessary lower top sails lowest position pull
sails ship turned stern southawhile then back side throughout nightwhether side totally impossibleremain still allow anyone else lie pr stand place
rather like door hinge continually swayed thoselying down those standing throwing them along
deck boxes crockery recklessly withoutwarning wild horse throws unskilled rider across hedge
leaves him without pity rider gotship throw him somewhere else until crawled home
use begging stop grumblinggroaning together voices children
same effect increase drunkenness manyagreed me before morning better let
own way let rock until tiredhardly ceased yet
march 1 good part day running racesteeple st davids pembrokeshirePembrokeshire before night
got ahead thanks help windtime many especially men taken courage spite
falling much like baby until learnedwalk along sides prayer meeting held eve-ning soon wind turned our favor some-thing greatly encouraged sick oat bread tastedgood today
march 2 sight land blue skygreen water around us except occasional ship sailing ownway majority improving considerably
march 3 beautiful weather little children playingalong ship parents laughing upon seeing occasionalpile them top each deck yet daringventure interfere until today escorted birds
our country longer rather having entrusted our caremultitudes sea birds returned
154 appendix E
march 4 sunday two oclock splendid lovelymeeting saints everyone perfectly content except
occasional them refused every counsel comedeck now gotten fevers beds
caused us great concern trouble along sincere prayersbefore restored health I1 warn others refrain
doing same thing many beneficial interesting admoni-tions given meeting sacrament severaltestified goodness god etc sick improving night
saints divided two prayer meetings half each endship wind supported us pleasantlymarch 5 beautiful weather throughout day constant stroll-
ing deck musicians singing eleven musical instru-ments everyone except few sick fairly comfortable
march 6 rather unexpectedly us our dear sister wifebrother hugh davies liverpool died sixty years age
health very poor came boardhardly expected get across sea yet wish come
family captain officers ship very kindview circumstances everyone throughout ship felt
our dwelling today house mourning prayer meetingheld evening everyones health improved death
effect causing others until now refusedrise beds result improvement
march 7 climate beautiful wind fair shipsailing seven miles per hour preparations madecommit body our sister watery grave I1 preachedfuneral sermon two oclock text how dead raised
what body do come paul I1 answeredquestion briefly answer question con-
tinued along several sundays completelyanswered yet sermon coffin placed largeplank ship stopped saints sung hymn
sailors raised inward end plank coffinslipped down end salty deep
weight stones placed coffin sinkopened swallow precious treasure keep safe until
day command shall given sea yield
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dead very mistaken ideasgreatly afraid think being buried sea think
float surface prey fish evenworse rotting cold gravel being food
grave worms fish do those buriedsea purpose putting weights bodysink down quickly lower ocean fish ever golower live float peaceful saltwater keep decomposing rotting forever yesuntil day rising sea boil
kept better best egyptians kept throughembalming understanding does away conflict
thought being buried sea rather makespreferable I1 think what apostle mind
said sea gave dead alive I1
think body buried pre-served manner never made alive body
sown shall whether sown sealand incorruptible body shall united
spirit possessed body before theleatheseasea closedjaws morsel our little ship stood usable behold majestic sight few minutes sailsfilled breezes galloped across waves nothing
ever happened wind continued our favor every-thing comfortable sick improved everyoneeating allowance throughout week prayer counselmeeting held each night
march 11 sunday wind light against us seacalm each having scrubbed himself before meetingbegan two oclock continued until five oclock
two hours trying answer previous questionhow dead raised postponed until next
meeting everyone appeared happy rejoicingteaching before end meeting wind turned strongly
our favor according our prayers continuedpart our favor throughout week sometimes blew usten miles hour felt wind climate nowgradually getting warmer since sailed still southwest
156 appendix E
several began complain woolen clothing too heavybear longer better everyone
additional light clothing hardly rain exceptfew showers raining time rather pouring
water down clouds times saw several differentkinds fish very big others smaller jumpingwater helped lazy ones come deck helpedthem every breath took
march 16 wind against us greatly afternoonprayer meeting called seven pray fair wind
meeting I1 said near me I1 felt desirego deck return until our father give us fair
wind I1 going having put my foot lowest rungladder those around me chatting thing
another asked what I1 wanted I1 answered I1like hear mate deck shouting haul
weather braces before I1 moved my foot 1Iothers heard my wish heard mate above our headshouting loudly raulhaulraurhaulm weather braces yea word word
I1 said behold fair wind blowing strongly our favorwithin few days driven us thousand miles
homeward toward zion great our thanks our god
march 17 sunday beautiful weather everyone comfor-table afternoon excellent meeting saints
how dead raised meeting eve-ning fair wind weather beautiful throughout week
almost like wales injuneinjurejune occasional squall cloudbreaking supply us water washing beautiful see
children playing across deck entertaining parentssinging here others talking reading walking
arm arm while others prepare foods many kinds almostobtained cookshop musicians did best
beautify atmosphere harp pleasant soundsalone evening entertained us sang farewell king
order pull ropes set sails across ship meanswithout exception fair wind
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day lowered red head western sea lightscene place lovely phebus awakes sleepenvied him wonder scenes less wondrous
excited heels david old point even tookoff garment temple what hush shall replywhat use hiding fact did do order
dance yes yes hardly anyone our midstexcept occasional dry sectarian did prefer imitatehim rather find fault least hard deny
here times did even cause stormcompany store open without books money
distribute sufficiency either white beans rice wheat flour oatflour bacon anything else plenty everyonecomplained cold through getting wet rain
march 25 sunday light gusts wind times againscene around us like calm sea glasselements our ship children well observing
holy sabbath resting quietly sun gazed too intentlyuntil relief retreat anywhere
presence meeting saints afternoon lecturehow dead raised sermon english deck
evening nearly sailors spoke well teachingwind rose strongly our favor night hardly scene
particular week worthy note except occasional crossbreeze changed almost consistently middleend our prayer meeting held each night occa-sional appearance offishfish entertain us ship here
distance gladden lonely scene devilish foehimself asserted right neptune god seajourney us though company sweet nevertheless
hard work cast him overboard clevernessinfrequently hard times turn himself
angel light occasionally hide pocketofficer everyone may left behind babylon let
poor sailor troublemakerworse guide ahithophel swine sea
babylonians escapes times next timeI1 cross sea group saints zion two
158 appendix F
kinds stay home great benefit felt drinking bathingsea water morning let everyone children dooften possible let everyone take care refrain
suspending anything keep air going throughship let everyone take care neither nor
children become constipated take laxative neglectsuffered until almost incurable refrain
eating lot heavy food idleness does allowdigest above valuable thing bring sea doforget bring generous supply patience greatdeal wear commodity let care taken mayfail even valuable much gold little grain truefaith sea buy fair wind everything essen-tial spite everything happened I1 heardanyone repent having undertaken journey just
desirous reaching zion great pleasurehear almost everyone again praising goodnessgod our behalf fair weather beautiful breezesexcellent food general success better
expected before getting underway truly smallpleasure see cooks fire making puddingspancakes fries piling inviting
drink tea each eveningarose happily did those earlier dance mannerfrequently many pleasant days came went ocean
blame themapril 1 sunday sabbath again nature agreed us
pause gaze excellence creation our godtwo ships did same distance very lovely meeting
saints lecture two hours how dead raisedseveral took off woolen clothing like myself
caught cold take care against although summer clothinglovely now better check yourself say my sufferings
climate clouds suddenly rend under weightwatery burden especially do wear wet clothing noontoday our time here four hours later london time
twelve oclock noon here four oclock after-noon london proves 60 degrees west
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london 30 degrees 9 minutes west run yetbefore reaching new orleans I1 observed sun today againthrough sextant I1 determined our latitude 23 degrees
54 minutes north within 14 miles tropics wheremiddle summer sun above our heads since
south now lovely breezes temper weatherdid feel uncomfortable heat our distance new orleanstoday 2000 miles our distance land expect
see our journey hole wallislands bahamas between goo900 1000 miles oursoutherly distance liverpool 1806 miles
april 2 storms rain rough windsseveral directions threatened swallow our little shell
depth salty cauldroncauldrencaul dron spite through pro-tection our god skill our captain sailors ourship climbed upwards wave wave swallow flythrough slight breeze sea shook our little vessel
passengers does whirlwind crow nestoak tree without being able disturb even small chicks
therein upon perceiving however awful fierce wavesdid deter us sea desistedresisteddesisted effort smiled pleasantly
sun earlier worn sackcloth stern uglygaze now took off clothing cloak time laughed
battle promising fairly lowered head amidst redsky fine night sleeping everyoneoffered thanks made perhaps next statement
incredible ignorant absolutely true none-thelesstheless saw almost every day fish flying some-times saw scores them together flew times goodmile then wet wings top
wave off go second time chasedfish jump several feet water them
good thing defenseless creator case
provided them wings protection these fish dofly very high higher wind strong
peaceful times these areas I1 saw them fly againstsails ship fall deck inasmuchrise water caught them big
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common mackerel wings feathers rather kindbright very thin skin water close servesame purpose wings length six ten inchescannot fly unless keep wings wet seen
warm weathernow williams originally ynysybont
sick fever several days gradually improvingjane morgans cardiff suffered painful soreslegs off nine years considered completelyincurable doctors worsening become
discouraged church ordinances faithweakened ever since reached warm weather arranged
each section day turn spread bedsbedding deck sun something veryhealthful let everyone do often possible ourcaptain graciously given us kind liquid sprinkle alongour sleeping places purifies air wonderfully usefrequently several elderly people ship
improving come deck every lovely dayold gentleman close 100 years old cheerfullyhappier ever many sectarianscarians wales even liverpool rev H reesreverends tried dissuade him coming prophesying
arrive across sea many things I1 amdetermined through power god prove them
false prophets lost hair except few strandswhite snow now abundant new crop just like
hair child feels younger youngerfair lovely wind saturday 7thath I1
through night looking land until four oclock morn-ing I1 hardly slept before loud shout excitingeffect everyone else land ahead awakened megreat joy caused emigrants nothingelse mentioned noticed time except land sunrisesailing nicely along south along coast abaco island
bahamas quite deserted island populatedmostly fishermen people cut firewood carry
parts sell earthquakes chase everyone away here
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time time cause much damage very pleasantsight nine oclock morning turned ship west
round southern edge island within three miles lessland southern tip lighthouse rock
dwelling nearby lighthouse keeper livesthree ships sailing along us past lighthouse keep-ing south toward cuba midday island dis-appeared sight behind us appeared severalislands rocks south us less ten miles away
understanding those come way sincecome close aforementioned lighthouse I1 should com-mented name hole wall thus those see
remember through eyes someone lookedbefore them 1I call attention meaning
words origin you see large hole through highrocks rocky mound where lighthouse located lookslike bridge large arch man made work eithernature struggle elements what made
earlier another remarkable bridge reaching toprock round rock now itself
300 yards seaarea considered dangerous place navigate
whole world several hundred miles surroundedislands sandbankssandbanks rocks above surface othersbelow see small ships fishing small shipscalled wreckers ships know seas sailaround continually depending livelihood misfortune
ships whenever ships lost way these lead themback right way save many lives do
work good accused using falsesignals mislead ships path order get thousands
dollars guiding them back danger many ships mustlose way support numerous wreckers surrounding usnow need assistance I1 hope
continue case
sunset bottom sea further twentyfathoms down navigated slowly carefully throughnight our leader brought us safely see light sunday
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again easter sunday although hardly anyone manynew clothes wear day saw many new wondrousthings around us saw lighthouse another island severalfrenchmen lived shore having built housesrather simple mud huts along shore sail nowsouth along side grand bahama bank
lovely wind southeast shiptraveling six miles per hour through water water run-ning us three four miles per hour southern current
less mile wide gulf stream northruns totally contrary here bottom sea green waterranging five twenty fathoms water cold fewyards away south however color water black
much warmer runs directly opposite saw rockyshores remains shipwrecks several wreckers sail alongus everyone contentedly observing land especiallydelighted leave quickly behind us pull toward end
our voyage island cuba south far usridiculous loathsome prophecy seren gomer
saints sold slaves here subject scornbetween almost every two people along deck correspondent
immortalized foolishness poor taste broughtcuba notoriety anything else now serves bring
recollection emigrants lies false accusationssaid published them dear religion
fellow nation until loosened love knot knoteven country birth instead thinkingturning back prompted them turn faces towardeast sunset freedom worship god thoserights deprived zealous christiansown country yes constant prayer everyone throughoutship blow east wind blow us fiercely western ocean
oh beautiful contemplate scene hope what filisfillsfilnbilneveryones breast ship sails along propelled lovely
erroneous asserted rev H W jones publisherseren above false prophet writing under name
anti humbug seren gomer october 1848 J D
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breeze seas give many thanks savior zionhowever lodestone derive comfort
shall continue put forth our own thoughts lestletter too long udgomudgorn deionseion I1 shall concentrate
account each think himself perhapswhat I1 should done beginning
I1 forgot mention meeting saints thurs-day night did several times before timefirst put gifts practice great com-motion caused down ship amongst babylonians
clustered along officers ship entranceour place listened amazement wondered greatly what
caused then perceived achan ourmidst two three saints transgressed
them translating them causing them believeevil things us officers ship captain
bitter toward us then ever before I1
hard time calming him down our dismay interferenceobliged us cease practicing gifts middle meet-ing before received great comfort through them
learned things you yourself wales etcinformed party those failed
designs me I1 leave wales plotting revengemy dear fellow officers left behind mesucceed 0 lord heaven watch them learnedmany babylonians praying our failure saints
our successafternoon wind fair excellent meeting
saints retired back ship where neitherbabylonians nor traitors our midst prevent
us enjoying gifts spirit gave us greatcomfort daniel daniel benjamin francis ordainedelders many counsels given concerning health cloth-ing necessity each care condition
stomach latter counsel cause nearly everyone comeasking medicine inasmuch oil depleted
necessary forestall diarrhea let everyone take carematter
164 appendix E
april 9 our god brought us safely through dangersnight smiled us continuing wind our favor
800 steamboat came us way havana newyork saw three british warships afternoon saw
borders florida american continent land lowsandy few trees here judging smokerising columns clouds place another
kind inhabitants living here sailed alongcoast until nightfall saw two lighthouses
cluster small rocky islands named fortugasfortunastugastortugasTortugas rounding these break next day
changed our course northwest here left gulfstream behind us scarcely 500 miles reach new orleans
NNEE trade winds carried us steadily quicklyalmost fortnight fair here still water
apportioned washing plenty boardanother month I1 cannot liken bustling scene
sisters around deck doing washing betterscenes I1 remember seeing hot waters iron
furnaces merthyr washday lowest deck washedunder beds chloride lime order purify air
williwilliamswillismssmsams ill busy preparing chests etcready leave ship before long food
offered company store everyone abun-dance did come get said sacks
vessels full room holdmany said never before variety
abundance foods lives I1 maintain anyonehappy food should shut oven while
like lap dog gentle ladytuesday afternoon wind light sea calm weather
uncomfortably warm saw ships appearedcoming new orleans williams ynysybont neartregarontreganonTre garon worsening fast signs live long
told sons me little choice whether diednow whether granted live longer my greatestdesire said reach zion I1 fear my dying
sea discourage others old age venturing across
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ocean me I1 am content die rather obstaclecause god hand said 1 I wish go
rest now bosom ofjesusjesus pleasing sightsaid greatest honor ever received
able become member true church son godfear breast concerning life
religion now proved strength ever beforeasked sorry left methodists
whom respected member 5555 years repliedpreferred now whole world
able live hear preaching gospel saintssolemnly counseled sons continue faithful until death
obtain better resurrectiondepended through feebleness ordinances church
complaint heard lips continued lucidthrough night quarter past four next morningspirit departed peace leaving smile lips receivedevery care assistance kindness everyone especially
faithful sons revered did own soulsdid weary serving almost day night comfort-
ing attending reached far 80 yearsagethursday april 12 every funeral preparation possible having
made sister williamss funeral sermon preached after-wards committed watery bed presencehundreds emigrants looked simply orderly sober-ing sight while choir sang our oscillating dwellingmade way forward away mournful scene alone
huge sea proceeded slowly black darknessgarment mourning sun despite great strengthcourage already trimmed cloudy cloak mourningdistant west perceived mothers israelfallen way zion look sadness nightpassed shark cruel fish long forked teeth
faithful dog grave master stayed markerresting place departed though among fishsevere ocean until resurrection peace remains
praise name next morning break dawn
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welcome pleasant east wind zealously took pity our conditionblew away garment mourning our sorrow stirred
sullenness like phoenix ashes appearancechanged head foot short like david old
son died our ship full sail like stallion battle hasteneduntamed waves strove cheer mourners
hope seeing port tomorrow spite beforemorning came turned treacherously against uswinds blew us toward eastern world sun timedespite mourning sympathy night before becametormentor hot cage issued forth strong punishment
scorching raysfriday several ships seen seen greatest
wonder ever seen lives spite seeingburial yesterday somberestsomberest scenes today saw strange
majestic marriage between waters beneathfirmament waters above firmament interminglingthrough powerful mighty water spouts elementsboasting tried resounding together eliminate else ourfirmament mix everything together water worldendeavor roar frightfully stir acre brinyfoam cauldroncauldrencauldron depths cauldroncauldrencauldron fish
spite themselves seen flying helterskelterhelter skelterelement sky self activated womb enormousheedless vat gives birth powerful whirlwind wall
element blows opponent like chaff across surfacewaters despite thickness clouds part
pieces woven long thick spinning neck quickly downwardneck goes lowest part frolics join now
union occurs combine beautiful marriage betweengreat salty liquid element above embracesurprise yes mixing kissing until sea perspires
effort truly element turned marriagepreviously now through sweetening saltyelements imitate miracle lawgiver momentthought water prevail swallow everything
turmoil time just our earth flooded mercyheaven smiles rainbow covenant sign noah
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given phenomenon revived faith onlookers thengod released wind hand help feeble whirlwindbelow join terrible attack before them sweep
wondrous water spouts fragments back placesalthough try time time lift heads waterygrave unable rise higher top waves
elements around us today stirredemotions sojourners bidding prince
air boiling those treacherous armybecome tailors work make mask darkness
enshroud heads magicians tis painful saysucceeded doing caps fit comfortably I1 fear
worn very destructionmighty king babylon land armies I1 understand
now navies wave flags seas may
kingdom shattered speedily may subjects landsea turn traitor him majesty swallowed
whale way depths ocean lockmouth myself keeping key
saturday l4th14thlath wind contrary land birds flyingship tired children catch them tame them
diligently looking landsunday 15th wind rather contrary blowing hard many
half sick between homesickness seasickness passedcouncil excommunicate william son B jones
aberdartaberdar wife others family much bettercause much worry saints through false accusationscaptain disgracing our dear religion etc every hope
ebenrabenr thomas repent much trouble resulted throughtoo much association people ship back forth
them spite our best efforts succeeded musingconfusing maid kind pay
cost babylon I1 shall take care next time generouspeople deceived lasses come make loveinstead serve prayer meeting held 200 600
sea thrashed violently through nightmonday 16th 800 morning I1 went foreship saw column smoke distance rising
168 appendix E
air soon perceived steamboat new orleanscoming meet us another steamboat side camerunning toward us fast within two hourstwo our sides gave large rope two
pulled us mouth mississippi noon greateveryones joy gratitude arriving here
100 miles yet city arrived tuesday 17th healthysoon shall leave here go river st louis
now hastily I1 shall say farewell time since matterscalling me dear saints faithful heavenly calling
you received hasten prepare follow us listenvoice your presidents lord bless you
constant prayer heartfelt wishyour brother gospel christ
D jones
letter thomas jeremyeditor udgorn yelon
tdatd8
new orleans april 18 1849dear brother davis
kind give me loan your trumpet blowfirst time distant country what I1 especially wish
make known story our voyage liverpool heremonday 26th february two oclock afternoon
began our journey left waterloo docksang farewell saints time me
very strange feelings yes strange too difficulttask me describe them paper ink I1 remembercheerful faces my faithful brethren william phillips merthyrabel evans eleaser edwards john davies david my brother
trans documents ydeyd8td8 thomas jeremy editor 169
daniel evans pelinFelinfelinfactifelinfachfach ystradestrad cardigan came walesescort us far oh how lovely association
I1 these brethren numerous occasions walessometimes day too short us talk things per-taining kingdom god frequently takenight extention sleep stand distance
us while others abundantly comfortable grasptime came my mind I1 see them again
I1 imagined hearing something answer longbefore seeing them zion I1 took courage
going port I1 saw my dear brethren follow-ing us along bank river far I1 think
I1 imagine I1 hear voices carried along gentlebreeze saying oh father watch them while ourselvesechoed back
god israel keep themmidst hohostst enemies
like sons thunder fielduntil conquer black enemy
gone sea 30 miles steam-boats escorted us turned back leaving us alonehuge ocean wind rather contrary us first day
weather very lovelytuesday came sight ireland land seemed barren
mountains very high nevertheless dwellings seenvery frequently foot mountains followingwednesday thursday us rather bad spirits
seasickness although made without sick daythese days our revered president capt D jones very
attentive sick showed love us greatly walking backforth along our large ship administering sick
bro daniel daniel Brechbrechfabrechkafa together william jenkinscardiff few faithfuls painstakingly made gruel
us tasty food during timebetter stay our stomachs anything else I1 did
request salt butter soup then nor I1 able eat breadsame my dear wife children mary
170 appendix E
our youngest daughter sick during entire journeyalthough predicted before left walessurely die sea yet weanedthanks god keeping us alive sick fewdays I1 see now sickness beneficial us throughcleansing our stomachs I1 advise everyone comes yet zionbring oat flour oat bread them find
best food sick best way those yetcome us zion stay healthy try stay often
deck advantageous counsel them our sadexperience bro jones very diligent get deck
tried linger beds tried hide himwent past I1 far doing myself jokingly
times threaten pull pulley down deck putrope around us pull us top even did want
go everyone went deck own without bro jonesshaving carry threat
love us what compelled bro jones continually doeverything our behalf I1 saw worth our midsttime started our journey place doubt
my mind bro jones do best yet do every-thing our behalf until reach valley mountainsI1 believe chief effort make us happy
able enjoy temporal spiritual blessingsdear brother you publish your melodious trumpet
false prophets prophesied presspulpits bro jones sell us slaves take our money etc
very obvious me saints perceive spiritleads them imagine things himreturn acccount our journey hardly anyone
us continued sick first few days I1 do intend giveaccount our journey day day letter I1 first
thought since bro jones gave detailed account ourjourney letter let suffice me testifygiven account properly I1 daybook I1 put down
wondrous things saw each day together what kindweather times saw rather large fish swarming
follow our ship jumping little higher water
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length between four five feet largercalled sea sowsbows saw dolphin lifteddeck alive sailors consideredbeautiful fish sea sizecommon salmon teiflteifileifi saw flying fish dozensthem flying above water place another
19th march saw fish twelve feet longcalled shark others young whale
left many ships islands behind each day our vesselhastened toward sunset lovely weather fair windfrequently each day fact much pleasant usI1 thought middle march likemiddle june while part ship musiciansplaying edifying books being read somewhere else others
chatting our dear compatriots success
gospel midst how many relativesobedient truth my prayer my relatives
everyone thoughoutthroughoutthough wales especially those heard my preachingcounties carmarthenCarmarthen cardigan grasp
true light may seed I1 bowedsowed grow luxuriantly I1 dodoubt good soil different places
give fruit may my brethren still care weakshoots nothing destroy them may sowseed fertile soil give much fruit
held prayer meetings almost every night instead familyprayer our father poured spirit greatly usheavens answered our prayers even caused wind obeyour request every sunday held meetings saints remem-brance our blessed lord times these meetings receivedknowledge through spirit you wales yes greatthings revealed us oh how sweet teaching
bro jones shared us resurrection deadhow dead raised what body do
come mystery many thinkI1 see my letter getting long I1 must close despite how
enjoyable me give account our lovely journeybefore closing I1 wish inform my dear brothers sistersintend follow us yet zion take care obey leaders
172 appendix E
every counsel receive them time timeway great joy holy spirit
hand forget counsel disregard holy priesthoodbetter stay behind until come enough
spirit god humble meek gentle tractabledear brothers sisters hasten come us remember-
ing keep above counsel your minds remembersaying jesus christ blessed meek shallinherit earth
now dear bro davis having lengthy I1 close tellingyou arrived here health my wife joins meremembering you kindly wishing you every goodness
your dear brother christthomas jeremy
letter capt jones pres william phillipstd9tda
st louis april 30 1849my dear brother phillips
following detailed account our sea voyage I1 sentbro J davis new orleans I1 shall add hurriedlyarrived here saturday 28th
new orleans caught emigrants shipasbrandashlandasb1and started liverpool 200 saints severalweeks before us I1 hired steamboat I1 took themwelsh saints me price carrying us 1100 miles
river us 2252252.25 10 shillings additiontake 100 pounds freight steamboat came alongside
our ship take our goods aboard spared much expenseloss cholera very bad new orleans many dying
steamboats along rivers especially immigrants
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ship went before us forty two diedcholera journey nineteen etcsaints through being careful observe rules cleanliness
refrain drinking water river without lettingsettle putting alum oat flour through being faithfulgodly through refraining eating fruits meats etc shortthrough striving life every sense through bless-ing god ordinances thanks him welsh saints
come alive healthy point except dearbrother name jenkin williams aberdareaberdaleAberdare
good faithful lad whole voyage except went con-trary counsels given hid choleralong taking own way treat through brandy
sad result died here within few hoursarriving buried due respect few minutes before
died left remarkably good testimony him saidcompletely happy faced death
young child ofrcofrR price dowlaisofdowlais died consumptionthese welshmenwelshmerWelshmen died until nowenglish saints two women child died deadly cholera
officers boat surprised how few deathsour midst asked surprise each morning
none you dead yet baby born wife samuel leeLl anelli wife john rees cardiff stillborn
mothers improving greatlyyesterday I1 hired steamboat here carry us council bluffs16 shillings per person 100 pounds free 2 shillingseach additional 100 pounds freight among saints
here completely filled cabins everywhere elseboat come alongside us take us our goods
thus liverpool council bluffs did costwelsh penny moving goods
everyone healthy today heartened rejoicingprivilege desirous move forward better news weststill here between 3000 4000 saints mormonism
winning popularity now fast treacherous tricksmalicious false accusers being revealed fact too
obvious concealed longer powerful
17174 Appendicappendix E
intelligent diligent courteous people good citizens saypublications now saints everyone courts
favor good disregarded long enough herepurchased iron make wagons council bluffs flour
meat groceries everything necessary journey californiasettle every opportunity hold public
meetings every day every night every boat I1 herebefore worth life man say mormon
may ist hired steamboat moved yesterdaycarry us council bluffs goo900 miles river missouri
ids 8cac each half price children between four fourteenyounger charge loo100100 pounds luggagewithout paying pay 2 shillings per hundred restshall start here tomorrow purchased our food here getus valley our stoves iron make wagons clothes armsgoods etc etc point our journey expensive
I1 noted prophwyd far I1 tell costshardly different what I1 noted deadly cholera
killing hosts here now dear faithful elder died morn-ing namely benjamin francis leaving great sorrow behind him
difficult find faithful lifedied happy wife children come along us
benj jones whole family except wife became blem-ished unfaithfulness went away along road destruc-tion gallop today david giles david jones wifewent them completely unknown me I1 shall take greatercare next time refrain bringing faithful saints
meI1 heard my dear wife sea following memay gracious lord keep my constant prayerdear brother faithful fearless through persecution
lead properly dear flock I1 left under your care youofficers remember my counsels you nurture spirit lightlove saints feed them truth may godisrael bless you abundantly amen remember me everyoneonce my brother family your own family etc
your brother gospelD jones
letter capt jones president william phillipstd10
country indians omaha july 13 1849dear brother phillips
hastily almost before dog opens mouth campI1 take early morning opportunity send you few lines
time portray sight around me nor preamblemosquitoes biting sun almost I1 am awaitingcall get under way fifty wagons far west beyond
furthest borders every civilized country midstred skinned people forest
wm morgans william davies rhymni followedus far my request tell you our coursedetail time my duties do permit me do now
time I1 say you do direct you letterI1 opportunity speak them much I1 cannot
write now council bluffs I1 established part welshcompany came here welsh branch churchwm morgans president prime objective
ready center point receive welcome directour dear nation may come us give
details advantages country welshstayed part I1 shall say allow those saints
wish you think best qualified come here soonthose cannot go far valley
mountains come beautiful country earn enough soonhelp them rest journey
us welsh twenty four covered wagons loadedgoing forward now come eighteen milesour journey successfully you shall receive names wmmorgans
news zion good you shall receive newspaperpublished here william morgans
dear saints wales I1 say faithful callingyou called darkness light
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jubilee hurry us build zion come come accord-ing directions your presidents babylonmidst pestilence disease wars battles transitoryworld freedom children zion safe place
redeemed possible come here costI1 noted prophwyd between 6 7 pounds apiece
those fourteen older possible soon earnassistance proceed cannot earned wales longtime
everyone company here very content very eagersee relatives etc following them soon my dear wife
baby arrived here safely few days ago time go alongus cholera imposed heavy losses our small army along
rivers especially accursed waters missouri yeteffect small comparison people through-
out neighboring boats towns wmwin morgans godetail prey I1 hope greater proportion
saints clutches you shall great com-fort reading interesting letter I1 received latelyparley P pratt valley I1 shall send bro davis
publishthose wish write friends going
california should address letter like carecapt jones great salt lake city put letter envelope
address orson pratt 15 wilton street liverpoolforward cost except postage
give my warm regards bro john davis abel evans
put your shoulders unitedly under ark con-ference presidents officers dear brethren feelingsnostalgia beating my breast your company your voices
council congregations my hope beholdyour happy faces before long your hosts you worthyzion may god our father hasten blessed day my sincereprayer continually
give my warm regards dear saints your benefit yoursuccess your temporal eternal joy heartfelt wish
your humble servant gospel christD jones
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NB I1 hoping greatly hear whether my dear brotherwmwin howells ventured forth mission again maygod israel bless him success my health improvinggradually although my voice still continues hoarse hardstill much say DJ
letter capt D jones tojJ davis
following excerpt private letter capt jonessent us
do your best sell my books I1 left send restmoney faithful brother lead next com-
pany come here doubtless very useful thensupport my family I1 devote my time serve saints
perhaps look welsh indians I1 desire interestprayers dear saints success I1
able benefit my nation regard-less country I1 am
farewell now dear brother may lord god israel blessyou clothe you spirit your calling youenlighten your compatriots sound your trumpethuge rocks wales echo calling inhabitants hasten
zionyour brother etc
DdjonesbjonesDJjonesones
letter william morgan council bluffspresident W phillips
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pottowatamie county iowa 2 sept 1849deardeaf brother phillips
good five months since I1 saw you liverpoolI1 think neither you nor I1 ever forget day took
look each time close 8000 milesbetween me country my birth present time
spite my mind fly across great deep like light-ning frequently gaze faces my dear brothers sisters
stayed back I1 am confident before long I1 shallsee many them following desirable country I1 mayspeak them face face rejoice together lordsame country under same roof earlier days I1
dare present give vent my feelings I1 mustwork links dear saints general welshhere divided two groups group gone aheadtoward plains salt lake twenty two wagons under
presidency bro jones group staying herepurpose putting welsh settlement place
advantage monoglot welsh followpeople same language same country
likely many know them associatedeach many times welcome them new country
english here several hundreds milessmall handful welsh midst brothers
sisters enjoying our freedom like birds sayword against us them very friendly I1 live housewhere apostle george smith lived william rowlandhirwaunHirwaun house apostle ezra T benson counting adults
children number 113 welshbranch merthyr branch I1 baptized
I1 hope stay 113 until come walesI1 room accommodate saints
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ate covering land yet perhaps come worldsabove welsh saints here love eachmarried I1 shall name them now you yet hear
welsh almost our land adjoining brotherjonesBrothebrother jonesrjonespurchased land claim 150 acres near our
lands entrusted my care gift welshintend build meetinghouse soon I1
think long hard part our workour wheat harvest past under cover I1 wish youremember me saints general welsh saints heregreet you delighted see shipload comingacross next spring get much xax77 eachcome here cannot go furtherthree years two perhaps enough oxen cattle go aheadI1 am sure company penny
landed here cattle sheep now fact I1 knowfamily country cow two I1 am
hurry I1 end wishing gracious lord bless youyour family saints under your care
yourswilliam morgan
PS bro jones wishes you send abel evans nextcompany you spare him you shall hear me again soonI1 glad receive answer letterinformation my sister anne bro jones improvinghealth sisterjonesSistesister rjonesjones child quite well seven poundsI1 said enough come think those
spend 11414 yes 12828 choose taking many stepsstreets liverpool overspend
money I1 hope blame me saying xax77enough you shall yet hear greater detail concerning prices
things journey prices provisionsnecessary you expect within month earlier perhaps
george smith ezra T bensondan jones
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camp israelhills sweet valleys
near independence rock649 miles winter quarters
september 21 1849brothers W morgan W davies presidents
welsh saints pottowatamie iowa GAdear brethren
our sincere wish always give counsel assistancesuggestions may benefit ease our brethrenalthough distant you consider suitable thing
offer your observation things learnedthrough experience benefit you you adopt them
you everyone else may immigrate acrossdeserted interminable plains great salt lake valleywish you understand taking upon ourselves
leadership taking upon us your presidency belongsothers think reached end our
journey too late winter presidencyvalley give information you winter bro hydeask us put attention those under directpresidency first place wish impress your minds
great importance your situation respect officesyou hold you set good example saints
give unity pious secrecy your counsels your dailytransactions patient long suffering meek temperate virtuousjust loving every thing worthy emulation choice
your animals immigration counsel you insistthose used yoke easy handle older
ten younger five years old sure your wagonsbuilt good materials strong light wheels
six inches higher usually good crossing
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rivers keeping water your supplies wheels should1134154 inches width 2000 lbsibs wagon
three yoke good oxen pull convenient load410 lbsibs light strong wagon two yoke good
oxen loads go across damp places without sinkinggetting stuck spot heavier ones usually donever should you put 2000 lbsibs strong wagonthree yoke good animals sure animalsbesides those yoke you ready assistance
those yoke happens injured die take carelest your animals get whipped excess mistreatment
believe gold seekers lost animalswhip mistreatmentsmistreatments
load journey alkali poisoning bones animalsscattered along way trail astonishing
think loss looks them let freedomthose fond flogging dumb creatures hoops
wheels come loose dryness something elseinstead breaking wheel usual then joiningshorter make wooden hoop corresponding lengthwidth set tightly between hoop wheel nail
secure serves same purpose does requirelot time make
manner your journey counseladopted pres young fewer fifty wagons each band
fewer twelve good horses purpose roundinganimals looking place camp
useful animals get control run goring eachshort without horses you cannot follow animals
overtake them bring them back etc keep animalsorder advise you tie them each night untilgrazing gets scarce each prefer look morsel
rest threaten horn shift himself carefulwatchful things put eight ten faithful watchmen
around your camp your animals every night do permitanyones fine tale your safety needguard them you safe here harm come you etckeep you organizing faithful watchmen mentioned
182 appendix E
let each group iron bolts biggest ones togethernext size them pertaining wagons case
break blacksmiths shop far away linchpinslinchpins etctake care choice men officials immigrations
meek patient long suffering slow excited badtempers slow determined understanding do hurry
travel you go forward sixty miles each week content driv-ing animals hard hot weather causes black disease spread
causes them die soon allow your animals go slowlygrazing good good condition
strong you go sparse place through planenabled go across deserted fruitless plains
necessary travel several days through day without foodwater careful your animals do drink waterspoisoned alkali part earth fullhighest crossing platte independence rock shortsensible cautious things especially respect youranimals crossing them large extent yourtemporal salvation depends another thing consider greatimportance desire impress your mind
use made strong liquor our brothers comedistant country where liquor scarce hard anyone get
except wealthy liquor seldom used poorcome america where liquor cheap
being accustomed drunkeningdrunkening effect very likelymake too much use own harm great loss
reason counsel everyone under your care abstaincompletely refrain making use exceptnecessary case illness you cannot get wagonssuggested insist similar them you tellwelsh buy good russian duck liverpool coverwagons material keep raingetting your beds your supplies wet your journey insistyour wagons made like boxes sides bottom
water get through sides bottom purchasethose things necessary new orleans st louis
stoves crocks irons tea kettles etcneeded your journey spring gave order
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merchants kanesvilleganesvilleKanesville buy those things neededimmigration promised do failed fulfill
promise why urge you buy placesyou able those things you need lest others disappointed
insist few good americans know how drivegentle animals drivers every group
expert guide lead every group immigrants do dependcows use yoke purpose helpingoxen take along many you very
useful valley every group should axletreesaxle trees hickorywood lest them break oak wood spokes leteveryone weigh load refrain taking anythingdo without buy good grass ropes tie your animals
ten feet rope each ox herd animals stampededbefore frightening dreadful behold them terrorrunning earth trembling chains rattling yokes snappingwagons falling apart watchmen trampled perhaps killedothers wounded effects go along herdanimals stampede tell our friends wales comeplains great salt lake soon thosecannot prepare come plains let them stay pottowatamiecounty iowa where meet friends manybrethren welsh company us going forwardwell capt danjonesvanjonesdan jones midst happy con-tent make camp resound evening songenjoying health good spirit undeniablyblessed say may lord continue bless themoffer foregoing suggestions your benefiteveryone else immigrates great salt lake city may lordbless you give you wisdom prudent faithful stewards
shepherds inheritance god youplaced preside our prayer
letter capt Ddjonesbjonesjones president W phillipstd13
bank green river october 12 1849dear brother phillips
between what seems like showers frequencyimportance tasks I1 snatch opportunity midnight greetyou yes extremes distant wilderness eventhough our local distance increases continually yet nor any-thing else befalls me lengthy strange journey
alienate my thoughts my feelings love my prayersyou my dear brothers priesthood kindsaints children my begetting injesusjesus christ nor cause meforget vineyard my lord garden my planting myflock wales
my conscience peaceful ever since I1 left you respectevery teaching I1 preached every discipline I1 ordained
every organization I1 established before leaving youdaily I1 pray god owns vineyard watchthings I1 entrusted saints seriously care variouspresidents I1 taught proclaimed duties them
did ignorantly led error greatprivilege awesome responsibility grave consideration
you your counselors selected watchmen everyone0 remember my counsels follow my example I1 followed
sound doctrine our lordjesusLorlorddord dJesusjesus christ examplesaints humility tenderness patience love fruitsgodliness you close chief earthly fold
I1 am you enjoy looking back your work joyfullythink giving accounting 0 how lovely me now
think my efforts day night while even thoughmy body every day I1 felt torture pain caused me
I1 do feel fearful cause leaving youfirst I1 thought 1I feel reason I1 knowgod you still spirit guiding you according
your request him frequently receive here short
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exceedingly sweet message speed mindmeans mail coach world knows nothing ourfather our petition tells us you
perhaps you thinking end our journeynow main causes kept us longer
went before us many rainstormsbrainstormsrainstormsfirst 300 miles our journey difficult travel
wheels covered wagons often sink very deepmire came highland grazing
still very scarce animals strangeyou consider 60006000 7000 covered wagons each
pulled three six yoke oxen besides several thousand cattlesheep mules horses passed along road duringsummer toward paradise saints country goldthese consume much grass you add thesethousands buffaloes antelope elk etc own poor graz-ing wilderness desolate parched land together
considerations caused us slow down contenttravel ten twelve miles each day proved
our satisfaction before way completeour journey hardly day do come acrossskeletons oxen those went before us roadside
monument foolishness traveling too fast begin-ning journey long
us saints thanks godpreserved us whereas others leave animals coveredwagons thousands dollars worth provisions along
road enabled through blessing god wendour way steadily comfortably along although slowly while
find graves others often alongside road rejoicegive thanks you died our camp
since left council bluffs nor hardly sicknessjourney now three months
traveled 8632863128652 miles ascended height7000 feet above sea level almost unawaressurrounded nearly every side snowy tops rockymountains perpetually dwell white clouds 0 majesticsights beyond description
186 appendix E
between us salt lake valley still 164 milesyet I1 am confident journey finished within fifteendays blessing our god 0 hail blessed daywelsh here me living befits saints acknowl-edging god ways praising him morning night
keeping them until now captivity persecutingbabylon until sweet voices resound unison massiverocks around us almost believe melodi-ous voices charm wolves play outside our camp dusk
far rendered them harmless us our flock sheepsince week ago nature put white wedding
gown receive new inhabitants fissures theseeverlasting mountains spread white carpet before dooreveryone night spread snowy white blanket lightly
taken care close cover wagonbefore night snow piled between wagonsdid see our neighbors until evening did
die snow time according prophecies ourenemies sun shone pleasantly second morning earthsoon changed garment soon between 200 300 wagons
seen majestic row climbing steep slopes whilesinging songs ofzionzion made camp evening
under crimson smile sun western world saintsvalley sent eighty yoke oxen 300 miles
meet us great help us brotherlylove worthy emulating anticipate each day
news valley brings joy our hearts maythousands race gomer soon come us freedom
countrysaints formed state california name
state deseret search book mormon meaningword sent petition american govern-
ment dispensation effect granted nowfulfill many prophecy your officialsyourselves etc 1 I shall restore your judges before yourcouncils beginning time state officials
inspired without arrangement impossiblekingdom god fully established laws
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administered earth everything works good saintsend whole earth know before much longer
welsh holding under difficulties journeylearning drive oxen better my expectations
winning praise camps saintsorganization virtue skill especiallysinging
I1 need enlarge further here advice concerning thingspreparations journey those shall come us
apostles G smith E T benson myselfwritten those things great detail bro william morgans
president welsh settlement council bluffsasked him send published udgomudgorn selon
how far brother davis sound trumpet now my heartlongs hear voice I1 havent seen since I1 saw you sendme least fifty every number you able through hand
bro pratt I1 hope bro davis receiving regularlynewspaper 0 hyde publishes council bluffs according
agreement I1 made abovementionedabove mentioned direc-tions reach you publish them udgomudgornsaints follow us free information
purchase may study them carefully benefitI1 know I1 shall get see you dear saints
I1 know true wish my heart seeyou here me zion I1 long continually
your friendship your church meetings marvelous con-ferencesferences
saints worried cholera borbusmorbussnatched away many our dear brothers sisters ourjourney st louis council bluffs lest counteractcause god wales keep dear relatives friendsfollowing them I1 say job old easy conscience
lord giveth lord taketh away blessed namelord spite how painful my feelings under
circumstances death cruelly tear my dear ones mybosom I1 fear persecutors saints wales
necessary task nearer home set anything foolishagainst religion christ death saints
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respect emigration wales here I1 say againI1 wrote before come oh come rapidly
open gates proclaim bondsmen babylon free comezion yet orderly way through flight while yetspite everyone get hold 7 8 poundspocket get underway counsel him come council bluffs
where meet loving welsh brothers sistersarms wide open receive him direct him cannot comealong way without stopping saying I1 do intendyou harm vineyard god driving away too manyworkers once do organized way may ship-ful come once select seven brave faithful elders
council midst heart mindkeep them clutches devil
without doubt tried worse thousand times walesday judgment prove work
worry fatigue I1 went through keep themwolves until now
respect wealthy pay cost poorcome let them prepare hearts forgive them everything
spite everything repay them unkindness yetlet them weary well doing reward greater
god elders arms full guide themhere profess every faithfulness before beginning yet strive
0 how valuable spirit godjourney nuturingnaturingnuturing unity love warding off conflict with-out even angel lead company across I1 supposepray daily
my health yet good I1 wish far nor goodweeks possible under weight
heavy burden man get better I1 request interestprayers my kind brothers dear saints strength
each day serve them continuallyremember me my wife saints here your dear
wife your family your counselors heartremember me lovingly council saints merthyr
dowlaisDow lais aberdartaberdar hirwaunHirwaun monmouthshireMonmouthshire etc what am I1
doing starting name names like children my bowels I1 love
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without exception may gracious god bless them keepthem eternal life
remember me faithful presidents conferencesbranches let them remember my counsels them
conference always I1 proclaimedremember me lovingly saints I1 say
them now far them earnestly pleading themgod plead them through me them sake
own souls behave according godliness thingsvery glorious name took themselves
scorned bid them listen advice priesthoodpray god live lovingly honestly chastely righteously
thus shall abundant entrance eternalresting place god
now dear saints farewell you while although I1
things declare I1 am able now here maygracious lord bless you spirit abundantly keep
you midst persecution strengthen you trialssave you kingdom sincere prayer
your brother etcD jones
letter capt jones W phillipstd14
salt lake city november 20 1849dear brother phillips
chance I1 opportunity sending letter theseremote parts season cold across rocky mountains
american soldiers I1 heard now going statesready start before I1 finish letter arrived here
healthy happy 26th month very
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pleased everything here whole temporally spiritu-ally much better told wisdomsolomon beyond comprehension queen ofshebasheba
nearly I1 time say place you shallcomplete account next spring welsh content
joining together enclose 600 700 acres landbanks westjordanwest jordan river four miles city
country called new wales fruitful beautiful landunder sun western world does cost any-
thing cheap everyone much everyonecultivate
surprising what great work done yearsplendid valley yesterday I1 pleasure baptizing closeforty welsh here order them renew covenants
seal faithfulness lord god israel greatjoy rejoicing midst through day our
worry thousands our dear fellownation here yes honest heart us established
welsh branch church god hold worship meetingslanguage born thomas jeremy
president daniel daniels rice williams counselorsI1 put welsh comfortable situations get plenty
work gold money supplies etc wages workers6s 6cac per day craftsmen ioslos 12s per daywelsh craftsmen here people running
them gold hands pay them valley health-ful I1 havent heard old age sickness disease since I1
here I1 heard our dear president brigham young say publiclyremember anyone buried here I1
havent heard mention thing since I1 hereI1 am building house city inheritance
prepared me before I1 arrived I1 received lot acre
quarter each welsh city chose buildlewis got paradise like lot near temple
house almost finished already addition farmplace I1 mentioned together
company rejoicing greatly come placeothers building houses city welsh
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happy countenancercountenances short great hasteunderstand me I1 say well everyone here
abundance food good shops seen walesme although world I1 am getting
ease expense saints I1 shall say welshexcept myself getting rest here ease serve themselves
make themselves happy whereas I1 hereweek before I1 counseled prepare go 800 1000miles further southwest mission godmy own expense across tops snowy mountains throughtribes savage indians along road white man neverbefore set foot tomorrow morning hour get underwayI1 know I1 shall return my mission searchbranch race ofgomergomer called madociansMadoc iansstory well known I1 go intent bringing them
fold good shepherd oh saints pray my successmy life protected among bloodthirsty savages you
shall hear I1 returnI1 welsh received hearty welcome valleypresidents came miles meet us welcome us great
joy everything wellmy fatigue vexing my health still I1 am hardly better
I1 started wales yet god strengthen memiraculously day day oh dear saints pray me now mywork still increasing oh I1 opportunity tell you
hopes shortly before us fulfilled youI1 cannot patient while yet my wife family welltogether saints send regards you dearsaints farewell now dear brother great haste
your brotherD jones
letter council bluffs pres W phillipstd15
council bluffs december 25 1849
dear brother phillipsI1 think beneficial give few my thoughts
respect necessary things distant journey manymy brothers sisters facing before long first thing
good supply patience grumbling doesgood trouble free successful
journey let everyone resolve keep counsels presidentdo do likely lose spirit god
midst evil enter then easy gethim even though many our company fell victimcholera I1 know two them did find fault
presidents way doing things thus voluntaryobedience heart content thosewhom bro jones selected oversee matters
older church etc I1 repeat take care bewarespirit remember counsel lord jesus christ iei e
listen voice your shepherd done journeysuccessful
now I1 shall mention things kinds gardenseed good bring counsel craftsmenbring tools them writing paper great ser-vice quire two those bring tin dishestreating milk crockery glasses iron steel spadescoal ore mining here worth much shovelsexpensive ie 4 shillings 5 shillings each you getshovels liverpool 10 shillings half dozen I1
grateful brethren bring half dozen shovelsliverpool me much trouble them do
half dozen pitchforks I1 glad get themshilling each price here worth bringing sorts iron-ware here except axes those better here britainprice common iron here twopence halfpenny per pound
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small iron threepence higher calico twice price earthen-ware vessels same glasses expensive here
advise everyone emigrating take careboxes strong made dry wood suffered
losses boxes dry clothesbecome mouldybouldy potatoes ocean very desirable
herrings oat flour bacon dried beef pepper mustard saltpickles onions oranges oranges my opinion
much use apples better ones baked putcakes brandy beneficial warm stomach cold
sea rough seasickness good takethings fortnight before starting order cleansestomach free bile possible smallchildren better sailors adults stand feet while
parents leg too short too long walkwithout difficulty I1 written you before I1 hope you
received my letter answer beforereaches end journey I1 sent two copies
frontier guardian john davis I1 glad get copyudgorn yelonscion possible trumpet sound acrosssea many welsh saints glad hear voicereach america I1 like know terms perhapsput together plan communication everymonth frequently I1 shall grateful bro davisopinion matter I1 should like letter telling
welsh intend set sail president etcI1 write letter st louis new orleans meet themdoubt between now time set I1 give direc-tion things buy sell here rathergood price expected gold diggers come here
spring hoards come chance makemoney quite easily make 400 each few
months buying things gold miners welsh dosame thing easily obstacles journey I1
chance myself first day I1 set foot land bluffs earn49 selling them now you see good I1 do
saints sending letter meet them I1 dont comeperson
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welsh branch happy I1 performed fourmarriages john williams ofmonachlogmonachlogMonach log109 maryjonesmary jonesneighborhood ofmynyddmynydd aberdareaberdaleAberdare edward evans hirwaunHirwaunalice daughter david richards blacksmith alexanderowens twynyrodyn died yellow fever please informwife let fear sea lovely sail fair weather
liverpool sounding roughest part our tabernaclefinished time you bring emigrants here
square now I1 heard once bro jonesdeparture valley 500 miles bluffstime wife child whole company healthy
going along successfully I1 expect mail pouch yetvalley near future heard cholera yourmidst cholera st louis now
devastating illness bluffs farremember me officials saints may
gracious lord bless you bring you safe beautiful zionwish my heart
I1 am your brother new covenantwilliam morgan
PS let known wm jenkins cardiff stayingbluffs heard through gifts brethren
suffering fire destroyer yourmidst I1 received letters morgan morgans E thomasmorgan hughes john ormond son two daughtershere
letter lewis tojJ davistd16
salt lake valley april 10 1850beloved brother christ
I1 date my letter blessed place I1 longedmuch see I1 broke through many obstacles
reach though perfect heaven nor everyoneperfect yet I1 am sorry having come here evils
prophesied me back placeinhabitants fulfilled I1 believe my duty
my good lord cause send my witness backsake those experience I1
take heart come heredo expect me give you detailed account place
full wonders you shallothers I1 shall say like queen ofshebasheba earlier I1
told half good things place inhabitantscity being built miraculous speed country
around being worked incredibly well convenient wor-ship house already finished meet several thousands
dear saints each sunday every country hearvoices best people earth our dear president brighamyoung counselors apostles others teaching us
law heaven pleasure great sweetness me show-
ing great power wisdom love god plan salva-tion people love heavenly teachingtaught here anything everyone else follow-ing suit peace prosperity love reign god praised
salvation I1 seen drunken personplace anyone quarrellingquarrelling another I1 heard
someone threatening take another court excepttoo ashamed first place do I1 yet
hear oath swearing street murder theftI1 know place nor I1 seen immorality
highest officials here surprisingly humble meek
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godly like father children behaviorwhat I1 seen I1 fear greatly sickness pestilence poverty
oppression causing much suffering my dear brotherssisters gospel wales causes me desire pray
great deal able see them thousands blessedplace may best welsh soon come here what timewell then here begging poor here
men came here same time I1 did freeholdersdifficult me get anyone work my small farm
busy time sowing now here wages workers heretwo three dollars per day work buys what cannot
gold welsh came here doing well veryrespected everyone farm each banks
jordan place called new wales capt jonesjust returned searching welsh indians I1 write
haste mail leave I1 write you I1
hope my relatives way heremy dear husband father my sister startedtell them come soon I1 glad see them here
together my brothers my relatives you chanceremember me them lovingly my heartfelt wish them
obey gospel speedily you choose send my testimonythem I1 hope blessing god them tell
them everyone mentions capt jonesevil man prophesied him rather until now
behavior direct opposite found him kindbenevolent entire behavior like father towardchildren great our duty thank him god senthim good leader us received nor tried
get my money I1 heard anyonecompany loser penny himprayer us god bless him health
lost serving us recompense him world comedear brother exhort saints me continue faithfulchurch I1 am certain religion ofjesusjesus christ
remember me lovingly you saintsyour sister new covenant
elizabeth lewis
letter capt jones tofftojfJ davistd17
salt lake city april 12 1850dear brother davis
I1 many things write you now I1 hardlyknow what start epistle tell you many mythoughts besides briefly I1 shall say youdear saints oh brethren faithful diligentheavenly calling you called since you knowyour labor vain lord make good use your time
vineyard god before you called heredifficult days ahead everything fine here welshhealthy happy hereI1 returned here south february traveling
1000 miles being within less 100 miles abodemadociansMadocians I1 told afterwards indians
midst I1 gone further our horses oursupplies depleted rainy weather flooding coun-try nearly lost our lives traveling across snowy mountains
hundreds miles through snow between three eight feetdeep sleeping night nothing blanket
cover us left behind days half dozen our horsesmules die prey wolves several days
without food before arriving utah settlement returningyou shall account our discoveries epistle
time tell everything world intendfulfill purpose adventure yet perhaps year
least shall give until I1 get hold madociansMadoc iansget main road opened saints come wales across
railway panama california channel coloradoriver overland settlements saints
near port steamboats landhere every valley before long good intentions god toward
old race ofgomergomer becoming manifest strangely rapidlyour dear president us dear saints remember keep
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counsels I1 given you respect priesthoodpray me yourselves
I1 am your brother new covenantD jones
NB trumpet sound send here every chanceyou get goodness sake do your best me my books
send money I1 above journey my own costI1 shall go likewise again before long
letter capt jones W phillipstd18
great salt lake city april 12 1850dear brother phillips
few lines I1 write you now you shall see letterbrother davis much myself yet I1 hope yes
I1 pray daily god keep you evil surroundsyou give you influence saints good shepherd
flock you may keep them unity love growthcontinual success I1 hope I1 say hosts those
persecuted me worst man country benorebeforeobeyed gospel my lord come know me better loveyou cause me love hateful them yes
embrace them I1 see them here I1 fear govern-ment hardly gives you protection do becomedisheartened king kings watching you pre-serve you you humble pious before him do forget
pray him serve him you cannot fulfill your importantoffice without assistance oh I1 happy seeyour face here us get tell each our troublesour hopes probably shall do first doubtless
poverty pestilences deaths every kind together
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hatred world causing much worry you saintsrejoice salvation here every evil deathvery seldom does king terrors visit place yet
here without our trials temptations extremethough different I1 am sad say even among
welsh giving themselves false influences especiallycalled yellow fever desire go here
country gold get rich I1 imagine many belovedwelsh way here weeks may graciousgod keep them evils surround them especially
cholera morbusborbus missouri river oh williamstrangest time I1 ever saw my life see power godpower devil
my wife little claudia well saintssend greeting you your dear familysaints farewell now
your brotherD jones
NB american soldiers did take letter until nowweather I1 send now I1 hope
letters I1 sent reached you promptly I1 heartfelt longingyour conferences your association I1 must content now
letter great salt lake city thomas jeremytd19
great salt lake city april 14 1850dear brother davis
you kind lend space your melodioustrumpet letter those wanted me write
them answer through too much work
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me write I1 like personally I1 hope myold faithful brothers sisters around llanybydder brechfabrechka
places do best spread udgorn throughcountry those wish get read our account
goodness my heavenly father toward me myfamily arrived here neighborhood valley
healthy 29th october meantime our reveredpresident brigham young two counselors himcome visit us welsh great comfort
received listening welcome valley usexcellent counsels pertaining settlement counseled
us go west side city stop three milescity our animals get better grazing camped
bank thejordanjordan river runs directly utah lakesalt lake width river 100 feet proportion
depth five feet river abundancelarge fish hosts wild geese ducks descend
small lakes along banks excellentplace those derive pleasure shooting gamereason fearing anyone free agency everyone kill
number desire family lived our wagonsmonths time here before getting house very comfor-table way good top our wagons
stove them preparation food etc thenlived four months room obtainedcity now our own house our city lotcall privilege city size lots acre quarter
everyone owns without money without valuepay measuring recording 1501.50150 welshchose get city lots west side city beautifulplain biggest part three blocks possessionrace ofgomergomer blocks generally 10 acres makes eightlots each block I1 believe obtained fertileland city although extremely good my reasonthinking good flatter lower
places city our land rich black soil im surehow deep goes I1 do know places six feetI1 observed seeing marks left dug down
trans documents td19 letterfromlefterletterleffer arom thomasthomasjeremyjeremy 201
get water conveniently houses appearancesoil depth black rich biggest part welshintend build lots year plenty roomthousands welsh come yet nearby us hardly costs anything
keep animals size richness valleyhorses oxen cattle kept outside through winter
keep cattle houses give hay themconvenient milk saints here get
much land work wish without paying anything anyoneexcept measure record few welsh camehere chosen our own land planting ie land farmingrather building west side thejordanjordan riverfive miles place where I1 live unusually abundant crops
raised here wheat barley indian corn oats potatoessquashes watermelonswatermelons cabbage every kind garden vegetable
big you wishI1 shall give bit history fruitfulness large valleyhalliday planted bushel wheat called touse wheatgot 183 bushels another planted bushel
potatoes got 330 bushels said you get barleyobtained california 100 bushels plantingperhaps account too good welsh believeyet make less true what good do me
send false testimonies those come here knowthemselves I1 think reason tillage gives goodyield you need sow very lightly I1 heard sayhere half bushel wheat enough sow acre sameamount barley fertility earth tillagespreads unusually well here growing goodness love
our heavenly father blesses us temporally wellspiritually acknowledged here holy prophets foresawvalley spoke see isaiah 32 15th verse end
chapter two verses chapter otherseasily understood see frequently hailstones
descending trees nothing coming downus low city good sow near streams here
much rain here summercountries necessary water land here times I1
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myself am very thankful my heavenly father my landbank jordan river I1 drive feet
oxen whenever I1 want perhaps above versesbelieved literally everyone wales very likely
inspire them think something elseabandoned old custom oh how lovely surroundedhere high mountains whose tops seen times aboveclouds covered snow year round look
them testifying enemy comehere do harm saints you heard excellentsprings here especially medicinal nice
bathe hot spring another here hotyou hardly keep your finger longer while youcounting 10 15 sufficient water turnlarge mill
excellent prices here men workstonemason here earns 2502502.50 per day carpenter 2002.00200 per day
6 10 paid tailor making coat laborers 1501.50150per day remember need work hard herewales welsh brothers here earn 3 4 perday digging job americans used digging
you see how easy live here price wheat herenow 4 per bushel indian corn 2 yoke oxen here costs
70 100 cow costs 30 good horse 150200 dollar here 4s ac2c2 c your money I1 am send-
ing my dear brother david my dear sisters timebro jones sent back along way david
get come here year faithful brother abel evansbro howell williams others I1 hope come
great joy here see them I1 hope my dear fathercomes journey here I1 wish greatly hear how my sistersarah journey here togethercefncrwth family Meidmeldrimrim I1 hope now members
church jesus christ zion beforelong
my dear brothers sisters lovely place whereholds keys kingdom god earth
twelve apostles heard here preaching excellently
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mysteries kingdom god much needexhort saints come here keep holy ghost
within them show them necessity salvation I1
know I1 shall come wales none welshconference sent mission place sentengland various islands sea conference held
6thath 7thath month tabernacle veryvery big nonetheless too small hold wentwelsh exhorted our revered president brigham young
sing song joseph hyrum english here lovevery much hear welsh sing oh how lovely escape
wearisome captivity midst best peopleearth where justice holiness abide where worship god
disturb us frighten us 1000 mileseveryone except lamanitesLamanites here moun-tains seed joseph sold egypt
before I1 finish I1 wish say little thoseobeyed gospel jesus christ rememberlisten servants god preacherssaints teach you way salva-tion except them reason listen them obey
teaching you saved I1 reasoned youlength I1 give you better counsel
I1 hope davies clynglaseClynglase parish llanwrdaofllanwrda sees letterI1 sincerely hope dear family churchnow
I1 do time write mail leaves here tomorrowmorning
dear saints farewell small moment until see eachhome my family joins me remembering
saints wales especially llanbydder brechfabrechkacardiganshireCardiganshire I1 hope dear saints whom I1 love muchcontinue faithful may gracious god called themdarkness light bless them spirit love unity peace
save them end heavenly kingdomconstant prayer
your dear brother jesus christthomas jeremy
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NB I1 very much like several letters my brothersmy friends wales let them send them thomasjeremythomas jeremy
great salt lake city california north america I1 sincerely hopeyou dear bro davis correct every mistake you see
my writing
letter william morgantd20
council bluffs may 26 1850dear brother phillips
bro abel evans brought company saints here 23rdmonth testimony your licenses
received regular members welsh branch cambriascambrianCam brias campdear brother things taking place among
young people things natural according customold country good them turnthing making promises marriage my opinion
best refrain wiser get married beforegetting underway those wish do bro abel evans
myself failed see earlier openedeyes before coming bluffs married lovely girl nearcarmarthenCarmarthen maryjonesmary jones wern branch usually families livebetter here widowers then those wish getmarried let them get married those wish refrain letthem refrain let boys girls widowed menwomen leave old country without making promises getmarried thus danger breaking promises
come free free country leave those remainbehind free opinion bro jones I1 recall
ie covenant until emigration I1 performed marriageseight country expect six eight again soon
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our town like boiling pot these days full merthyrmarket saturday cannot drive wagon without stop-ping along streets gold people leave
gold behind you might think flour 600goo6.00600hundred pounds indian corn lyoiyo1501.50 bushel
sold 500133001300.100 1 told dr bennett doctor company4000 acres wheat illinois cut
likely trampled animals mormonscormons preachedgospel yes prophetjosephprophet joseph first proclaim
did believe witness rather shouted awayhim just like master mormonscormons discovered
gold california strange how truthful witness howaccepted people general grain
truth testimony mormonscormons merthyr respectgospel spirit world running toy
root evil result cannot receive spiritchrist truth love glory god heavens
earth good well good luck them goldlet whoever wishes become merchants however shall buildzion city our god valley mountains
time comes raise head king comeglory envelop time false men
afraidI1 received ten packages udgomudgorn selonyelon english
brothers came here first shipload addressedcapt dan jones way him before youreceive letter them came ourterritory judged entitled tithe kepttwo each package you see tithedpithed heavily
old country according law tithing paidsix months frontier guardian come across
regularly comes off press I1 seen letteryou nor I1 received udgomudgorn monthly you said
I1 do know whether frontier guardian I1 sentreceived being sent merthyr dowlaisDowlais I1 received
letter elizabeth thomas county glamorgan I1
sent april valley let disheartenedhearteneddisheartenerdissent letters valley relatives bro jones answers
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forthcoming soon possible I1 expect hearvalley capt jones welsh saints between now
end ofjunejune bro prythero abersychan familystaying my house present time takenland another part country going soon
remember me saints together officialsmay blessing god you
yours eternal covenantwilliam morgan
letter william morgan kanesvilleganesvilleKanesville iowaW phillips andjanda davis
tdatd2td211
kanesvilleganesvilleKanesville iowa july 19 1850dear brother phillips davis
I1 received following letter mail camevalley month july 1850 request
bro jones me translate send udgornhere editors service without mistakesI1 am confident editor correct sweetness englishwriting wrought famous authors translatorsreach
letter morgan received george smith ezra T bensondanjonesvanjonesdan jonesponesfones dated 21 september 1849 then presented english
translation morgans welsh translation original englishtranslated document 7 tdatd7 appendix toward endletter reference made welsh company happycontent make camp resound evening song morganadds own comments footnote follows
trans documents td21 morgan phillips davis 207
I1 am eye ear witness I1 think do apostlesspirit music descended them eve-
ning before departure territory honuhoussix oclock friday afternoon bro jones ordered me
call camp together purpose reading rulesjourney short time each post I1 honor
beginning first meeting 1850 years least landpurpose organizing welsh journey bro jones
followed word given sing closemeeting sang first part versesaints shall come etc saw english norwegiansNorwegianseveryone I1 think heads wagons
second part wagons empty instantinhabitants running toward us charmed I1
heard good singing wales nothing like strengthsweetness song I1 heard my brothers sisters
travelers land honuhous asked me wherelearned teacher I1 said hills
wales schoolhouse spirit god teacherresponse well indeed wonderful never heardgood singing before wm morgan
brothers smith benson jones writtenjourney preparations I1 shall give prices
several things I1 suppose might useful smallholders farmers price iron plough 25 centsper pound shilling halfpenny money oldcountry understand iron ploughsplought here piecepoint iron same kind casting sold
ironmongersironmongery whole thing weighs 30 poundsiron harrow teeth 8s 4cac files sharpening saws7127 2 c each large saw whip saw ls 6126 c scythe handle4s 2cac scythe larger size 6s 6cac spike hay 2s lcwheel rim iron 2 yieviebie12 c per pound four iron wagon wheels cost
four rims call them old country xax11 l4s14slsbefore blacksmith puts hammer them my opinion
better everyone buy milk pitcher tin kindwales pitchers keeping milk making cream cost 8cac
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each here size between 12 13 inches diameterwidest spot top 8348 inches bottom
3345343 inches deep pottery close three times expensive hereworst cup saucer sale wales
cost 5cac here dishes proportionately higher bed ropes512c52c each half inch ropes vie per pound ropes
old country better ropes country generalhemp goes black here before getting use I1 saw much
st louis half rotten I1 saw steamboat fullcatch fire until burned water level I1 dont think
big loss public I1 seen sickleshere very useful I1 suppose
well farmers come here thembrought sickles old country themsell them leave them behind did those came firstwales closed billhooksbillhooks useful country axes
country better cheap tongs fire shovels bellowsblowing fire morning very useful here
knives forks brass candlesticks soup spoons teaspoonsbest women go buy parasols women
seen walking very often without them here truly veilsomething quite good women riot seen very often without
them even welsh blue cotton sold4cac merthyr costs 8cac here I1 counsel those go bringmoleskinsmol eskins everyday wear longer materialshere I1 shall make end now end previous letter I1
gave my thoughts few things I1 considered beneficialemigrants come across sea far I1
remember concerning I1 wrote I1 changed mymind directions I1 gave I1 do thinkI1 blush presence emigrants make use
them least my conscience clear everything originatedintent benefit my welsh speaking brothers
sisters othersI1 received three numbers udgomudgorn together note
bro phillips letter you capt jones I1 sentahead fourth month received letters
brethren valley daniel leigh
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Llanelli D peters capt jones agreementfruitfulness country D leigh valley
mountains best under sun raise cropsbushel wheat planted ground gives marvelous yield
166 bushels bushel potatoes gives 133 bushelswhat fruitfulness land adds comparison
teachings received apostlesworth anything I1 ever seen evan rees edwardwilliams digging coal lewis living townelizabeth thomas waunfro near cardiff married williamclarkdarkoark perhaps bro W thomas glad hearincreasing family far away him
things old country I1
glad see here honest heart wishing dogod continually owed me old
country just I1 do expect anythingI1 may consider owed me I1 wish bro phillips
try collect my notes I1 shall thankful himthose pay
bro capt jones sent little piece own handsent print account conference valley
you want guardian comes handsubstance letter bro jones I1 being
tested happens dear william youtried your best friends until you end your journeykeekeepp great your honor spite everythingended saying 1 I know where I1 shall you come
valley nor do I1 ask know anything com-manded me welsh well remember me jane
saints DdjonesbjonesDJjonesonesI1 hurry I1 wrote time
time I1 hurry perhaps make useI1 sent way I1 considered although really
my official duty upon arriving side seaI1 do consider strength I1 write
brother sister writesplace yet perhaps those forgotten
bro jones wrote indian territory listen
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counsel well then my opinion betterengaged married free themselves before startingwales comes before those coming
same time engaged well themdo same get married before starting perhaps bettermarrying undo engagement sea free
country come free between freedom seafreedom land covenants broken even thosetraveling together well then better under
promise my opinion every meaning much timeneeded get married here see each firsttime ever nine oclock morning wishbecome husband wife according law landchurch before twelve oclock same morning
your letter many saints comingacross next autumn bro pratt before letthem come whenever wish I1 nothing doemigration therefore I1 shall keep my mouth shut subject
time year I1 shall thankful you sendingletter here month two before come mentioning
number each skill sum total men women chil-dren day month leaving liverpool
come here perhaps benefit them my paperfull I1 am tired time do complaining
time I1 shall close now wishing gracious god giveyou connected you under your care wisdom
you wise serpents harmless doves theselatter days broadening kingdom god earth amen
I1 am your brother new covenantwm morgan
PS welsh saints greet you
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composed journey gwilym addudduformerly pont y ty briddpridd glamorganshireGlamorganshire
sectarianssectarians insist sell usshame like animals
across sea our leaders dogroups cry
captain say enticed areamerthyr huge number waless children
might soldyes shipful among host
oh blind men poor souls continuecourse angry dispositionjudgment plague come upon them
false tales wind
our moses mighty chief jonesour supreme heavenly teacher
full energy holy wisdomlead us land praise
taken page 12 cyfanvyddiadau ir ymfudwyrprymfuduyr tua dinas y llynharenhaenhalen direction emigrants salt lake city twelve pagepamphlet published 1818505 0 john davis merthyr tydfil gwilymdduaddu poetic pseudonym used william lewis memberfirst group welsh immigrants enter salt lake valley 1849
composed above verses during crossing plainsgeorge smith company year
letter capt D joneselders W phillips andjandaJ davis
td23id23
salt lake city september 10 1850dear brothers W phillips andjanda davis
until now life me I1 chance greetyou spite my desire since I1 wrote before now short words
my song I1 am leave again here further awaysettle valley san pete according
counsel ofprespres young me many welsh brethrencome I1 know yet come place splendid
country settle abundance water wood closelies 130 miles here went through yearsearched madociansMadoc ians I1 shall much
my way fulfill venture yet thing god wills I1 shalldo before I1 rest I1 do time say hardly anythingplace happenings I1 shall send you deseret news
published here do part meI1 received small letter you since I1 left wales
nothing anyone else until mail came very recentlyyesterday I1 received udgorn year I1 cannot describe myfeelings I1 took hold book came hands mydear brothers dear country I1 left host things
gone came my recollection I1 cut pagesmy eyes rushed across pages I1 saw names numberbrethren whom I1 love greatly shining through like diamondsamid rocks along seashore proving yet diligent
field faithful vineyard lord vineyardmy own planting bonds my heart nearly burstinghiraetbhiraeth see them shake hands once again yescompany eternally I1 cannot completely happy without
them those whom I1 loved much yet instead returningfeast company battlebattie together shoulder shoulderyou army jesus sees best now send me evenfurther well I1 am content done my soul
yet oh dear brethren priesthood what shall I1 say youcomfort you you know you servants
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am I1 greatjesusgreat jesus expecting us fillcircle placed shall call us togethersometime give our account well dear brethren children
christ sure appear happy remember I1
told you I1 do thus god our fatherbless you forever ever I1 say kiss my dear workerscoworkers
what else shall I1 say them show my love them yetnothing I1 time nor space even name
them too numerous go forward dear saints crownsahead you eternal life clothe you I1 dreamed lately
I1 middle room full you councilembracing my dear brethren W phillips andjanda davis endlessly
exquisitely sweet oh heaven medream oh teach dear saints tenderly love way
keep counsel god thanks my father answering myprayers your regard remember me dear howellsfamily lovingly lord him family my con-stant prayer remember me saints my wife littleclaudia well together rest welsh rememberme my family kindly my brothers john edwardmy relatives oh here I1 shall pray them
faithful saints anyway I1 heard evans coming hereyear staying council bluffs
roads here still white wagonfulswagonfuls immigrantslike doves coming windows four comerscorners
world sickness gathered my lungs through hardwork gotten much better yet dear saints rememberyour poor servant pray him served you almostdeath him faithful diligent work god
excellent conference here week everything heresuccessful wonderfully organized able leaderhelm abundance assistants I1 cannot get chance nowwrite account my journey south winter you shall
soon I1 write you shall account councilbluffs welsh bro W morgans welcome dwell
land I1 bought them I1 must close brethren herethree you my love my heart forever ever amen
D jones
letter capt D jones wm phillipscontaining news zion
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mand city march 1851my dear bro phillips
pleasure I1 commune you means letter lackmeans even though letter poor means
transmit my frequent thoughts respect my nostalgicfeelings you my dear brethren priesthood together
dear saints believe me you nevermy thoughts even day best wishes my heart
offered family altar daily your behalf himable keep you safe gather you together placedeliverance where you hear sound lovely songs vic-torious zion instead having your ears stunned transitorymoans groans friends relatives loved ones where youmeet brother friend cheery smile face index
happy guileless heart instead like beingpained angry look gnashing teeth you alongstreets those whom you wish benefit I1 received while
wish fills my mind spite everythinghappened see hosts welsh enjoying teachingquietness peace here deliverancesickness plagues oppression according accounts
prophecies continue sweep wretched inhabitantsworld spirit world ready trampling restunder iron hooves dust without hope salvation
may day soon come you shall find yourselves hereI1 shall pleasure your company valleys these
peaceful healthful mountains you shall your fillfruitful land work without paying rent hardly tax anyone
plenty wages satisfy you every trade yesyou shall does everyone else here full enjoyment
elements possession endowment our fatherchildren you shall perfect law freedom
tram7 nansrans documents yd24td24 capt D jones wm phillips 215
defend you your rights urge you do every good thingpunish you your smallest transgression you
do knowinglyour church state officials here among ourselves
isaiah prophesied saintsdays news came here lately united states per-
mitted us territory choose our respected pres B youngpresident granted generous privileges new
territory considering our borders reach southlatitude 37 degrees north our king rightly said wise
serpents harmless doves goodsubjects remember continually
situation saints here extremely successful spirituallytemporally these valleys produce wheat barley oats potatoesevery kind crop vegetable grown britainmuch abundantly less trouble except irrigate
task must done carefully diligentlyinsufficient rains summer without way
corn irrigated opening furrows ploughsowing seed few feet each waywater runs slowly along furrows water obtained
nearby streams through ditches dug purposethese lands nature water penetrates
through these furrows few hours then waterturned away perhaps week less manner40 bushels wheat per acre generally produced frequently
I1 know gotten incredible sum200 bushels sowing bushel something
uncommon although true abovementionedabove mentioned california wheatwhat sown here produces much grass
each seed sometimes scores I1 counted them myselfears corn fork several considerable size
called seven headed variety price wheat now2502.50250 3003003.00 per bushel price time ago much
higher summer immigrants high25 cents per pound flour oats barley being little cheaperpotatoes 100loo1.00100 per bushel butter 50 cents cheese sameprice less wages craftsmen 2 4 workers
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1 2 per day month 12 20 per monthyear I1 am now paying welsh boys salary 200
per year plus food washing lad fifteenyears old 100 maid 150lyo1.50150 per week 1
welsh ones common wage maids 1 per weekgreat demand welsh women until became too
greedy wages I1 am writing like these valleys generalplace particular lest you misunderstand me
conference pres young wished me namingme public emigrate place san pete I1
came autumn spendidspendik valley advantageous settlealthough large great salt lake valley yet
advantageous respects here greater abun-dance land easier work irrigate proportioninhabitants now you surprisedhow settled already much easier get treesshelter firewood etc here account my journeysouth year you history settlement place
increased already until several hundred com-fortabletable houses families loving devoutpeaceful I1 ever seen cross word profanityoppression injustice I1 seen since I1 here
worship house large comfortable overflow-ing every sunday cheery happy people school held
every day too small build anotherschoolhouse lately meetings held them every nightthrough week built here since I1 came corn grindingmill sawmill lathsbaths shingles shop here
you get nearly common supplies you wantprices different those states you might
think except thingsseveral thousand acres land worked enclosure
pleasant see what unity brotherhood everyoneworks together benefit everything fact
said people whatever put handsdo do willingly might
thought desire each build kingdomdoing each builds himself
trans documents td24 capt D jones wm phillips 217
next news cheer your hearts every I1 knowmyself sing you scattered ofzionzion through world yearejoice british isles sea lord god shortening
great work you do shortly justice templehim built zion your own thirsty soul
drink deeply grom inexhaustible fountains knowledge godproper way worship him heaven laws
enjoyment glory where you through preparationsgodly ordinances become fit associate inhabitants
taught perfect ethics used eternaldwelling place yea your time according your faithfulnessyou possess fulnessfalness strength priesthoodreigns every place completing yourwork giving god servants sufficient proof yourfaithfulness worthiness you gain goodly entrancethrough gates temple first gate gateunto holy blessed those happy soulsexpectation bliss strength faith gettingfaith once given saints worth every effortsuffering here mention something similar substance
religion godly wisdom satisfy desiroussouls tasted firstfruitsfirstfruits holy ghost well dearsaints your comfort your devotion I1 assure youblessed time door yes appointed time yoursouls longed thing I1 taught you frequentlyI1 heavenly sweetness close oh
my dear friends mormonism false anything I1
taught you although deceive themselvesthrough them unspeakable lossfaithful come tongue tell blessings glory
eternal lives enjoy what else shall I1 say distanceyou know your duties obey priesthood your midst
you support leaders through your faith your prayersyour obedience lead you safely time enjoy-
ment your hearts desire yes your heartsimagine remember necessary test
your faith things always god try peoplethings does mean things expect
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then watch live properly today while todaythus you endure end
further topic I1 shall say I1 understand through recentcommunication pres young begins foun-dation temple intend begin give those first
going overseas missions endowments councilhouse spacious beautiful building newly finishedbefore foundation build wall rocks aroundtemple block contains 10 square acres wall4 feet thick 8 feet high top wall bricks8 feet high 6 feet pickets top
wall several gates guarded watchmenfirm decision through these gates unclean thing
enter way under circumstance these condi-tions you notice lord gave promise presence
temples built yet uncleanevil crawled those circumstances saints
withstand them done hereiron railway being made carry rocks mountain
wall going here muchelse I1 cannot express you through letter short
new world already clothed cheerful countenanceantiquity diligent inhabitants fulfilling character
little diligent creatures whose name given placedeseret translated honeybee
here four cities already established dedicatedinhabited being built surprisingly fast great salt lake cityogden city 40 miles north provo city 46 milessouth manti city 13012 miles south salt lakecity ie place first called san pete coaches
prepared established run each week hereogden service begin soon spring arrives bridges
made across rivers road madewhole distance several settlements established
here across utah valley north cornervalley mills made winter short
valleys mountains hundreds miles already aliveinhabitants
trans documents td24 capt D jones wm phillips 219
surprising gathering here easternworld think nearly inhabitants lefthome between saints come here thou-sands come through here country gold
unrivalled commotion going least besides com-pany containing many families I1 know exactly how manyfar 100 under presidency ofgoagG smith emigrated
great salt lake valley little salt lake valleyjanuary together preparations tools advantageous
establishing settlement valley I1 mentionedmy journey place where kept our wagons etc tooksupplies year seeds every kind corn etc intent
raise supplies mainly satisfy thousands miners ironcoal etc intended send next summer makeiron etc government here now making plans beginiron railway great salt lake valley little salt lakevalley soon intended drive through
port san diego pacific ocean amasa lymancharles C rich two apostles now city preparingnumerous company now leave settlewilliams ranch near los angeles within 40 miles port
mentioned rich healthful country temperateclimate said never frost snow fruits
tropics produced abundantlyyou see these movements propheciesimaginings I1 wrote you before being quickly
fulfilled purpose open waysaints come here south instead coming alongaccursed waters missouri long painful journey
across land rocky mountains I1 believehalf distance cost time come here
railway finished being hurried along across isthmuspanama ship san diego
along railway place you choose good newsisnt oppressed children zion especiallyremember longing freedom homecoming
hope thousands them earnenough lifetime pay cost come here
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spite I1 better news still faithfulpatient proves great care god servants
children I1 think many view foregoing promisessing weep rejoice grieve alternately say
what good temple ordinances us too poorable go place where worry day
night inability come zion enjoyprivileges saints take heart poor people wales you
lost your poverty arm your godshortened gather poor
corners earth although curse thousandsheads those poor persons whose cost paid zion
dishonesty unkindness yet doclose ways god nor prevent work prosper-ing instead way gathering poor societyestablished here sponsored government B youngpresiding through gifts already tens thousands
dollars purpose gather poor here wherework public works until pay backreceived bishop hunter others deputized sentstates returned fall hundreds remnants
those poor nauvoo etc incomework returned treasury increases timebesides continuous contributions until I1 hope beneficialeffects felt even britain wales before longbehold you poor people proof I1 promised throughgod you I1 you leftbehind your poverty rejoice then faithful
patient until you sentanother bit news I1 tell you ourselves
place begun build temple agreedmatter I1 doubt what finished beforeend next summer abundance already promised
our joy even fullernews respect madociansMadoc ians besides
I1 wrote account my journey I1 heard fallcity gentleman lived mexico wayhome states through here few years ago
trans documents d24td242 capt D jones wm phillips 221
found journey nation white people describedthem very similarly way ward others described them
settling same place respecthouses either hewn rock built rocknook between high rocks impossible get except through
narrow descent climb ladders topshouses outside go down them ceiling
bottom others say things differentfriends welcomed midst 300 young womencoming dressed petticoats white pettigownspettigownsheads adorned flowers etc each little pouch
indian corn flour scattered along pathbefore them custom shows abundance togethergenerosity kindness filled needs cheaply
went awaybesides col doniphan missouri announced part
army mexican war proclaiming peace offeredservice restore peace among neighboring indianslost way time came across
white people received them welcome winteredspring escorted soldiers santa fe
kindness col sent regiment accompany them home safelypublished story newspapers states
I1 privilege seeing them said meread account together two treatises
published travelers midst formerassures me I1 know how welsh spokethese accounts agree remarkably peculiarities them
even explicitly I1 understood through indians visitus here elders used go almost every summer
south ten day journey trade whitepeople say make wear clothes similarmormonscormonsMormons women much fairer
work earth plough large fat horseiron plough implements horses kind strongweb own making showed me wool blankets
bought similar home spun walesmake several colors black rows blue white
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others these indians say rather superstitiousbelieve divinersdividersdiviners wizards etc man rides home
forest huge piece wood without anything visiblepulling along poor things superstitiousthese indians I1 expect history per-sons midst return you shall ampleraccount yet bro davis complained pieces longyear I1 fear you same mind now I1
do end either feast famine between us stillcannot otherwise now I1 must end feasting
accounts I1 you udgomudgorn etc until next fallseems I1 shall expect feast through receiving your stories
year through udgornudgom comprehensive lettersI1 shall expect many you
families came here alive healthy farI1 heard cannot help do well country
try several welshmenwelshmerWelsh men came through here countrygold them welsh went thomas johnI1 am pleased see names my old zealous brethren
workerscoworkers thomas pugh howell williams T gilesdavid john thomas rees john thomas eli edwards robertevansevansjosjos davies D williams wm williams family etcetc space name them halfclose my heart always yourself mydear brethren john davis wm howells I1 translatedletter published deseret news requestpres B young I1 intend write him soon let him hear
letter pray him do I1 every day my warmest loveabove brethren families together my acquaintances
dear saints my chief wish youzealous meek godly pray continually each
success zion your unworthy brother lorddan jones
letter elizabeth lewis john davistd25
manti 185111851.118511851.18511
dear brother gospelmy excuse writing you I1 am sure where my
parents my relatives living now alive youtell them me I1 promised many my dear
friends saints others I1 write herehappenings nature country inhabitantsreligion professed many promised believe my testimonyhere I1 testified mormonism still seemed true althoughdelay believe until then wise yet I1 consider my duty
fulfill my promises them thus your permission givespace columns udgornvdgorn I1 still hope though
afar help them break debate mindsrespect country general briefly space
does allow me go detail mountainous countrybroken valleys great small rich lovely rowshigh rocky wooded snowy cold looking mountains
contrast rich meadows summerlikesummer like weatheraround feet without exception form majestic sight
present inhabitants besides remnants several tribesindians live almost inhumanly unnoticed along
lowlands hills saints like myself immigratedhere different parts world without assistance
world almost except freedom elementsnatural condition hope stimulate them here enjoyfreedom worship god something forbiddenthem almost every part world took holdsomething without shape already peopleindependent world possessing fulnessfalness maintenance
fruit own labors peacefreedom priceless
our officials temporal spiritual amongst ourselveslaws like subjects receive justice needless say these
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inhabitants religious nothing else fashionable much less
tolerable here here four cities speedily being builtinhabited containing already thousands tensthousands inhabitants country surrounding respect
agriculture looks similar wales except fieldsricher flatter bit larger fields containing thousandsacres every craft thriving schools every settlementworship houses numerous full sabbath worshipersnormal health enjoyed throughout settlements peacereigns through regions altogether I1 cannot say half whatI1 feel what I1 see rights enjoyment mention
religious privileges these saved inhabitantsI1 see temporal advantages these valleys my
thoughts escape back frequently compare conditions myfellow nation wales poor ground rentshard taxes makes hard world ease
fulnessfalness freedom enjoy here moderatediligence I1 understand plagues choleraschelerascho leras
disease deaths thefts murders ravag-ing mankind bitteringembitteringem sweetest pleasures I1 cannothelp worry here thousands I1 know
nothing make my happiness completeenjoy welsh company here
respect religion truthfulness I1 testifiedmuch I1 testify firmly today ever
true gospel ofjesusjesus christ strength I1 get addi-tional testimony continually I1 get
set truthfulness beyond doubt my mindlong time ago my friends hear my testimonynow stronger my exhortations
intense far them get baptized servantsgod remission sins saved kingdom
god oh you my dear relatives believe my testimonywise your own benefit you my acquaintances whom I1 implored
much your obedience plan god save mankinddistance may inducement strengthen you
break argument better you obeyordinances heaven take pains try conduct yourselves
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zealously according human traditions agecontrast mere shadows substance choose goodpart saved my constant prayer
remember me lovingly my dear parents my brothersmy gentle sisters you see them faithful saints hop-ing see them here soon like doves coming windows
welsh came here same time I1 did alivehealthy successful far I1 know my own family
I1 thanks grantor blessings enjoying excellenthealth cheerful prospects ahead health our dear pres
capt jones better diligence every waykeeps him feeble likely write you himself severalothers whom you shall detailed accountI1 give you capt jones elected mayor chiefjusticechief justice
manti city lately I1 am your sister gospel christelizabeth lewis
letter great salt lake cityeditor udgorn
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great salt lake city january 31 1852dear brother davis
delight pleasure I1 write you again far westhoping little paper reach you safely youenjoying health temporal spiritual success wish
your old friend earlier time llanybydder comes mindoften small babies newly born fold goodshepherd great joy felt time
four us holding our meetings my old home glantrenfawrasking great things our kind father greater
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our joy get answerrequested knew time our closestneighbors our relatives whom loved dearly bereft
those truths already come knowlong before others enlisted under
same banner ourselves our neighbors complainedtime old captain jones said deceived us
promised him etc neithernor anyone else prove word truth day
time several faithful brethren came us ie brother abelevans thomas harries others great benefit
us through valuable counsels greater experiencechurch jesus christ
condition increasing gradually father lies childrenraged greatly against us until came target scorn
nearby reverends worked our good youremember letter I1 received capt D daviesdolaudelau threatening me greatly religion I1 professedcalling saints poor things damned night deepersleadeth people away down hell lord saw fit blessus proportion persecution sufferedtoo lengthy me now mention old daniel blindcruel persecutors I1 know shall receive justiceforthcoming day secrets hearts examined
forgive me dear brother writing you knewalready pleasure me write remember former times
now I1 venture give our story here you severalnation welshmenwelshmerWelshmen came here fall them
enjoying excellent health shortly came here I1
honor baptizing eighteen them same dayconfirmed my own house I1 baptized them lord
poured spirit them abundantly usadministered extraordinary manner wonder feel good
love joy dwell every heart ordinance baptismnecessary saints obey coming here our reveredpres brigham young counselors twelve gaveobedience above ordinance came here renewing
covenants lord live faithfully etc everything
trans documents td26 letter great salt lake city 227111217
going along well here storehouse lord being filledquickly anticipate blessings continually
promise our side lord said through prophetI1 open you windows heaven pour you
blessing shall room enough receivehosts saints year received endowments endow-ments continue given again year several welsh
extremely high honor receiving them I1 say youbro davis blessed those humble faithful I1 fullybelieve you many blessingsthem hitherto I1 do possess words
expression describe excellence glory wisdomholy order my master my goodly father set bring
children receive inheritance eternal life several largehouses built here year church preparations
now being made make large walls around temple blocksoon doubt excellent temple seen here kind
seen dispensation saints continuefaithful present diligence faithfulness
success matter wonder worldknknowow what say think us admit
something wondrous us oh wiseunderstood invisible hand lord protect-
ing keeping children daily although suffers enemiessaints persecute them place place city
city until finally persecuted them wilderness1000 miles settlements white people good
far them may calm here worship ourgod hurt us make us afraid mobs
missouri illinois too far do hear quietcity here cruel blasphemies ie deceivers satanists falseprophets etc etc oh how lovely dwelling brotherstogether far phariseesPharis ees hypocrites agematter how far several gentiles come ussick yellow fever desirous gathering beforegolden god lower california stay here short timewhy spirit living god reigns here fearterror horror sinners zion yet baptize
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occasional those honest heart bloodephraim comes here midst happy rejoice
us salvation our god I1 see you here dearbrother doubtless you like great source light
knowledge crystalline waters goes quicklyfour corners earth yet perhaps duty calls you stay
while you lose nothing loss thoserefuse come here way open them come
how sweet listen counsels our president brighamcounselors together twelve turn show
clearly our duties church great rewardcomes carrying them what wisdom colleges
world compared god father sonjesusson jesus christstrong deeds holy ghost I1 answer nothing
wisdom natural earthly do think thingsabove oppose godly wisdom power god
our age just did every age priesthoodearthI1 must finish you see letter worthy appearing
your udgomudgorn you welcome use appearsudgorn I1 say again those saints read flee flee
zion according counsel servants godpresidency wales I1 wish very much hear my relativesmy father david my brother my sister sarah
started toward here I1 wish family ofcefncrwthcefncrwth Meidmeldrimrimsend letter me I1 very much love see them here
I1 hope what I1 said them stay mindsI1 wish my mother law send letter me frequently mywife joins me together bro benjaminjonesbeniaminbenjaminjones sadlerrichard jones sending fond regards you bro thomasharries
farewell while dear brotheryour humble servant
thomas jeremy
letters capt D jonestd27
manti city may 1 1852esteemed brother phillips
extended delay I1 again write remind youbeloved saints wales I1 am still alive here continuing
enjoyment many privileges blessings temporalspiritual cause delay pres youngs counsel me
october prepare mission wales I1 expectedcarry my own letter however together scores
brethren came through here yesterday visit southern settle-ments instructed me prepare search further
madociansMadocians next fall said lately heard quitenumber interesting stories them too long
report letter I1 shall follow instructionsdear brother you your important missionmission occupy my
thoughts my prayers frequently causes small com-fort me hear through letters etc lord keepingyou strengthening you through spirit lead church
success hear I1 say unity charity prosper-ing point attracting sinners obey gospel christ
doubt welsh understood what being enjoyed heretogether things await themreadily obey nation god arranged throughfoolishness preaching saving those believe
must believe your witness before see through veilbetween them future destiny way
doubt you await stories me time bestthese inhabitants these valleys enjoying
general health peace countenance father smilesthem possessions labor temporally speak-
ing enjoy privileges blessings enlightenmentknowledge god our father great plan salvationcontinually church never before seen
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unanimous devotion unwavering general determinationbuild kingdom ofjesusjesus through these valleys now
enthusiastic unity zeal brought down heavenconference blessings knowledge ever before
natives live around settlements peaceful nowkingdom come our midst here coming our ancestorsdesired much enjoy part agriculture fruitful
storehouses country overflowed laborabundance wheat obtained between 2 4 shill-
ings per 60 pound bushel cheese 6 pence 10 pence butter10 pence 1 shilling horses cheaper ever here horned
stock continue previous prices clothes doubleamerican prices shortage money here presently
causes merchants part transport goodsgold mines here
brave efforts favor independence wholeworld markets through increase home skills
already large part inhabitants making ownclothes necessities insofar climate allows materials
grow settlements continually spreadingsouth where everything produced produced
climate while peace protection continue homecover these valleys present neither you nor need
uneasy jealousy fury appearingagainst us states part our fathers footstool
respect immigration here year roomdoubt longer far beyond past year
through states preparations being made here send scoresseveral hundred wagons meet immigrants traveling
foot along way thousands food etctaken them halfway states
respect emigration wales you doubtgetting pertinent counsel presidency liverpool yetI1 shall add consideration emigrating saints
let them strive keep spirit god themlose spirit gathering forget inciting purposes
nor final selection arriving here gatheringstrong wind blessed keeps sights diligently
trans documents d27td272 letters capt Dbjonesdjonesjones 231
objective I1 am sorry understand welsharrived great salt lake year starting alreadystarted off gold mines contrary counsel die4 yellowtyellow fever lust gold called two choices
better saints live die faithful here goparadise lose future glory trying gather fail-ing I1 received letter thomas giles lately caused megreat comfort thank him me I1 shall try repay himbefore long writing him I1 letter yousince I1 saw you pleasure seeing your name your ownhand pleasing gift fruit stones I1 received half
those you sent thank you very much themI1 havent heard bro davis long time what
reason I1 received udgornudgom except first volumefew issues nearly two years old H evans
nearly my old colleagues died way heremy family well welsh what I1 hear greetdear saints me lovingly may gracious lord bless them
you bro davis pugh etc I1 myself bless you amenI1 am yours etc
D jones
dear brother davisI1 received comforting letter lately my brother edward
shows spirit saint longing desireimmigrate zion earnestly beseeches me assist himI1 I1 wrote him back ask you you hand moneyowing me kind present himreception good money me
I1 am short money here I1 muchpound year I1 am grateful sufficient
food peace enjoy1I depend you brother phillips faithful saints
do your best me according your customary kind-ness please convey thanks me my wife margarettjonesmargarett jones
delightful present little pair shoes stockingsour baby reached us greatly neededleather here price world neither
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likely available until made here I1 hearmade salt lalakeke
thanks your letters you sent time agobooks I1 desire nothing hear course
gospel dear wales I1 very glad hear fre-quentlyquent ly may wise god bless you charity wisdom
eternal success my sincere daily prayer my wife mychildren enjoying good health thank goodnessjoin me remembering you your family bro phillips
family beloved pugh together our acquaintancesespecially saints soon shall meet you here like wheatgathered barn before coming adversity
you give me news my brotherjohnbrothebrother rjohnjohn I1 heardhim since I1 left except letter daughter
sarah two years ago edward way hereI1 hope I1 rather expect see three you here beforeI1 return yet according mind counsel
him owns usI1 hope hear much you before I1 start south
fall search welsh indians I1 shall repaynews likely I1 heard you published doctrine
covenants together book mormon welsh oh t
how glad I1 see them may author endow youwisdom important work say 1I 1I must make end
now you see bidding farewell timeyour brother etc
D jones
letter presidents W phillips john davistd28
pottowatamie june 2222 1818525 2
dear brothers phillips davisI1 take present opportunity write you pottowatamiepottowataniewelsh branch begun journey toward great salt lake
valley english french companyfifty wagons make camp divided five groups
ten wagons each group j captain each tenwagons captain whole camp I1 shall name thosewhom you know capt D evans Llanelli first john reesblacksmith formerly near pont haiarn merthyr tydfilsecond H evans former president west glamorgan thirdcoward fourth fifth you do know him williambeddoe brickman formerly pendarenPendaren scribecamp abel evans captain guards writer
servant whole camp I1 written three lettersaccording I1 heard bro evansreached destination
saints good health each tent housewhite snow glad our brothers sisters
many whom know closer us get see truthword like country flowing milk etc
much milk our camp thrown casually bathwaterbathwaterused three four merthyr colliers
use close needrachel rowlands hirwaunHirwaun improving well williams
two daughters camp journey valleytogether thomas morris ann my sister thanks you
sending them across I1 shall make end now you shallour story crossed river
I1 am hastewilliam morgan
letter presidents W phillips andjandaJ davistd29
bear river 80 miles salt lake city20 september 1852
dear brothers phillips davisaccording my promise I1 now take opportunity writing
you second time journey comfor-table journey way far weather unusuallymoderate little rain storms even thoughcrossed mountain 7700 feet above sea level saw
much day snow our way did see lotblack clouds rising wind heard distant thunder
whole heavens above gathering forces sweepus away dared harm us
authority calls stars nameswhose command winds obey parted them handie clouds until went past us every side us
middle without our feeling effects just once twicedid happen
well present little sickness ourjourney four died ie william dafydd Ll anellithomas son william son sister howells aberdareaberdaleAberdare
fell under mothers wagon wheel went chestadministered him through ordinances church
jesus christ according scriptures next nightstrolling around camp fell sick again day twobro taylor myself administered him again diedspite everything everyone died jennet
daughter thomas anne morris cancer you shallaccount our journey reach valley
night our camp bank sulphur creektwo miles here heard morning our dearbrother capt D jones camped bear riverlong you shall learn hearing news before word
pack pick came I1 know nowhere
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journey quicker response call namelit flame love breast everyone toward himnothing else heard through camp bro jones
let us go meet him wasnt long before wheelsturning traveling close mile saw man smallstature walking quickly meet us did know
drew nearer each our joyour dear bro jones customary cheery smile easier
imagine describe our meeting shaking handsembracing weeping kissing went bank riverwhere left horse having traveled twenty thirtymiles during night ahead company order meet us
decided spend day friendship converse eachthings pertaining kingdom our god oh
brethren how sweet words poured lips trueevery word mouth sweet earlier wales
thousand times sweeter here desolate mountainsamerica between eight nine thousand miles wales
I1 must end letter camp getting nearbrothersbrothersjeremyjeremy daniels coming hold penfaithful brethren whom I1 traveled thousands milesbonds love getting near I1 brotherssisters running I1 cannot restrain myself longer beholdeveryone coming back camp heart full joyfull proof truthfulness words how lovely dwell-ing brothers together spent rest day brotherlylove times singing times testifying our determinationslistening teaching three brethren until day wentpast truth told until twelve oclock night
though midst green willows met spiritgod among us took our leave each
fulfill calling full confidence meet againzion camp getting underway farewell now dearbrothers phillips davis
I1 am your brother bonds gospelW morgan
william morgan william phillips andjohnandyjohnjohn davistd30
salt lake city june 25 1852dear brothers phillips davis
according my promise my letter I1 take opportunitygive details account our journey bluffs
lovely place taking our leave brothers jonesdaniels jeremy others ones I1 knew being numerous
ones I1 did know continued our journey ourhearts rejoicing reflecting conversations interesting
edifying counsels received aforementionedbrethren praying our father bless themdangerous goodly endeavors land watermidst our own nation arriving mountain creektraveling three four miles decided rest throughnight where plenty grazing animals sun
hide head west mantle nightdrawing nigh exhorting everyone except watchmen restheard noise wagon coming pellmellpell mell city road
then straining eyes see what comingbefore long lead watchmen shouted welsh saltlake need say again first word piercedthrough us like electric current everyone came near having
race meet them our great joy thomasjones hirwaenHirwaen morgan hughes pontyatesPontyates william sonevan jones mill street aberdareaberdaleAberdare come thirtyforty miles meet us load fruits valleywatermelonswatermelons mushmelonsmushmelons potatoes pickle cucumbers grapes etc
welcome us watchmen came camp accordinglanguage ancient welsh without sword unsheathed
against them put entire load under my care I1
honor dividing load among brothers sisterseven though divider normally gets smallest share I1 got
plenty myself everyone else even though tasteddelicacies during summer went further
trans documents td30yd30 morgan phillips anddavisdavis 237
foot mountain next day second day crossedsecond mountain seen here time reachedexpanse between second mountain first
multitude brethren awaiting us samepresents received brethren I1 shall name
them john parry newmarket son dl leighowen roberts thomas james cadwaladrcadwaladar owens etc too many
name reached city day septemberhealthy our hearts thankful our father privilege
traveled 1113013 0 miles without civilized man owning furrowland except two places ie fort laramie fort bridger
except these two places under governmentvarious indian tribes buffaloes thousands them
unusual see four five hundred them herd com-ing platte river get water killed five them ourjourney meat similar taste welsh beef saltneeded keep smelling bad drying heatsun serves same purpose salt does without
salting indians kindly people behaves kindlytoward them day totally unawares I1 happened come
midst three four hundred them ie siouxmy custom I1 horseback riding front camp
look trail comfortable place lunchhaving gone ahead camp two miles I1 saw twothem coming fast horses carry them meet me
far I1 concerned I1 like king henry sigsipsrpsicsic readysay kingdom horse I1 good underme being camp too late turn backbetter go forward long before indian majesty
myself met another greeted me how do mormongood I1 thought then bad I1 believedI1 went ahead between two chieftains official
pompous dress till arrived campmile half place where met camparranged astronomical manner my opinion biggesttent middle picture sun drawn
something red same kind seen old countryothers pictures I1 did understand
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brought my mind words prophet people wor-ship sun etc since totally ignorant trueliving god behaved toward me extremely gentlemanlyfashion chiefs spread blankets ground motion-ing me sit down smoke what called peace pipe
I1 understood through translator huntington mannerhaving pipe handed around each group like shilling
jug taverns old country handed aroundmembers group each turn takes
drink pipe chief takes two three puffsthen passes next around circle untilchief again refusing sit down them smokesign among them refuses envious well
brother davis how you react you called pipeI1 am confident brother phillips like myself forgotten
take turn camp came took collec-tion them spoonful two sugar cakes etc
majesty accepted our gifts then our camp got under waymyself having shaken hands spoken received suggestions
I1 did understand I1 followed campI1 understood speaking good mormon swappongo although red boys what I1 observejourney completely harmless yet I1 do say
steal chance I1 say muchgoing past thousands them sleeping ourcamp nothing stolen us nor insult ever given
us although journey long I1 considerednothing enjoyment every step way me
everyone fond observing wondersdesert seeing something new every day
since I1 spent winter season city perhaps youlike hear little our history city laid
straight streets north south same east westland square blocks called ten acres
land within each block town between two three miles
answer I1 shall make head pipe chimney mymouth JJ D
trans documents tdatd30td30 morgan phillips davis 239
long two miles wide splendid buildings herestorehouse church 190 feet long three
stories high completed excellent waycouncil house social hall grand buildings addi-tion splendid buildings under construction
intended put hundred masons work summerwall surround temple streets city130 feet wide trees planted between footwalksfootwalks
way vehicles water running every streetplaces turn according wishes inhabitantsflat land city located 30 miles wide200 miles long mountains surrounding every side
snow mountaintopsmountain tops now I1 am toldthroughout year beautiful view
behold foot mountains covered plantsflowers top like white sheeting placed green table
salt lake feet places like transparentglass sun hides face west reflects snow
leaves flowers water sight beautifulbeyond description much snow falls valley idleanimals live through winter flat land founda-tion temple almost finished cornerstone placed
april thought now building readywithin three years
here segment letter brotherjonesBrothebrother jonesrjones bishop hunter
esteemed bishop hunter many my compatriots comingacross 13th company I1 do know condition perhaps
money provision scarce reachvalley I1 shall grateful you furnishing them
needs through hand brother morgans sic I1 shall payyou manti san pete valley I1 am etc D jones
brotherjonesbrotherBrothe jonesrjones gave letter me banks bearriver I1 shall soon forget fatherly care fellownation behalf myself my camp I1 express warmestthanks my brother herojoneshero ojonesjones although none us
need I1 mantimandmantl lately jane little girl
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healthy jane expecting baby day welshcome valley beginning emigration until
now alive well except four ie wife ofdoadD phillipsjane morgan cardiff lucy wife captain evans Llanelli
mary ann widow george davis rhymni twodied childbirth jane cancer I1 do know whatsister phillipss illness died before I1 came valleyeverything going along well these valleys land
crops abundant wheat cut weekdiligent man comes here without shilling pocket threeyears self sufficient misfortune befalls him
plenty work public works those animalswage laborers 3 shillings 3 pence per day
12 shillings 6 pence per day masons price flourstorehouse church 1 pound 5 shillings per hundred
does rise fall price here better placeworkers merthyr tydfil together those
animals plants flowers spring earthsay language here fruitful soil till you shallyour daily bread my paper nearly full my love you yourwives children brotherjonesBrothebrother rjonesjones saints marthawishes remembered you same way
your brother christwilliam morgan
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