Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878 : Major Howard Egan's diary, also thrilling experiences of pre-frontier life among Indians, their traits, civil and savage, and part of autobiography, inter-related to his father's . ece among* the silvercoins and asked the doorkeeper how he got that, who said itwas given by Howard Egan for his entrance fee and to helpthem. In 1862 he was made a deputy clerk of the United StatesThird Judicial District Court in and for Utah Territory, as at-tested by the following certificate: c/i /lch^ (Sg-n^^C^tird «-»;3^ 7 S&Ayn^ ^fyOuJw^/t*^ flu^aC (a.^/ a^ ^Aju


Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878 : Major Howard Egan's diary, also thrilling experiences of pre-frontier life among Indians, their traits, civil and savage, and part of autobiography, inter-related to his father's . ece among* the silvercoins and asked the doorkeeper how he got that, who said itwas given by Howard Egan for his entrance fee and to helpthem. In 1862 he was made a deputy clerk of the United StatesThird Judicial District Court in and for Utah Territory, as at-tested by the following certificate: c/i /lch^ (Sg-n^^C^tird «-»;3^ 7 S&Ayn^ ^fyOuJw^/t*^ flu^aC (a.^/ a^ ^Aju ,yCraL y /^a~.«^ O-^cC /^ tiJeaji^ eh/^^ ii^a^oC -3—• --—. V e yClyJ^tJr C^/yi-yc^ /^.^^ Facsimile of Apiiuiutnient as Deputy Clerk of the U. S. Tliird Judicial Court. Many things of interest could be placed liere, but our spaceis too limited and we are more concerned witli the Pioneeringfeatures. If we had all of Fathers papers that were kept dur-ing Mothers lifetime we Avould need several volumes to con-tain them, to say nothing of the many thrilling incidents ofhis life that now cannot be 160 PIONEERING THE WEST SEC. Ill—STORIES OF EARLY SALT —THE COLD SWIM. When I was a boy I thought if any one started for a cer-tain place and backed out it shoAved that they were cowards,and this opinion, has caused me at different times some hard-ships and discomfort. So if any one makes up his mindto do something or go somewhere and it is not really neces-sary, dont act bull-headed and face all kinds of trouble justto say you didnt back out, for in after years, when someailment gets a good hold of you, think what a fool you were,though you didnt at the time, know that it would get it backon you with ten-fold the suffering you first experienced. I could mention a good many times that I should havebacked out, but will tell you of but one at this time. A num-ber of the boys that used to go hunting down Jordan riversaid the}^ never killed anything but they got it. T


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