History of Utah: comprising preliminary chapters on the previous history of her founders, accounts of early Spanish and American explorations in the Rocky Mountain region, the advent of the Mormon pioneers, the establishment and dissolution of the provisional government of the State of Deseret, and the subsequent creation and development of the territory . also organized, with the following named members:Henry CI. Sherwood, Thomas Grover, Levi Jackman, John Murdock,Daniel Spencer, Lewis Abbott, Ira Eldredge, Edson Whipple, ShadrachRoundy, John Vance, Willard Snow and Abraham 0. L
History of Utah: comprising preliminary chapters on the previous history of her founders, accounts of early Spanish and American explorations in the Rocky Mountain region, the advent of the Mormon pioneers, the establishment and dissolution of the provisional government of the State of Deseret, and the subsequent creation and development of the territory . also organized, with the following named members:Henry CI. Sherwood, Thomas Grover, Levi Jackman, John Murdock,Daniel Spencer, Lewis Abbott, Ira Eldredge, Edson Whipple, ShadrachRoundy, John Vance, Willard Snow and Abraham 0. Lewis was chosen Dishop. Thus was organized the firstStake of Zion in the Rocky Mountains. A reorganization waseffected after the return of the President from Winter Quarters. The next arrivals in the Valley were from the west. They weremembers of the Mormon Battalion, recently mustered out of servicein California. Soon after their discharge at Los Angeles, eighty-oneof these volunteers, at the earnest solicitation of Governor Mason,previously mentioned, had re-enlisted for six months, i^nd beenordered back to garrison San Diego. The main body started east,and hearing that the Pioneers had entered Salt Lake Valley directedtheir course thither. West of the Sierras they met Samuel Brannanand Captain James Brown, and learned from them that it was Pres-. D /.,. hJ^^ HISTORY OF UTAH. 365 ident Youngs advice for such of the discharged soldiers as werewithout means to remain in California, work through the winter, andcome on to the Valley with their earnings in the spring. According-ly, about half the soldiers returned, some to secure employment atSutters Mills.* and to be heard from a little later in a way notdreamed of that September day. when they turned their faces west-ward and started back for the land of gold. The others continuedon their way. arriving in Salt Lake Valley on the 16th of days later thirty-two of them, including Serjeant Daniel Tyler,tset out for the M
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