. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . tmountain walls reecho its call to the adventurous hosts who haveplanted its banners on their lofty heights. It is a wilderness no grass and wild flowers have disappeared, and the lone hut ofthe settler, upon which that storm-cloud burst that December morningso many years ago, but in their stead stands a flower of civilization,the city of Sevier, the home of strongmen and brave women, wh
. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . tmountain walls reecho its call to the adventurous hosts who haveplanted its banners on their lofty heights. It is a wilderness no grass and wild flowers have disappeared, and the lone hut ofthe settler, upon which that storm-cloud burst that December morningso many years ago, but in their stead stands a flower of civilization,the city of Sevier, the home of strongmen and brave women, who havetunneled the mountains, unfolded its golden wealth and smitten thelion that stood in the pathway of human progress. Others havereaped the wealth that might have been mine; but I have no have earned it by the right of conquest. Not the conquest ofbattle and carnage, but the victory won by the stern conflict of manwith the forces of nature. They have broken the wild mountain bar-riers, and opened the way for the tide of wealth and happiness thatChristianity links with the stalwart arm of industry. Generations yetunborn will reap where they have sown, and I say, God bless them!. MORMON HERD, SOUTHERN UTAH. 349 CHAPTER XXIV. CHRISTMAS EVE IX ROUND VALLEY-NO BED TO SLEEP ON-BEATING OF DRUMSAND FIRING OF GUNS IN HONOR OF CHRISTMAS MORNINO-THE TERRIBLESTORM IN THE MOUNTAINS-THE MORMON FORT IN THE WILDERNESS, THECITY OF REFUGE-THE HOSPITALITY OF ITS KIND-HEARTED KEEPER-HISBEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER-THE RIDE TO FILLMORE CITY- TO BEAVER-TO BUSINESS BISHOP OF BEAVER-THE MORMON BALL AT FILL-MORE CITY-THE BELLES OF FILLMORE CITY-OUR DANCE-NARROW ESCAPE—THE RIVER FORDED-RETURN TO SALT LAKE-SPIES ON OUR TRACK. After crossing the Sevier our road led to the uplands, and ourcourse was quite hilly. In these higher altitudes snow had mingledwith the rain, and the ground was covered with quite a depth. Thiswas a grazing country, and herds of fat and lean cattle wrere seen
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