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among the tents for his flour. He found in one tent 

 two men who were cooking a piece of mule meat; in 

 another he found five men cutting up the frozen skin 

 of an ox, preparatory to making soup of it, the other 

 ingredient to the savory mess being a Httle flour. 

 Overcome by the sight of so much wretchedness, the 

 major sat down and cried at his inability to assist 

 them. He asked the men if they could obtain nothing- 

 better to eat, and was answered in the negative. The 

 mules and horses were either killed and eaten by the 

 men or died of cold and hunger. But the men did not 

 murmur. Some days a stray creature would be slain 

 by the hunters, and there would be rejoicing in the 

 camp once more. In September, 1858, a large train ar- 

 rived with supplies, causing great joy among the 

 troops." 



The army commenced again to move, causing the 

 stampede of a large number of Mormons towards the 

 Colorado and Mexico. Finally peace commissioners 

 were appointed, the war ended and the Mormons re- 

 turned to their city, and the army was ordered back 

 to the States. 



The state of Utah has wonderful mineral, manufac- 

 turing and agricultural resources. It has an altitude 

 of 4,500 feet above sea level, with a mild and excep- 

 tionally healthy climate. Three rivers of considerable 

 magnitude, the Bear, Webber and Jordan, besides 

 many smaller streams, empty their waters into the 

 Great Salt Lake, wdiich has no visible outlet. Several 

 hundred feet up the sides of the mountains, surround- 

 ing the valley, a shore line is plainly seen, and numer- 

 ous marine shells and other evidences that a vast in- 

 land sea once covered all this region. 



