Letter to George Albert Smith, 1 February 1861
Great Salt Lake City, .
Brother G. A. Smith—Dear Sir—I will give you
a synopsis of things since you left, as far as I can. First,
upon matters at home. I will say we are all well in the
office, as is your family. The winter has continued up
to this time, with good sleighing, though the snow has
thawed some for several days. Cattle on the west range are
suffering a good deal. I have brought home most of mine
that I could find. J. C. Little's eldest son, Charles, some
14 years old, was buried yesterday. Sick two weeks. Attended by
Dr. Bernhisel. Lung and brain fever. President Young preached
at the funeral, and was much affected. I reported the address in my
journal. On the night of January 30, Hiram Kimball, jun.,
with several other young men, had Catherine Ivins and Anne
Rose in a sleigh, running a race with another sleigh. Kimball's
sleigh turned over and flung the girls on the ice, nearly
killing Miss Rose, nearly broke her head. She was insensible
until this morning. She is some better. Hiram Kimball's
head was bruised badly. A young man of Feramors Little's
was killed in Big Cottonwood Kanyon, by a snow slide, on the
28th ult., while opening a road through the snow. He was
buried on the 30th. Sister Smith received your two letters
