Nov 27, 1871
[FIGURES] This was quite an important day day with me I arose in the morn-
ing & found the snow 3 feet deep on the level & still snowing furiously
& I could see no way to find deliverance for myself & team unless the
Lord opened the way. Evry thing was glomy I had to wallow to my arms
pits in snow to go to my horses or any whare Els. Mr Haven had sent
to Evanston for a car for me the night before by my request but
how to get my waggon & team on to it was the great question I
talked with Mr Haven in the Morning concerning the prospect of Getting
on board of a car. He did not see how it could be done. My waggon
was covered with snow, & some 300 yards from the Depo & No help to
get it there except the Chimamen in the Hands of Carpenter who
was Employed to keep the rail road track clear of snow. I talked
with Carpenter & he said he had no right to take his men from
the rail Road to dig a span of Horses & waggon out of the snow to
get them on board of the cars it was under these circumstances that
I wallowed through 3 feet of snow some 300 yards to My Horses in
the storehouse I went to them rubed them down carressed them
but could not feed them except as it were a morsel I knelt down
& prayed Earnestly to the Lord to Deliver me & my team, it might
be thought a small matter to leave a team to starve to Death & take
the cars & save my own life but my team had saved mine, had wallowed
through the snow some 12 miles to save mine & I felt it my duty to do
all in my power to save theirs. I prayed Earnestly to the Lord to
Deliver me & save my Animals from starvation. The came upon me while Praying & I had a testimony while
praying that my Prayers would be answered & that I should be delivered
I arose from my knees & wallowed some 60 rods through 3 feet of
snow to the Telegraph office & talked with Mr Haven the operator
& Agent at . I told him he must Help Me. The spirit of
the Lord rested upon him & he said he would do all in his
power for my deliverance & we went together to see Mr Carpenter
the same spirit same upon him & he said he would do all He
could he had ten Chinamen with him he told them to take
their shovels & follow him we all went to whare the Horses & waggon
was & it took us some 5 Hours to dig out the waggon & open a road some
400 yards to the Depo & to get our Horses & waggon there we then had to
build a stageing some 10 feet high out of plank to get the Horses up
& covered it with coal sinders when I brought the Horses to it they would
not go up. I them went [t]o Mr Hammer an Apostate Mormon & bitter
at that who had the ownly hay in the place & asked him to sell me 50 cts
worth of Hay. He caught the same spirits of the others went & put up the
hay & carried it for me to the Depo I laid it on the platform at
the Head of the stageing & both of My Horses readily went to it I led
them inside we then went to work & had to take the waggon all to
peaces & lift it up a wheel to [at a] time some 8 feet perpendicular to get it in-
to the store house. when the freight train came along Mr Haven stoped
it & had the Engineer take his Engine & bring up the car 100 yards to the
platform for me to load my Horses & waggon in. I got my Horses in without
difficulty but in trying to get my Box in with the Bows & cover on we got
stuck fast with one End on the platform & the other against the side of the car the
Engineer would not wait any longer but started on with his train &
left me Mr Haven telegraphed to Evanston to send him another Engine
we went to work took the cover & Bows of the waggon Box & got it loaded
& when I got all my things on board & got on board with my
Horses & waggon & myself an Engine came Down from Evanston
& Mr Haven ordered the Engineer to hitch on to that car &
take it to & he done so but did not like it much as He
had to travel something like 160 miles to go to Ogden & back just to take
me down when the car started I bid my Friends good by &
knelt down by the side of My Horses & felt to return harty thanks
to God my for the Deliverance he had wrought out
for me I had wallowed in the snow all day untill I was wet to my
armpits I changed my clothing in the car & rode in the car 65 M[iles]
to Ogden without a fire I arived in Ogden abot 10 oclok I went
to Bishop & spent the night
