The Cala. Mail having arrived last evening, I hasten to
write you a few lines.
Prest. J. M. Grant died here on Monday evg at the
1st Dec at 10:20 twenty minutes past 10, after an illness of about 32
weeks being taken ^seized^ first with chills & Fever then Billious Fever &
died of Lung Fever. it was ^a sudden^ unexpected ^shock^ in Israel. and Prest Grant
was in the bloom prime of life, ^40 years of age^, and in Israelwasa his Priesthood
was truly a mighty man in Israel.
In the Reformation which was going on in Israel
his bow was bent & his quiver full of arrows, which were so well
directed he had becaome a terror to evil doers, & a joy & consolation to
the righteous. Prest. Young addressed the concourse of Saints who
met on the 4th to pay the last mark oftrib tribute of repect to his
earthy remains while when they were to be laid in the silent tomb, & poured lifted up the vail from the peoples ^our^ eyes so that we indeed
felt Jedediah was not gone, but he was still with us ^& near us^ in the
great work of the last days.
The Hand cart com Prest. Martin's company of ^ the last^
^of the^ hand carts arrived on the 30 Nov ultobeing the last of the hand cart
many with frozen ^fingers^ feet & limbs & fingers having encountered ^an unusual^ such severity
of weather even for these mountains. We were happy to see them
nothwithstanding their sufferings & hardships unequalled by any previous emmigration
The last [oxt] train Company are left at Bridger after caching much of their goods at the Devils Gate, being
only able to gain that point, withot all the assistance &that
could be raised to help ^them^ both from here & at Fort Supply
^Horse & mule^ Teams with Flour, & oats & Hay have gone to bring them in
the cost of this seasons immigration on the Saints in the Mt^n^s ishas been vast, besides theis suffering & for teams to start as they
have done last week & go into these mountains where it has been
freezing hard for six weeks past & snowing more or less all the time
is like men taking their ^own^ lives & ^that of their animals^ in their hands & going to the rescue
of their brethren. When the hand cart cops have arrived the Saints have opened their
Houses & treated them as tho' they were indeed their brothers
The Missionaries appointed in the various wards of this city
to preach repentance to the Saints & get them to live their religion
report the ppl are awaking to righteousness, putting on the armour
of God, and determining God helping them to prepare for the
The Cala. Mail having arrived last evening, I hasten to
write you a few lines.
Prest. J. M. Grant died on Monday evg the
1st Dec at twenty minutes past 10, after an illness of about2
weeks being seized first with chills & Fever then Billious Fever &
died of Lung Fever. it was a sudden unexpected shock in Israel. Prest Grant
was in the prime of life, 40 years of age, and in his Priesthood
was truly a mighty man in Israel.
In the Reformation which was going on in Israel
his bow was bent & his quiver full of arrows, which were so well
directed he had become a terror to evil doers, & a joy & consolation to
the righteous. Prest. Young addressed the concourse of Saints who
met on the 4th to pay the last tribute of repect to his
earthy remains when they were to be laid in the silent tomb, &
lifted up the vail from our eyes so that we indeed
felt Jedediah was not gone, but he was still with us & near us in the
great work of the last days.
Prest. Martin's company the last
of the hand carts arrived on the 30 Nov ulto
many with frozen fingers feet & limbs having encountered an unusual severity
of weather even for these mountains. We were happy to see them
nothwithstanding their sufferings & hardships unequalled by any previous emmigration
The last oxt train Company are left at Bridger after caching much of their goods at the Devils Gate, being
only able to gain that point, with all the assistancethat
could be raised to help them both from here & at Fort Supply
Horse & mule Teams with Flour, & oats & Hay have gone to bring them in
the cost of this seasons immigration on the Saints in the Mtns
has been vast, besides theis suffering & for teams to start as they
have done last week & go into these mountains where it has been
freezing hard for six weeks past & snowing more or less all the time
is like men taking their own lives & that of their animals in their hands & going to the rescue
of their brethren. When the hand cart cops have arrived the Saints have opened their
Houses & treated them as tho' they were indeed their brothers
The Missionaries appointed in the various wards of this city
to preach repentance to the Saints & get them to live their religion
report the ppl are awaking to righteousness, putting on the armour
of God, and determining God helping them to prepare for the
"Letter to the Editor of the Standard, 7 December 1856," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/ElAk