30.04.2013 Views

History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

THE TROOPS APPROACH. 513<br />

United States troops, and report to headquarters. On<br />

the 22d <strong>of</strong> September the colonel, accompanied by<br />

three others, the remainder <strong>of</strong> his command being ordered<br />

to return slowly toward Salt Lake City, selecting<br />

on their way the best points for a defensive campaign,<br />

encountered the vanguard <strong>of</strong> the army <strong>of</strong> <strong>Utah</strong>,<br />

in the vicinity <strong>of</strong> Devil's Gate, thence accompanied<br />

them to Camp Winfield, on Ham Fork, and afterward<br />

proceeded to Fort Bridger.<br />

The <strong>Utah</strong> Campaign.<br />

A few days later General Wells, in command <strong>of</strong><br />

1,250 men, supplied with thirty days' rations, established<br />

his headquarters at Echo Canon, a defile<br />

some twenty-five miles in length, and whose walls are<br />

in places almost within pistol-shot <strong>of</strong> each other.<br />

Through this canon, the Mormons supposed, lay<br />

the path <strong>of</strong> the invading army, the only means <strong>of</strong><br />

avoiding the gorge being by a circuitous route northward<br />

to Soda Springs, and thence by way <strong>of</strong> Bear<br />

Kiver Valley, or the Wind Biver Mountains. On<br />

the western side <strong>of</strong> the canon dams and ditches were<br />

constructed, by means <strong>of</strong> which the road could be submerged<br />

to a depth <strong>of</strong> several feet; at the eastern side

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!