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CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH. Tuis is not the place to commemorate the trials and privations endured by the immigrant Mormons before they came to their final haven. From the shores of the Mississippi to the western slopes of the Rocky Mount- ains they had struggled on with a constancy almost un- paralleled in history. The savage man and the savage beast, hunger, thirst, fatigue, and disease—every i1m- pediment which Nature could place in the way, had all been overcome with Anglo-Saxon tenacity Yet the long journey and the accumulated terrors had shaken the hearts of the stoutest among them. There was not one who did not sink upon his knees in heartfelt prayer when they saw the broad valley of Utah bathed in the sunlight beneath them, and learned from the lips of their leader that this was the promised land, and that these virgin acres were to be theirs forevermore. Young speedily proved himself to be a skillful admin- istrator as well as a resolute chief. Maps were drawn and charts prepared, in which the future city was sketched out. All around farms were apportioned and allotted in proportion to the standing of each individual. The tradesman was put to his trade and the artisan to his calling. In the town streets and squares sprang up as 105 CORNICLOOO @ SS (C©