CHAPTER XII

. A Mormon Emigrant Train—The Heart of the Rocky

Mountains—Pure Saleratus—A Natural Ice-House—An Entire Inhabitant—In Sight of “Eternal Snow”—The South Pass—The Parting Streams—An Unreliable Letter Carrier—Meeting of Old Friends—A Spoiled Watermelon—Down the Mountain—A Scene of Desolation—Lost in the Dark—Unnecessary Advice—U.S. Troops and Indians—Sublime Spectacle—Another Delusion Dispelled—Among the Angels

## CHAPTER XIII . Mormons and Gentiles—Exhilarating Drink, and its Effect on

Bemis—Salt Lake City—A Great Contrast—A Mormon Vagrant—Talk with a Saint—A Visit to the “King”—A Happy Simile

## CHAPTER XIV . Mormon Contractors—How Mr. Street Astonished Them—The Case

Before Brigham Young, and How he Disposed of it—Polygamy Viewed from a New Position

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