James Brigham Wright was born 2nd of February 1845 in Manchester, County of Lancaster, England. The eldest son of Sarah Ann Brett, he was illegitimate and when his mother married Andrew Wright, 16 December 1849, he took his stepfather's name of Wright.
James walked the entire distance across the plains in the ill-fated Edward Martin Handcart Company. One day as the Handcart Company was on the way, James was not feeling well and he felt he could not walk any farther so he walked out by the side of the road and sat down by a mosquito bush and was soon fast asleep. The company went on, no one missing him. When the company camped for the night his mother missed him and went to the captain. The captain was very angry as they were all extremely tired after the hard day's travel, but he sent some men after James. When James woke up he saw a pair of very bright eyes staring at him. When the men found him, they saw him sitting by the bush and the wolves walking around him. He said he wasn't afraid as he had prayed to his Heavenly Father to save him and send some one after him. When they returned to camp the captain was going to whip him as it was dangerous to leave the company and he had caused a lot of trouble for all who were so weary. But his mother said, "No, you are not going to whip him, as he is sick".
Another time James said the best meal he ever ate or the one that tasted the best was, as the company was traveling, some cattle or oxen would give out and could not go any further so they would kill them for beef. One day they were on a little creek and took the animal down to the water to clean it. After it was all over, James and a few other boys went down where they had butchered the oxen, and got the entrails of the animal, cut in small pieces about 6 inches long, turned them inside out and washed them clean in the creek then cooked them over a fire. The Captain was exceedingly angry with them as the boys could have killed themselves they were so hungry, for they were extremely short on food and had been rationed down to one quarter of a pound of meal a day for cakes or hotcakes and they were like small pancakes.
James walked the entire distance across the plains in the ill-fated Edward Martin Handcart Company. One day as the Handcart Company was on the way, James was not feeling well and he felt he could not walk any farther so he walked out by the side of the road and sat down by a mosquito bush and was soon fast asleep. The company went on, no one missing him. When the company camped for the night his mother missed him and went to the captain. The captain was very angry as they were all extremely tired after the hard day's travel, but he sent some men after James. When James woke up he saw a pair of very bright eyes staring at him. When the men found him, they saw him sitting by the bush and the wolves walking around him. He said he wasn't afraid as he had prayed to his Heavenly Father to save him and send some one after him. When they returned to camp the captain was going to whip him as it was dangerous to leave the company and he had caused a lot of trouble for all who were so weary. But his mother said, "No, you are not going to whip him, as he is sick".
Another time James said the best meal he ever ate or the one that tasted the best was, as the company was traveling, some cattle or oxen would give out and could not go any further so they would kill them for beef. One day they were on a little creek and took the animal down to the water to clean it. After it was all over, James and a few other boys went down where they had butchered the oxen, and got the entrails of the animal, cut in small pieces about 6 inches long, turned them inside out and washed them clean in the creek then cooked them over a fire. The Captain was exceedingly angry with them as the boys could have killed themselves they were so hungry, for they were extremely short on food and had been rationed down to one quarter of a pound of meal a day for cakes or hotcakes and they were like small pancakes.
James Brigham Wright was born 2nd of February 1845 in Manchester, County of Lancaster, England. The eldest son of Sarah Ann Brett, he was illegitimate and when his mother married Andrew Wright, 16 December 1849, he took his stepfather's name of Wright.
James walked the entire distance across the plains in the ill-fated Edward Martin Handcart Company. One day as the Handcart Company was on the way, James was not feeling well and he felt he could not walk any farther so he walked out by the side of the road and sat down by a mosquito bush and was soon fast asleep. The company went on, no one missing him. When the company camped for the night his mother missed him and went to the captain. The captain was very angry as they were all extremely tired after the hard day's travel, but he sent some men after James. When James woke up he saw a pair of very bright eyes staring at him. When the men found him, they saw him sitting by the bush and the wolves walking around him. He said he wasn't afraid as he had prayed to his Heavenly Father to save him and send some one after him. When they returned to camp the captain was going to whip him as it was dangerous to leave the company and he had caused a lot of trouble for all who were so weary. But his mother said, "No, you are not going to whip him, as he is sick".
Another time James said the best meal he ever ate or the one that tasted the best was, as the company was traveling, some cattle or oxen would give out and could not go any further so they would kill them for beef. One day they were on a little creek and took the animal down to the water to clean it. After it was all over, James and a few other boys went down where they had butchered the oxen, and got the entrails of the animal, cut in small pieces about 6 inches long, turned them inside out and washed them clean in the creek then cooked them over a fire. The Captain was exceedingly angry with them as the boys could have killed themselves they were so hungry, for they were extremely short on food and had been rationed down to one quarter of a pound of meal a day for cakes or hotcakes and they were like small pancakes.
James walked the entire distance across the plains in the ill-fated Edward Martin Handcart Company. One day as the Handcart Company was on the way, James was not feeling well and he felt he could not walk any farther so he walked out by the side of the road and sat down by a mosquito bush and was soon fast asleep. The company went on, no one missing him. When the company camped for the night his mother missed him and went to the captain. The captain was very angry as they were all extremely tired after the hard day's travel, but he sent some men after James. When James woke up he saw a pair of very bright eyes staring at him. When the men found him, they saw him sitting by the bush and the wolves walking around him. He said he wasn't afraid as he had prayed to his Heavenly Father to save him and send some one after him. When they returned to camp the captain was going to whip him as it was dangerous to leave the company and he had caused a lot of trouble for all who were so weary. But his mother said, "No, you are not going to whip him, as he is sick".
Another time James said the best meal he ever ate or the one that tasted the best was, as the company was traveling, some cattle or oxen would give out and could not go any further so they would kill them for beef. One day they were on a little creek and took the animal down to the water to clean it. After it was all over, James and a few other boys went down where they had butchered the oxen, and got the entrails of the animal, cut in small pieces about 6 inches long, turned them inside out and washed them clean in the creek then cooked them over a fire. The Captain was exceedingly angry with them as the boys could have killed themselves they were so hungry, for they were extremely short on food and had been rationed down to one quarter of a pound of meal a day for cakes or hotcakes and they were like small pancakes.
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