. . . This is a brief account of my return home; on June 5th, 1888, we left Basel, Switzerland for our Westward journey. I was appointed to take charge of the 72 emigrants that were in our company.
On June the 9th at Liverpool, England, 10 a.m. we went aboard the steamer Nevada and set sail for New York City. Quite a lot of us got sick and or trip was not a very pleasant one. We arrived in New York City, June 20th, all well.
At 3 p.m. we took a steamer for Norfolk, Virginia and arrived there on the 21st. Got there one hour after the train pulled out and on this account we were delayed, which was awful. We left Norfolk, Virginia, on June 22nd, and arrived in Denver June 26th. After leaving [p.2] Denver I bought myself a suit, tramps clothing and a bag of tobacco and a pipe to disguise myself so the Deputy marshals would not recognize me when I got home. I arrived in Logan, June 27th and my parents did not know me because of my disguise. After returning home I could only stay with my family one week on account of the crusade against the polygamists. Then I was forced into exile for some time. . . . [p.3]
BIB: Haderlie, Charles Henry. Autobiographical sketch (Ms 12767), pp. 2-3. (CHL)
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