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saving weeks in travel and the hard labor of blazing a new trail. They had in mind the moving of the people who would come after them. The route they chose was somewhat shorter than the other trail, with a better grade. Further, the greater part of the emigrants going west on the Oregon Trail were from Missouri and were old enemies of the Mormons. By going north of the Plane the Mormons would avoid contacts which might have proved unplea~ant.~~ The company that Henry was part of traveled only a few miles a day, but the monotony was broken by many unusual events. They had to watch their teams to keep them from mingling with the buffalo. The following statement was written in one account of the trip: "We journeyed among herds of buffaloes and were not at any time out of sight of them. They had eaten the grass to such an extent that there was little remaining for the cattle, and timber was also scarce." Prairie fires also had to be dealt with. The company had to scout ahead to find spots where there was feed and the grass was not burned. Fortunately, the Mormon exodus occurred at a time when the Indians of the plains were at peace with the whites. The hendly anitude of the Mormon emigrants toward their "red brothers" caused the latter to gradually distinpsh between Mormons and other white men. But there was still fear, as there were always exceptions. In the evening they camped on the banks of the Plane where they formed a semicircle. The river was on one side as a defense and one of the four wheels of each wagon was driven up to the back wheel of the wagon ahead forming a corral for the horses and cattle as well as providing security from the Indians. They often had problems with the stampeding of the cattle which usually occurred when they were forming camp. These stampedes were so dangerous and fiequent that they outweighed the fear of Indians.24 One traveler wrote: Day after day we trudged along and day after day the red hills of sandstone looked down upon us; and the prairie, like the desert, stretched out its illimitable distance. The days grew into weeks; the weeks became months. During that time surely we ate, each of us, the peck of dirt . . . if sand may be classed as
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| Title | Henry Lunt: biography and history of the development of Southern Utah and settling of Colonia Pacheco, Mexico |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Subject | Lunt, Henry, 1824-1902; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Biography of Henry Lunt, including the early settlement of Cedar City, Utah and establishment of the Iron Works. |
| Source | Henry Lunt |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1996 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Contributors | Researched by: Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Publisher | Published by the author: Jones, Evelyn K. |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lunt.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1072.cpd |
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