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dirt . . . which every man is said to eat in his lifetime. It filled our eyes too, and our ears, and our nostrils. It was in the food; it sprinkled the pancakes; it was in the syrup that we poured over them. Half suffocated were we by it, during some night wind, as we lay beneath our wagons. 0, ye sand hills of the Platte . . . indeed, we have cause to remember. Oh, what a joy it was after a 1 1 1 day's experience of dust and toil to plunge into the cooling cleansing waters of spring or stream. Oh the Platte! The gathering storm . . . the unbroken prairies! Magnificent, the clouds! Countless in numbers almost were the graves, on plain and mountain, those silent witnesses of death by the way. The mounds were to be seen in all imaginable places. Each day we passed them singly or in groups, by the banks of streams, on grassy hillocks, in the sands, beneath groves of trees, or among piles of rock the graves were made. The night drives were among the most trying experiences upon the overland journey. Usually they were made necessary to us f?om the drying up of some spring or stream where we had expected to make our evening camp, and the consequent lack of water for the people as well as cattle made it necessary to go forward. Yes, to the emigrant company of those days the drying up of a stream was often of serious import. Water enough might have been carried to quench the thirst of human beings, but what of the many cattle? The ox that suffers too much from thirst becomes a dangerous animal. Let him scent in the distance the coveted water, and who shall curb his strength? How nearly we met with disaster fiom this same cause. Almost useless were the brakes; how fiercely the thirst tortured animals strained at their yokes. It was a pitifid sight, and as we approached, boulder-strewn edge of the stream, our position was somewhat
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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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