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previous been over the road in Parley P. Pratt's Company, was appointed Camp Pilot for the group. An Indian interpreter, Thomas S. Wheeler, was with them. John D. Lee was appointed Clerk, and Henry was appointed Assistant clerk in addition to his being President Smith's private secretary. Anson Call and Simon Baker were each made Captains over filly wagon^.^ The Iron County Mission President, George A. Smith, wrote the following about their departure: I left the City of the Great Salt Lake on Saturday, December 7, 1850, on horseback. My first wagon left the city on Friday, December 6, with my wife Zilpha, drove by one of my teamsters, Joseph Millett. Brother Henry Lunt assisted me in fitting up my other wagon on Saturday morning and loading it; I gave him a written order to fetch a cannon from Brother Robinson's, which he accordingly did, and rolled out with my other teamster. It was about 5 p.m. when I started, and I overtook Brother Lunt with my teams stalled in Canyon Creek, in consequence of which we stayed all night at widow Mary Smith's. Not being able to get any of the brethren who are going on this mission to drive one of my teams, I was under the necessity of hiring the above, Joseph Millett, at 16 dollars per month for eight months (he was not quite 17 years old). Sister Smith provided for us and made us very welcome at her house. My boy was very unwell this evening with a violent cold. The weather was very severe and frosty; considerable snow was on the ground. The road was very slippery and bad traveling.' The cannon spoken of was manufactured in France and taken by Napoleon in his siege of Moscow where it was abandoned in his retreat from the burning city. Somehow the cannon was dragged into
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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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