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seeming much pleased, and Empey took off his clothes and gave them to the boy in the presence of the old brave. I told the Indian that he and his band must leave off killing our cattle as we passed or they would all be destroyed, as the white men would not bear it. The camp moved about nine miles in 12 to 24 inches of snow, crossing a range of mountains. It was necessary to use double teams on the wagons because of a very dangerous "sidling" hill in the canyon. In consequence, a number of cattle were too tired to continue and were left by the way side. Finally everyone reached the mountain summit and camped on the divide in some cedar trees. There was no water and one "outfit" had a broken wheel, so some of the wagons continued on while 34 stayed behind. The cattle were watered with melted snow. During the trip the vision of both the cattle and men was affected by the brightness of the sun's rays reflecting off of the snow.'6 The group that went ahead reached Cedar Springs (Holden) the next day, a distance of six miles, where there was plenty of water and tolerably good feed. They waited there for the remainder of the company to catch up. The weather was warmer and, according to George A. Smith, "the camp in this snowy desert presented quite a lively appearance." He called them all together in the evening for instructions and later wrote: There was some listening of violins, accordions, hymns, relating of anecdotes and calling of the guard, all of which served to create a pleasant variety. The perfect good humor which prevailed and good health in the company, notwithstanding the severe cold and deep snows which we had to encounter whilst passing over high mountains, which would be no small obstacle even in summer, was really remarkable. On Monday, December 30, they had traveled about three miles when Brother Love broke an iron axle while crossing Explorer's Creek. His wagon was moved on ahead to Camp Creek (Fillmore) in
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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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