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him and four more dining with me on Monday. Gave him about 150 pounds of flour and a few potatoes which well-pleased him. I talked considerable with him and he manifested the best spirit I ever saw him do. He says, by and by, he intends settling down by us and cultivating the earth. I talked to him about some of his men killing some 5 Pihedes a short time since, and he said he was mad at them for doing so. Walker was not with the band that lulled the P~hedes, was he over with the Moquitch Indians at the time. Henry Lunt4
The Indians were not very civilized in their manners and customs; yet they retained many honorable traditions of their fathers and were, as a rule, honest in their dealings with the whites. However, there were some renegade bands that did not follow these traditions. The settlers always felt that they should be wary and not be too trusting of the Indians and there were a few incidents that caused the residents to fear their actions. One such experience happened earlier in the winter when an Indian returning ftom Harmony on Wednesday, February 16, delivered a letter to Henry written by John D. Lee and Elisha Groves which contained information that two Mormons had been lulled by Indians. The men had left their wagon and gone a good way off without their guns searching for iron when five Indians attacked them. Brother John Steele and Robert Gallespie, two settlers from Cedar Fort, had gone out looking for scrap iron and when Henry and President Smith went to the Indian's wickiup who had brought the letter, he described the two brethren killed as being these men. The letter stated that the five marauding Indians had gone to the Rio Virgin Indian camp and boasted of their deeds. The band of Indians by Cedar City were very upset about this action. After some discussion, Henry and Smith concluded it would be wise for Brother Smith to return to Parowan and send a well-armed company in search of the brethren to see if the news was true. Seven men from Cedar and ten i?om Parowan left the next morning to search for the missing men. They were detained for a time because they did
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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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