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it for tea and tobacco. Henry and Brother Carmthers gave him what he asked for. A few days before, John D. Lee and Charles Dalton and their wives had brought thirteen cheeses to Henry for the Iron Works. The charge was 25 cents per pound.6 As provisions were getting scarce, Matthew Carmthers and Father Whittaker went to Parowan on July 15, and returned with forty bushels of ground wheat. That same day, Brother James James made another trial run with the air h a c e and some forty pounds of iron ran out of the furnace, which appeared to be good clear metal. On July 16, Henry wrote: Charles P. Smith was brought before the Bishop for bad behavior with some of the sisters. He acknowledged his faults and asked for forgiveness. I was busy writing all day settling accounts with the brethren in the Iron Works and weighing out flour for them. Monday, July 18, 1853: Another trial was made in the furnace and it became exceedingly hot. The arch over the grate burned through, and a small quantity of the adobes which it was built with fell in; consequently, nothing was done. It was the opinion of Brother James that the stack needed to be higher and the arch be built of fire brick. He seemed confident that the furnace, then, would make iron from the raw ore, if they had stone coal to bum. The hostility of the Indians toward the settlers was becoming more and more apparerit. Governor Young had warned all the settlements to prepare for any emergency that might come up. Many grievances had arisen between the white men and red men which could eventuate in bloodshed. The Indians made a practice of selling or trading their children and had attempted to sell their children to the Mormons, but they refused to take them. Brigham Young was trying to cut off all the trading of Indian children to the Mexicans to be used as slaves, and Walker became enraged when the Mormons intervened.' These Indians had a revengeful disposition and believed in the doctrine of
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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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