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trying to become acquainted with the Indian character and language and to establish schools for that purpose. Brother Snow felt that the settlers should help the Indian children learn the English language, teach them to work, and show them the benefits of it by paying them for their labor. Several men were appointed to help in this capacity.' One of the settlers, John Spiers, wrote in his journal that he helped build the fort during the winter of 1853, and the brethren who guarded the town generally stood on the top of John D. Lee's twostory house, where they were much exposed to the inclemency of the weather. Some of them took sick owing to exposure to the cold.9 As there was a shortage of paper in the entire Temtory, the Deseret News was hard pressed for printing paper. The paper they had, which was thick and gray, was manufactured in Salt Lake City. They put out the plea: "save your rags, everybody in Deseret, save your rags--old wagon covers, tents, quilts, shirts, etc. are wanted to make paper." Lunt, being the local agent for the News which was printed biweekly, wrote another article on Dec. 29, 1853, which appeared in the paper February 2, 1854. The article follows: Editor of Deseret News . . . Dear Sir: Feeling assured that a few lines from this part of the Territory would not be objectionable to the readers of your valuable paper, I will give you a few ideas of how we are situated. The weather has been delightfid till within two weeks, since which time we have had some snow and very cold nights, but again the smiles of pleasant sunshine are with us. This good weather has improved the completion date of our City wall which will be finished the present week. The festivities of Christmas are laid aside till this is done and the brethren seem united to see this work accomplished, with the gates hung. Then we shall feel men-lie, having done our duty before indulging in merrymaking. We have built an excellent school house, 60 feet by 25 feet, where we hold our meetings. It was
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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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