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which were organized on the ship. There were 539 Scandinavian Saints out of a total of 575 passengers on board. Henry was often invited to eat with Captain Decan in his cabin. The voyage from London to Philadelphia was made in five weeks. They arrived at their destination on Sunday afternoon, the last day of May, and the Captain expressed that he was pleased with the good order and conduct of the L D S passengers. Henry went ashore with several other brethren to see Angus M. Cannon who was presiding over the Church there. The company left on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on June 2, 1857, fare being $10.50 for adults. It took a week to reach Iowa City where they met James A. Little and a group of elders at the camping ground. Henry and Brother Cowley left the emigrant train at Rock Island and took an express train to Iowa City to anive there in time to prepare for the emigrant train. A number of the Saints started out with hand carts the evening of June 12 and camped about three miles away. The next day Henry, Brother Little and several others went out and organized them by appointing Elder James P. Park as Captain of the handcart company which consisted of two groups with 200 persons in each. They appointed a Captain over each group along with a clerk and an interpreter. On June 13, Henry wrote the following account: On leaving the camp [outside of Iowa City], I stood up in a wagon and swung my hat and gave three cheers for the handcart company and said, 'God bless them,' which was responded to by a tremendous and loud 'amen' by all the company. I had very peculiar feelings in seeing them start, and could scarcely refrain from shedding tears as well as laughmg, for it was certainly a vely peculiar sight--such a one that I never saw before and truly I felt like asking our Heavenly Father to bless them, as they had a journey of some twelve hundred'miles before them, having to wade many rivers and cross the plains which were inhabited only by wild Indians, buffalo, and wild beasts. Monday, June 15: I left camp in company with Elder James Little per railway for St. Louis for the
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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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