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Next day, June 18, 1857, twenty-five brethren from Utah arrived in St. Louis on missions to the i e States, Europe, and Afiica. They reported f others who had not arrived in St. Louis. The whole of them had crossed the plains with handcarts and appeared healthy and strong and in excellent spirits. While in St. Louis I assisted Brother James A. Little in transacting business for the emigration of the saints over the plains. I traveled from St. Louis to Florence, Nebraska Territory on the steamboat, S. A. Ogden, which was carrying 59,615 pounds of freight, as well as a number of saints who had steerage passage. The captain gave me a saloon cabin, passage free. The river was rising very fast and the current was so strong that we made but slow progress. I was told that in a distance of twenty miles on the Missouri River we passed no less than 32 sunken steamboats which had run against snags. While we were taking on wood at a woodyard, the steamboat, Oceana, came by with 200 U.S. Troops aboard and a quantity of mules and wagons. I was informed that they were bound for Fort Leavenwortk thence to Salt Lake City, and that there -. were 3000 going there to protect the new governor, AEed Cummings, and enable him to enforce the law. Much excitement has been raised against the Mormons by the evil and lying reports of Judge Dnunmond and others of the U.S. officers who have returned from Utah because they were not allowed to practice sin and iniquity. We arrived at Florence [Omaha] on June 30th, and from the 30th of June until the 12th of July, 1857, I was very busy hauling keight from the steamboat to the warehouse and dealing out provisions to the emigrants and otherwise assisting them. I attended several preaching and counsel meetings. I started this morning, July 12th, in company with
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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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