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times. The U.S. Army was pressing upon the people uttenng dire threats as to what would take place when it reached the ~ a l l e y s . ~ n Fmstrated i seeking pace, bankrupting themselves to store food and ammunition, and stmggling to reestablish uncompromising faith among themselves, the Saints obsewed the advance of the Utah Expedition. Brigham Young did not discount the rumor that "Squaw Killer," General Harney (the commander of the army expedition) was operating under orders to exterminate the Saints. President Young instmcted his lieutenants, "The War-Hawks are abroad again and it becomes to us to prepare accordingly! Fix your guns for shooting if they are not already in that ~ondition,"~ It is not known if Henry discussed the "Massacre" with his fiiends, John D. Lee, President Young or Wilford Woodniff, but he likely did in view of the fact that he was a Captain in the Nauvoo Legion and because of his prominence in the community. Henty's wife, Ellen, and her father, James Whittaker, would have been in Cedar Ciw at the time the deed took place and would have brought the news to him when they arrived on October 5, 1857. Sister Isaac C. Haight was the President and Ellen was the Secretaq of the Relief Society and the following was written in the minute book of that organization on September 10 (two days after the siege began): Sister Haight said that these were squally times and we ought to attend to secret prayer in behaif of our husbands, sons, fathers, and brothers. The sisters were instmcted to teach their sons and daughters the principle of righteousness and to implant a desire in their heart to avenge the blood of the Prophets.'
I retrospect, unaware of the critica1 events stirring in the wesn tern temtory, a company led by Alexander Fancher, a farmer who had made two pre3ious trips to the West, departed for Caiifomia from SMer Spring Arkansas, early on the moming of May 1, 1857, much in the manner of hundreds of other emigrant trains that would pass overland. The caravan was a fusion of various families drawn from the rich farrnlands of the Mississippi Valley, assembled for mutual
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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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