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Taking advantage of the predawn blackness the moming of September 8, the Indians slipped down a s m d ravine and mortally wounded more than ten emigrants before they could reach the safety of their wagons. The emigrants humedly heaped a wall of earth and rock between and under their wagons to stop the Paiute b d e t s and arrows While the assault continued the next two days, events took an ominous turn in Cedar City. Lee warned Haight by couner that he feared the Indians would tum against the Saints if the Fancher party's resistance was not soon broken Perceiving the dilemma in militas. t e m , he hesitantly ordered the Iron County militia to rnuster near the Old Fort while he went to Parowan and met with Colonel WiUiam H. Dame, the distnct military commander of the Nauvoo Legion. It was past midnight, September 10, when the ranking officers of the Iron County Militia soberly reviewed the events of the past forty-eight hours. Colonel Dame tned to take control of the situation, despite conflicting advice on how to deal with the Indians and emigrants Ultimately, the detachment started for the Meadows and increased its ranks up to fi@ men as it rendezvoused with volunteers along the trail. The Indians joined in the slaughter and the party was killed except for some of the children After it was over the Indians took shawls and bundles of clothing, guns or pistols, saddles and many of the cattle. The drama played to its conclusion on the moming of September 11, before Haslem retumed fiom Salt Lake City on the 13th with Bngham Young's decision, longer than had been expected The communique was clear and unmistakable: In regard to emigration trains passing through our settlements we rnust not interfere with them until they are fust notified to keep away, you must not meddle with them. The Indians we expect will do as they please, but you should try and preserve good feelings with them. There are no other trains going south that 1 know of If those who are there will leave, just let thern go in p e a ~ e . ~
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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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