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father died eig:ht ycars ago, to care for his younger brothers and sister and try to earn a little money here and there to keep the small ten acre farm goill:. Lchi had tried to 11eas helpful as possible, chopping wood for peoplc m d helping out in many ways with liwstotk in exchange folflour, meat, or a little money to purchase cloth, with u h i r h his mother had made clothes for the family. They were without many worldly possessions, but they wcre proud and independent peoplc. Their life had not been easy. They were humhle and happy in rhrir small me-room adobe dwelling in C:ed;i~(:it!.. They h:~d all lcasned how to work, and Lehi had assumed the rc4 of man-of-the-house at a n czlrly age. ;\s the oldest of the family, he had shared the responsibilities with his mother, of providing for the family and helpinx with the rearing: of the other children. Suddenly "Old l'rank" shied nervously as a locust buzzed by, and I~n~ught Lehi hack to rc;dity. "Old Frank" certainly wasn't the lwst horse in the world - thr family had heen able to afford only one new horse, making three in all. H e preferred rid+ a rhestnut mare hr callcd "Betsy," Ilut he had ridden her last week and it was "Old Fr:ink'%" turn. Just then a twig snapped ahead and 1,chi peered cautiously around and ahead of him, hut could only see :I jack rabbit. There had lieen no Indian problems in that area lately. The Indians were fairly peacelul in thc southern Utah Territory, l ~ u Lchi recalled just a few short years Ilct for? in 1866 when C;yrus Hancnck. it resident of Pine Valley, was nttacked hy Indians whilc lir was huntins his horse. H e remenhered how rautious people hccame for a time xfter this incident. Hancock managed to escape and ran a full mile with three indians in pursuit showering him w i t arrows. One arrow penetrated his arm. T h e Indians wanted toIiacco, and the man did not have any tn g:i\,e them. This incident had takcn place in the area where Lehi was now riding.' Lchi, however, had never been afraid or lonely while carrying the mail. H e simply enjoyrd the outdoorv and the beautiful country. Just then "Old Frank" jumped a fairly large stream of watcr. ;it this time of thc year, little rivelcts of water wcre r u n n i n ~ from the snowbanks all along the ~ a y Lehi was interrsted in ol~serving water col. the lect into larger strrnms and e~entually reaching thc Pinto Creek. T h e thought passed through llis mind that this warcr could be collected and conserved and possihly water the vast valleys thar l ~ e c a ~ n e d! and so ri d e s e r t like in the summer. Lehi looked at the horizon and could see the sun was getting low. Soon now, he would rrach the small mliin helonging to Thales Haskell, where he would spend the night.
11.e\l

.. Edgar Young,

"Tile Founding of Utah."

xii

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Title	Lehi Willard Jones: Biography
Creator	Jones, York F., 1925-; Jones, Evelyn K.
Subject	Jones, Lehi Willard, 1854-1947; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History; Mormon Church -- Utah
Description	Life of Lehi Willard Jones, centering in Cedar City, Utah, 1854-1947, and history of much of the development of Southern Utah
Source	Lehi Willard Jones
Date Digital	2008-01
Date Original	1972
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Publisher	Woodruff Printing Company
Language	eng
Genre	Biography
Website	http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/lehiwillardjones.html
Rights Management	Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved.
CONTENTdm file name	1334.cpd

Title	Page xii
Description	father died eig:ht ycars ago, to care for his younger brothers and sister and try to earn a little money here and there to keep the small ten acre farm goill :. Lchi had tried to 11eas helpful as possible, chopping wood for peoplc m d helping out in many ways with liwstotk in exchange folflour, meat, or a little money to purchase cloth, with u h i r h his mother had made clothes for the family. They were without many worldly possessions, but they wcre proud and independent peoplc. Their life had not been easy. They were humhle and happy in rhrir small me-room adobe dwelling in C:ed;i~(:it!.. They h:~d all lcasned how to work, and Lehi had assumed the rc4 of man-of-the-house at a n czlrly age. ;\s the oldest of the family, he had shared the responsibilities with his mother, of providing for the family and helpinx with the rearing: of the other children. Suddenly "Old l'rank" shied nervously as a locust buzzed by, and I~n~ught Lehi hack to rc;dity. "Old Frank" certainly wasn't the lwst horse in the world - thr family had heen able to afford only one new horse, making three in all. H e preferred rid+ a rhestnut mare hr callcd "Betsy" Ilut he had ridden her last week and it was "Old Fr:ink'%" turn. Just then a twig snapped ahead and 1,chi peered cautiously around and ahead of him, hut could only see :I jack rabbit. There had lieen no Indian problems in that area lately. The Indians were fairly peacelul in thc southern Utah Territory, l ~ u Lchi recalled just a few short years Ilct for? in 1866 when C;yrus Hancnck. it resident of Pine Valley, was nttacked hy Indians whilc lir was huntins his horse. H e remenhered how rautious people hccame for a time xfter this incident. Hancock managed to escape and ran a full mile with three indians in pursuit showering him w i t arrows. One arrow penetrated his arm. T h e Indians wanted toIiacco, and the man did not have any tn g:i\,e them. This incident had takcn place in the area where Lehi was now riding.' Lchi, however, had never been afraid or lonely while carrying the mail. H e simply enjoyrd the outdoorv and the beautiful country. Just then "Old Frank" jumped a fairly large stream of watcr. ;it this time of thc year, little rivelcts of water wcre r u n n i n ~ from the snowbanks all along the ~ a y Lehi was interrsted in ol~serving water col. the lect into larger strrnms and e~entually reaching thc Pinto Creek. T h e thought passed through llis mind that this warcr could be collected and conserved and possihly water the vast valleys thar l ~ e c a ~ n e d! and so ri d e s e r t like in the summer. Lehi looked at the horizon and could see the sun was getting low. Soon now, he would rrach the small mliin helonging to Thales Haskell, where he would spend the night. 11.e\l .. Edgar Young, "Tile Founding of Utah." xii
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