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Thomas Jones worked with the Deseret Iron Company through this time and lost about all of his wages through the failure of the undertaking." At the industry's peak, the population of Cedar City grew to 928 inhabitants and with its abandonment, the population dropped to 376.12 The Indian War under Chief Walker, which had broken out in July of 1853 further north, had spread southward to Cedar City and the surrounding territory. Walker and his band had been harassing outlying settlements and stealing cattle and ho~ses. Brigham Young sent one hundred and fifty men into action against him, declared martial law, and ordered the people to concentrate in large communities. The people of Paragonah all moved to Parowan. Thomas and Sage moved to Cedar City either during or shortly after this Indian uprising. G. H. Heap who was passing through Cedar City, about that time in the fall of 1853, described it as follows: (G. H . Heap, Central Route to the Pacific) "The inhabitants are principally foreignen, and mostly Englishmen from the coal districts of Great Britain." (Coal miners, as well as steel and iron workers, among the English converts, were encouraged to migrate to southern Utah to help in the iron industry) "The place was crowded with people of the surrounding country seeking refuge from the Indians, and its square was blocked up with wagons, furniture, tents, farming implements, etc. In the midst of which were men, women and children, together with every description of cattle, creating a scene of confusion difficult to describe - mounted men, well armed, patrolled the country, and expresses came in from different quarters, bringing accounts of attacks by Indians on small parties and unprotected farms, and houses." The Indian War subsided in the spring of 1854 and the people were again free to attend to farming and mining, although the military organization wa5 maintained for many years thereafter, as long as the Indian menace persisted. The Morn~ons sent missionaries among the Indians and cultivated friendship with those around the settlement. This Mormon policy of keeping peace with the Indians smoothed the course of settlement and improved opportunities for e~pansion.'~ Sage and Thomas enjoyed living in the "Old Fort"' although there was little material wealth and they were accustomed to getting along very well on little or nothing. Money was very scarce. "Thomas reclaimed and developed a nice little farm and provided the same with a few sheep and cows. While not busy on his farm he was employed in making iron from the products of the pioneer iron mines in this locality."" Everything was raised, manufactured by hand, or traded for. There was small chance for replacing wornout clothing. Wagon covers, bed

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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
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
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 17
Description	Thomas Jones worked with the Deseret Iron Company through this time and lost about all of his wages through the failure of the undertaking." At the industry's peak, the population of Cedar City grew to 928 inhabitants and with its abandonment, the population dropped to 376.12 The Indian War under Chief Walker, which had broken out in July of 1853 further north, had spread southward to Cedar City and the surrounding territory. Walker and his band had been harassing outlying settlements and stealing cattle and ho~ses. Brigham Young sent one hundred and fifty men into action against him, declared martial law, and ordered the people to concentrate in large communities. The people of Paragonah all moved to Parowan. Thomas and Sage moved to Cedar City either during or shortly after this Indian uprising. G. H. Heap who was passing through Cedar City, about that time in the fall of 1853, described it as follows: (G. H. Heap, Central Route to the Pacific) "The inhabitants are principally foreignen, and mostly Englishmen from the coal districts of Great Britain." (Coal miners, as well as steel and iron workers, among the English converts, were encouraged to migrate to southern Utah to help in the iron industry) "The place was crowded with people of the surrounding country seeking refuge from the Indians, and its square was blocked up with wagons, furniture, tents, farming implements, etc. In the midst of which were men, women and children, together with every description of cattle, creating a scene of confusion difficult to describe - mounted men, well armed, patrolled the country, and expresses came in from different quarters, bringing accounts of attacks by Indians on small parties and unprotected farms, and houses." The Indian War subsided in the spring of 1854 and the people were again free to attend to farming and mining, although the military organization wa5 maintained for many years thereafter, as long as the Indian menace persisted. The Morn~ons sent missionaries among the Indians and cultivated friendship with those around the settlement. This Mormon policy of keeping peace with the Indians smoothed the course of settlement and improved opportunities for e~pansion.'~ Sage and Thomas enjoyed living in the "Old Fort"' although there was little material wealth and they were accustomed to getting along very well on little or nothing. Money was very scarce. "Thomas reclaimed and developed a nice little farm and provided the same with a few sheep and cows. While not busy on his farm he was employed in making iron from the products of the pioneer iron mines in this locality." Everything was raised, manufactured by hand, or traded for. There was small chance for replacing wornout clothing. Wagon covers, bed 17
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1101.pdf

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