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stories and laughing, they agreed to do a little betting on their teams as to how much they could pull. Dan and Atoat had several fine horses in their teams. Once the betting started, it continued most of the day. First one team was tried, then another, and another. Lehi was fasrinated and amazed at the strength of the horses. As the day wore on, however, he hecame restless knowing that he had a joh to do and it bothered him to he wasting so much time. The thought entered his mind to continue alone, but he made the decision to wait for the older fellows. I t wasn't that he didn't know the way, hut he knew he'd feel morc confident ahout delivering his freight and talking to the people in charge of the freighting if he was with someone older. H e knew he would he paid in gold, and being with .\loot and Dan made him feel assured not one would attempt to steal his money.2 T h e fellows finally hecame tired of their bctting, so Lchi and his cornpanions headed out late in the afternoon. Ordinarily, they would have been able to cover more ground and might have made it to Rose Valley where they camped the following night. They reached Rullionville in good time the nest day, however; and unloaded their freight and received their pay. (Bleak's Journal written in Under Dixie Sun, states the freighters wcre paid in gold). Apparently hloor and Dan, after thc fun they had hetting in Desert Springs, had made plans to continue the betting in Bullionville. They instructed Lehi to drive one of their outfits and lead his own and the extra horses, and start Imck without them. They promised him that they would catch, up with him later that evenins. Lehi was reluctant to take the reiponsihility of their helongings and he was a little apprehensive of heing done, ripecially when hc had money. The atmosphere of pmhling and drinking promotcd larvlcssness. However, he could readily discern that the fellows had nmde their plans and he could only make the best of the situation. They agreed to meet him at a designated camp site and he bade them goodbye. Lehi fared much hctter than he anticipated. The horses were fairly tired and followed ohediently. He reached his destination in good time. Taking care of the horses and setting up camp was routine. After leaving Bullionville, he hecame more at ease and lost the apprehensive feelinr: he had. When he t.llmhed into his bedroll, he felt grateful that everything had gone well. His companions joined him, in the middle of the night, just as they said they would.3 .4fter many upheavals, trade between the mining camps and towns of Southern Utah settled down to a more lcgitimate operation. Occasional holdups occured, but these seemed m stem from individual initi~ltive rather than heing leader inspired. T h e produce that went to the

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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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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 39
Description	stories and laughing, they agreed to do a little betting on their teams as to how much they could pull. Dan and Atoat had several fine horses in their teams. Once the betting started, it continued most of the day. First one team was tried, then another, and another. Lehi was fasrinated and amazed at the strength of the horses. As the day wore on, however, he hecame restless knowing that he had a joh to do and it bothered him to he wasting so much time. The thought entered his mind to continue alone, but he made the decision to wait for the older fellows. I t wasn't that he didn't know the way, hut he knew he'd feel morc confident ahout delivering his freight and talking to the people in charge of the freighting if he was with someone older. H e knew he would he paid in gold, and being with.\loot and Dan made him feel assured not one would attempt to steal his money.2 T h e fellows finally hecame tired of their bctting, so Lchi and his cornpanions headed out late in the afternoon. Ordinarily, they would have been able to cover more ground and might have made it to Rose Valley where they camped the following night. They reached Rullionville in good time the nest day, however; and unloaded their freight and received their pay. (Bleak's Journal written in Under Dixie Sun, states the freighters wcre paid in gold). Apparently hloor and Dan, after thc fun they had hetting in Desert Springs, had made plans to continue the betting in Bullionville. They instructed Lehi to drive one of their outfits and lead his own and the extra horses, and start Imck without them. They promised him that they would catch, up with him later that evenins. Lehi was reluctant to take the reiponsihility of their helongings and he was a little apprehensive of heing done, ripecially when hc had money. The atmosphere of pmhling and drinking promotcd larvlcssness. However, he could readily discern that the fellows had nmde their plans and he could only make the best of the situation. They agreed to meet him at a designated camp site and he bade them goodbye. Lehi fared much hctter than he anticipated. The horses were fairly tired and followed ohediently. He reached his destination in good time. Taking care of the horses and setting up camp was routine. After leaving Bullionville, he hecame more at ease and lost the apprehensive feelinr: he had. When he t.llmhed into his bedroll, he felt grateful that everything had gone well. His companions joined him, in the middle of the night, just as they said they would.3.4fter many upheavals, trade between the mining camps and towns of Southern Utah settled down to a more lcgitimate operation. Occasional holdups occured, but these seemed m stem from individual initi~ltive rather than heing leader inspired. T h e produce that went to the 39
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1121.pdf

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