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The horses had been tied up to the wagons and everyone was asleep. Henry was riding a desert mustang which, as soon as the cattle made a commotion, took off over the wagon tongue and over a nearby fence, in the opposite direction from the herd. The last that Flenr). heard was his father's voice shouting: "Stay with him! Stay with him!" When he finally got control of the horse, he returned to the camp. H e had brought a new hat with him and had lost it during his wild ride, so he continued the journey without any headgear. 4 t that time, Henry was 16 years old. When Henry's hone took off, his father was afraid that all the horses would stampzde and they would he left afoot. This is one reason why it was so important that Henry "stick" with his horse, in case they had to have his mustang to round u p the other horses.'? When the cattle stampeded, Lehi decided to let them go and not attempt to drive them hack to the camp because they were headed in the right direction, so he sent some of the herders on that night to follow them. He stayed with the camp along with young Lehi RI. and Henry. The next morning they continued on with the camp and caught u p to the herd. Lehi was taking the rattle to the loading point of Oasis at Deseret. These steers were going to finish up what feed was left after the cows and calves had been moved. When they reached Clear Lake, they saw a large herd of Antelope grazing around the lake. After they reached their destination, Lehi came back as far as Milford on the train, along with young Lehi X i . The others, including Henry, came hack by horseI~ack, and Lehi joined them at Milford. The h a n d that the Joneses used on their cattle was originally "TJ" which was the initials of their father Thomas Jones. Some time after they started using the brand, the "J" was broken off. They continued using the brand in that condition, which now was "TI." This wellknou,n brand, "TI", was used hy Lehi throughout his life, both on sheep and cattle. I n the Pipe Spring area there was a great deal of cattle rustling going on, this being a remote area where the cattle owners could not constantlv ride herd. Brand changing, range pushing, drouth and the "Cleveland Depression" added to Lehi's and Dave's troubles. In addition, no one seemed to want to go out to the Arizona Strip and live -being so far away from a rohmunity, the travel hack and forth was difficult and time consuming.'" While the Jones family was involved in the ownership of Pipe Spring, they ran a tremendous number of cattle there and on the Arizona Strip. Once when Lehi was asked how many cattle he had there, he answered, " We never did know for sure the exact number." It was such a vast range that it was impossible to make a complete round-up and a n exact 119

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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
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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 119
Description	The horses had been tied up to the wagons and everyone was asleep. Henry was riding a desert mustang which, as soon as the cattle made a commotion, took off over the wagon tongue and over a nearby fence, in the opposite direction from the herd. The last that Flenr). heard was his father's voice shouting: "Stay with him! Stay with him!" When he finally got control of the horse, he returned to the camp. H e had brought a new hat with him and had lost it during his wild ride, so he continued the journey without any headgear. 4 t that time, Henry was 16 years old. When Henry's hone took off, his father was afraid that all the horses would stampzde and they would he left afoot. This is one reason why it was so important that Henry "stick" with his horse, in case they had to have his mustang to round u p the other horses.'? When the cattle stampeded, Lehi decided to let them go and not attempt to drive them hack to the camp because they were headed in the right direction, so he sent some of the herders on that night to follow them. He stayed with the camp along with young Lehi RI. and Henry. The next morning they continued on with the camp and caught u p to the herd. Lehi was taking the rattle to the loading point of Oasis at Deseret. These steers were going to finish up what feed was left after the cows and calves had been moved. When they reached Clear Lake, they saw a large herd of Antelope grazing around the lake. After they reached their destination, Lehi came back as far as Milford on the train, along with young Lehi X i. The others, including Henry, came hack by horseI~ack, and Lehi joined them at Milford. The h a n d that the Joneses used on their cattle was originally "TJ" which was the initials of their father Thomas Jones. Some time after they started using the brand, the "J" was broken off. They continued using the brand in that condition, which now was "TI." This wellknou,n brand, "TI", was used hy Lehi throughout his life, both on sheep and cattle. I n the Pipe Spring area there was a great deal of cattle rustling going on, this being a remote area where the cattle owners could not constantlv ride herd. Brand changing, range pushing, drouth and the "Cleveland Depression" added to Lehi's and Dave's troubles. In addition, no one seemed to want to go out to the Arizona Strip and live -being so far away from a rohmunity, the travel hack and forth was difficult and time consuming.'" While the Jones family was involved in the ownership of Pipe Spring, they ran a tremendous number of cattle there and on the Arizona Strip. Once when Lehi was asked how many cattle he had there, he answered, " We never did know for sure the exact number." It was such a vast range that it was impossible to make a complete round-up and a n exact 119
Digitization Specs	JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner.
CONTENTdm file name	1199.pdf

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