respective wards. Each ward was to be organized into a quorum of Elders with E. H. Grove over them, and Henry Lunt was put in as Clerk of said quorum. Smith also advised, "be carefil not to indulge the Indians in their laziness, for they have their...
evening meeting where the congregation was addressed by Carruthers and Lunt, after which there was a testimony meeting. Several children spoke and one little boy said he was willing to do as his parents told h q and he also would do whatever...
attended the wedding. At twenty minutes to seven we left Cedar City for Parowan in two carriages--one drawn by four horses, the other by two. As we started, a salute was fired with guns which echoed through the mountains, and the city had the...
instructed Brother Nephi Johnson, Indian interpreter, and Brother Wood to go to the Utah's camp and tell them that if they would get the pony back again and bring the boy that stole it, we would pay them for their trouble. And, if they would not do...
for the new field and picked out a place to build a bridge over the creek. There were nearly a hundred Pihede Indians camped on the south side of the creek. They were peaceable. Henry wrote: Saturday, January 29: I baptized Catherine Chatterley in...
On Sunday, May 15, 1853, Henry counseled the settlers not to scatter out on the city lots, to strengthen the fort and make it secure, to lock the gates every night and to have their guns and ammunition on hand. He recommended that the brethren...
that I wished for the brethren to run with buckets, which they immediately did. Thinking it wisdom to go and see Chief Walker the while, I did so When I first entered his tent, which was very extensive and an excellent one, he shook hands with me...
him and four more dining with me on Monday. Gave him about 150 pounds of flour and a few potatoes which well-pleased him. I talked considerable with him and he manifested the best spirit I ever saw him do. He says, by and by, he intends settling...
Legion. The escort arrived at Governor Young's at 9:00 a.m. and everyone saluted him at the west door of his mansion as he appeared on the steps.' The residents of Cedar City held their own celebration and Henry wrote the following about the...
The smaller settlements were to abandon their locations and move to a larger fort. Paragonah and Johnston's Fort were advised to move into Parowan. New Harmony was advised to come to Cedar Fort Another entry from the joumal kept by the command...
The company arrived with the cattle at the foot of Utah Mountain (Jordan) on August 24." This stock was delivered to the Church Tithing Office where Bishop Hunter rehsed to receive them. They were turned across the Jordan River, and the people in...
times. The U.S. Army was pressing upon the people uttenng dire threats as to what would take place when it reached the ~ a l l e y s . ~ n Fmstrated i seeking pace, bankrupting themselves to store food and ammunition, and stmggling to reestablish...
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...
canyon, as he did not consider the Old Fort site safe from floods, as Coal Creek was subject to very high n water i times of flood. Since Hemy's first wife, Ellen, was not able to have children, it was sii years after Henry was manied before his...
consequent decrease of the population of Cedar. Two full battalions were there formerly, now there are only about seventy men. Henry Lunt is acting as Major over these and the few men at Hamiltons and Kanarra, and has decidedly more men than arms....
had gone to spread an alarm, they made a hasty getaway. They came very near hding them as one of the long-haired ones carne almost to the coop, and then tumed a\Ypy The two children started up the road for help but the boy fainted fkom loss of...
to for a generation. On the 4th of J a n u q President Cleveland signed the proclamation, admitting the people to statehood. The Enabling Act had been signed on the 7th of July 1894. Thus a period of a year and a haif had elapsed, during which the...
stemmed fiom the fact that an army, when mobilized, needs food, transportation, guns and ammunition. Also, some of the officers misused their positions, especiaily when they had been drinking. Riots occurred at Mexico City where the Amencan flag...
Heaton's wife were ordered to fix a meal for them. They also demanded that Heaton haul a load of corn fiom the bam down to the house to feed their horses. It was fortunate, at the time, that they had a good supply of food on hand so the women fixed...