| Show and the then up the scouts gave Sanpitch River and beyond very favorable report to to Fairview ater Brigham Young At the October Conference in 1849 Brigham Young called Isaac Morley Charles Shumway and Seth Taft as ecclesiastical lTeaders Nelson Higgins was given charge of all military affairs and Huntington who had visited the Sanpitch Valley asscout was to direct the plans for settlement The pioneers left Salt Lake City on October 28 After some adjusting at Provo andbrief rest at the Forks in Salt Creek Canyon they arrived at the site of Manti sometime between November 19 to 22 1849 Pine Early Creek that which spring in time to join the is Isaac now Ephraim Behunin pioneers was who had settled come in their move at 100 feet that time was eight yide in the bottom to ten feet of which spent 1849 one children he moved Creek Here the boys who had The completed family made their new home or an eddy room at the elbow of Pine Creek nel 1851 to Utah south year in Manti Then with his wife and four seven miles north and slightly east to Pine family were joined by the two older Behunin stopped in Provo in 1849 in deep indugout The creek chan and meandered from 60 small to stream of water The Behunin yards of forage and Tivestock fences from channel bank to channel bank west The menfolk broke-up land forfarm that by 1853 consisted 40 acres located north and west of the now Ephraim Main gated with water from Pine Creek Street The During and of about August expressed of 1853 desire to Henry Green settle and Behunin were made by of the dugout the summer of of the creek farm his was family thought there irri came was only enough water for his farm and he so advised Green who proceeded to Manti Behuninmove was unique but extremely bold almost to the point of being foolish He not only defied the Mormon Land Policy but his daring was an open challenge The January to the Walker of 1855 Indians War began It began to Juab County and Mout main disturbance was in July 18 in Payson 1853 and and spread Pleasant in Sanpete Iron County It then -120 continued the next until day By August the returned to by |
