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Show INDIAN DEPEEDATIONS 85 Torty- one men were called, namely Alfred N. Bill-ngs, Robert Brown, John Clark, Oliver B. Hunt-ngton, James Ivie, John Lehi, Levi G. Metcalf , John McEwan, Joseph L. Eawlins, Moses Draper, Alma Fairchild, Wm. Freeman, Wm. R. Holden, James W. Hunt, Lot E. Huntington, Charles A. Huntington, Steven R. Moore, Byron Pace, Ethen Pettit, Christo-pher C. Perkins, Wm. W. Sterrit, Wm. P. Jones, ] phraim Wright, Clinton Williams, Thomas Wilson, Andrew Jackson Allred, Edward Edwards, Archi-bald W. Buchanan, William P. Fairchild, John Craw-ford, John Lowry, Jr. William G. Petty, Peter Stubbs, John Shelby, Shelton B. Cutler, Martin Be-hunin, Wm. Behunin, D. Johnson, John Lewis, " Richard and William Hamblin. Elder Alfred N. Bill-ings was appointed president of the mission by Presi-dent Brigham Young. The company after being partly organized for traveling, left Manti, Sanpete County, Monday May 21, 1855. It consisted of 41 men, 15 wagons, 65 oxen, 16 cows, 13 horses, 2 bulls, 1 calf, 2 pigs, 4 dogs, and 12 chickens, besides im-plements, seed grain, etc., and provisions. After a hard journey they arrived on Grand River on the evening on June llth. On the 12th they crossed tho river, came to some land that was cultivated " by In-dians who were friendly and wanted the white peo-ple to settle among them. By July they had built a stockade corral of logs, set three feet in the ground and six feet above, and had put in their grain, etc. and they started work on a stone fort. The fort was finished July 19th. One of the settlers writes : Sunday September 22nd we changed herd- ground, feeling apprehensive of mischief intended by some Indians as they were |