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Show The Uneasy Peace 83 loss of other food sources, were forced to adopt these occupations as a means of survival. Those who refused were forced to retreat further into the deserts and hills where survival was difficult, to say the least. As Mormon settlement spread during the 1860's relations between the Indians and whites continued to deteriorate. The Mormons moved back into Nevada in 1864, settling Callville on the Colorado River and returning to Meadow Valley in the north. That same year Littlefield was settled on the Virgin River in Arizona. In 1865 settlers moved into the Moapa Valley, settling St. Thomas and St. Joseph and, later, West Point and Overton. All of these towns created new tensions. On August 27, 1864, the Daily Telegraph in Salt Lake City reported that the Indians in Meadow Valley had killed some stock and had threatened to attack the settlers and silver prospectors if they didn't leave.53 Jacob Hamblin was kept busy during this period trying to keep peace with the Nuwuvi. He visited those who opposed the Meadow Valley settlers and found that the Matisabits (Meadow Valley Nuwuvi) had confederated with a band of Indians who had been driven out of California. They had abandoned their cornfields and were challenging the invasion of white settlers. The whites in turn had killed two Indians and were displaying equal hostility. Hamblin talked to the Indians, showing sympathy for their actions but explaining that in the end if would be worse for them to carry out their plans than to drop them.54 Angry Nuwuvi also were gathering in Washington County, Utah. Hamblin visited the Indians between St. George and Harris-burg who had gathered for the purpose of carrying out their threat to destroy some of the settlements at the first favorable opportunity.55 In December, 1865, he journeyed to the Muddy and found the settlers there ready to move because of Indian raids. They stayed, although the raids continued into 1866 and 1867.56 O. H. Irish, Utah Superintendent for Indian Affairs, reacted to reports that the Nuwuvi were attacking the white intruders. He asked for permission to appoint a special agent to be sent south. He said the reason for the problems was the entry of mining interests in Southern Utah. He had heard that the Mormons had induced the Indians to warn the miners away because they opposed their activities. Although he had no proof of these charges, he felt |