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Jacob Hamblin, a narrative of his personal experience, as a frontiersman, missionary to the Indians and explorer, [microform] disclosing interpositions of Providence, severe privations, perilous situations and remarkable escapes. Fifth book of the faith-p - Page 68 |
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Show 66 GLOOMY FOREBODINGS. In speaking at a public meeting the day before leaving, I said I felt different from what I had ever previously done on leaving home ; that something unusual would happen. What it would be I did not know. Whether we should ever see home again or not I did not know, but I knew we were told to go among the Moquis and stay for one year, and that I should do so if I could get there. When we arrived at the crossing of the Colorado River, I again felt the same gloomy forebodings I spoke of before leaving home. On the morning before crossing, the brethren said I had spoken discouragingly several times, and they wished to know if there was any one in the company that I did not wish to go on. I assured them that there was no one that I did not wish to go along, but I knew there would be something happen that would be very unpleasant, and that there would be very hard times sor some of us. Young Greorge A. Smith said, " You will see one thing, that is, 1 will stick to it to the last. That is what I came for." We all crossed the Colorado Eiver with a firm determina-tion to do the best we could to fill our mission. The second day's travel from the river we found no water, as we had expected, and what little we had brought with us was exhausted. About two o'clock in the afternoon, four Navajoes came to us, and told us that if we went on to the next watering place we would all be killed. They invited us to go with them to Spaneshanks' camp, where they assured us we would find protection. We counseled about the matter, and concluded that the animals were too nearly famished for want of water to reach Spaneshanks' camp. If what the four Navajoes told us about danger ahead was true, we were in danger from enemies if we went on the water, and of perishing with thirst if we attempted to reach Spaneshanks' camp. As the water was but a short distance ahead on our route 3 we concluded to push on to it and risk the consequences. |