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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 134 |
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Show 132 VISIT PORT DEFIANCE. CHAPTER XXIII. VISIT TO FORT DEFIANCE MR. DANIELS, INSPECTOR OF INDIAN AGENCIES HIS PREJUDICE AGAINST THE " MOR-MONS " MR. TREWAX, THE PREACHER FINAL PEACE TALK MOANCOPPY MISSIOM AGAIN ESTABLISHED. to Kanab, we found Hastele and his com- Xi panion waiting for us. It was thought advisable for me, with Brother A. M. Tenney as Spanish interpreter, to visit the Indians on the east side of the Colorado Biver, and go to Fort Defiance and have matters properly understood there. We visited the Moquis towns, and had much interesting talk with the people. Arriving at the Navajoe agency, we found there a Mr. Daniels, who had been sent out by the government to inspect the Indian agencies. He had called on the agent at Fort Defiance to report the condition of his agency. Learning of the Utah difficulty with the Navajoes, he made an effort to throw the blame on the " Mormons." The Indian who escaped wounded from the massacre in Grass Valley was there. Mr. Daniels examined him very closely. He also heard the report of Mr. Boyd, who accom-panied Hastele, to learn the facts of the case. All the facts elicited, gave a favorable showing for our people. Mr. Daniels was disappointed and evidently vexed. He gave me to understand that I did not belong to the council, and was not wanted there. As I left the room, a Rev. Mr. Trewax, who was there by government appointment to preach to the Indians, invited me to his room, saying that he would very much like to talk with me. I replied that I had no objection to talking with him if his object was to obtain correct information. Being seated in his quarters, he asked what our religious faith was, and from what source we had derived it. |