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Show FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. 3! word true. I traveled with the Mormon soldiers from Santa Fe to Cailfornia ; they never stole anything from the settlements like the other soldiers did. The Mor-mons are honest and have no bad habits like other people. I came back with some of them to Salt Lake and remained there last winter. I traded with the Indians and Mor-mons, and lived with them. The Mormons have no harlots or bad people among them, and all those stories are lies; why do you speak so about them?" The old fellow seemed terribly offended at my words. I felt there was something wrong. I told him I knew nothing about the Mormons, that I had only told him what others said. He replied, " Then wait and see for yourself; they are the best people you ever saw." This caused me to re-flect and wonder why such stories were told of the Mor-mons, for I not only had confidence in the old guide's truthfulness, but I believed he had been with the people enough to know them. A frame was made and placed upon the back of a good stout mule, the foundation being a Mexican Ap-parejo. I had to sit entirely above the mule, as the wound would not allow to sit in a saddle. This made the load top- heavy. The trail from Green river down Spanish Fork canyon, was quite rough and steep in many places. Guy ropes were rigged, and three men took care of me, and I must say that after taking the labor in hand to bring me in, all hands became inter-ested and I was treated with great kindness. I suffered a great deal during the fifteen days I thus journeyed, but I never lost courage. Our drives were short ; sometimes being two days in a camp engaged in cutting roads through the brush for the sheep to pass. This gave me a chance to rest. I attended to my wound myself, as I could not bear anyone else to touch it ; nei- |