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Show FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. 283 scene, when they once had power and authority from God to act in His name. That faith, which will yet remove the powers of evil from around the Saints, will come largely from the remnants. I think we will need them in our work and should be looking after them some little and not altogether after money. We deposited our money with Don Eselso. Many times getting articles from his store, and when we went to settle up for house rent and other things, he would not take a cent, but insisted on presenting us with some dried meat and other stuff, jokingly remarking that he could not sell it anyway. While here we visited Arisiachic, the principal Taru-marie town. The trail was very difficult. We were well received. The chief called the people together and we had a long talk with them. They were very much pleased with our visit and hoped we would return some day. We remained in Concepcion about three weeks. Held several meetings which were well attended. Many people visited us to learn of our doctrine. We were fully convinced that many believed in the truth of the Book of Mormon, yet we had no spirit to offer baptism. By this time some of the brethren began to manifest a desire to return home. At first I felt a little disap-pointed, but I can look back now and see that our mis-sion was properly a short one. We were united in one idea, and that was before any great work could be done in this country it would be necessary to colonize among the people. As to the spirit of the people, we all agreed, also, that it was favorable, so it was deemed best that we work our way toward home, visiting the various settle-ments on our way. |
