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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 91 |
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Show DIFFICULTIES WITH THE INDIANS SETTLED. 89 driven out of California, and they threatened the settlements of Meadow Creek, Clover Valley, and Shoal Creek. Brother Andrew Gibbons accompanied me on a visit to these Indians. It was summer, and they had left their corn fields to dry up, and gone to the mountains. Our people had manifested as much hostility as the Indians, having killed two of their number. We sent out word for all to come in and see us. We made a feast by killing an ox, and, in a general talk, they told over their grievances. They said that they felt justified in what they had done, and also in what they intended to do. 1 could not blame them, viewing matters from their stand-point. In the talk I rather justified them in what they expected to do, but told them that in the end it would be worse for them to carry out their plans than to drop them, and smoke the pipe of peace. That the grass upon which the seeds had grown which served them for food was all eaten up, and from that time would be; but if they would be friendly, they could get more food by gleaning our fields than they had before we came into their country. The talk lasted for hours. The difficulty was settled and we returned home. Early in 1865, the Navajoes stole a few horses from Kanab. I was requested to go over the Colorado, and, if practicable, have a talk with them, and recover the stolen horses. I was also to have a talk with the Moquis, and invite them to move over into our country. We did not succeed in recovering the stolen horses. We were informed by the Moquis that the old Navajoe chief, the friendly Spaneshanks, had been discarded by his band, that his son had succeeded him as chief, and that he was disposed to raid at any favorable opportunity. For these reasons we thought it would be useless and per-haps dangerous to go into their country. We had a meeting in the Oriba village, with the principal men of that place and one of the largest of the Moquis towns. It was an interest-ing interview. We told them we did not expect to visit them much more where they were, and we wished them to move over the river |
