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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 96 |
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Show 94 FIRED AT BY INDIANS. shot when two or three hundred yards ahead of his company, which was driving out a small band of horses. The raiders were much frightened, threw down their luggage and wanted the - Flutes to let them go home. The Piutes consented to let the Navajoes go if they would leave what they had. They gladly accepted the terms. This took place in the Pahreah Pass, about twenty miles east of Kanab. The Navajoe that was shot was only wounded. I followed his trail the next day, to see what had become of him. I found where he had been picked up by his friends and carried two or three miles. Near him was another camp of raiders, resting. One of the Piutes who was with me at the time, and had been told in a dream to go with me, shot two of this company, scalped one of them, and said that the other had sandy hair, and he dare not scalp him, for he seemed too much like a white man. At another time, when Captain James Andrus, with a com-pany of men from St. George was with us, a few animals passed us in the night. We supposed there were three Navajoes with them. We followed them one day. By taking a circuitous route we came within range of . them unobserved. Some of the company fired before the others were ready. Two of the raiders fell; the others, quick as thought, drove the horses upon a sharp point of rocks, where they took shelter in such a way that they could guard their horses without exposing themselves. We endeavored to approach them to advantage, but with-out success. I was fired at several times, as also were several of the other brethren. Once, as I was secreted behind a cedar tree, a Navajoe crawled up behind a sand drift, fired at me, and the bullet just missed my head. Finding that the Indians had the advantage of us, we left them, only getting one of the horses. The Navajoes secured ten horses and lost three of their men. Captain Andrus and company returned to St. Greorge, and left Brothers John Mangum, Hyrum Judd, Jehiel McConnell } my son Lyman, myself and the Piutes to watch the frontiers, as we had done through the winter. |