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-promoting series, by James A. Little. Designed for the instruction and encouragement of young Latter-Day Saints

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120 SMITH'S LETTER TO THE " PIOCHE RECORD.'' CHAPTER XXI. SMITH'S VERSION OF THE TRYING ORDEAL A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION FROM A GENTILE STANDPOINT SOME OF HIS STATEMENTS EXPLAINED. I HERE give place to a letter from Mr. Smith to the Pioche Record, which was also re- published in the Deseret News : " MOWABBY, MoHAYE Co., ARIZONA, February 5, 1874. & * # # * " On the 15th of January, we were in the very act of packing the horses preparatory to a start, when an Indian arrived, who proved to be Tuba, the chief of the Moquis Indians, a friendly tribe who live in this part of the country. " I should have mentioned that this [ the ferry] is the residence of John D. Lee, against whom I was deeply prejudiced on account of his presumed connection with the terrible Mountain Meadow massacre, an imputation, however, he utterly denies. I found him, on acquaintance, to be a very agreeable gentleman. Mr. Lee speaks the Indian language well, and through him we learned the cause of the chief's visit. " A Navajoe chief who had received favors from Mr. Lee, and was well disposed towards him, had arrived at Tuba's lodge that morning ( having ridden all night) to get him to go and tell Mr. Lee that three Navajoe Indians had been killed and one wounded by Mormons, a few days before, in an affray in the neighborhood of Grass Valley, on the north fork of the Sevier River; that the wounded Indian had arrived at his camp the night before, and was now actively engaged in striving to rouse the Navajoes to war; that the young men were clamoring for revenge ; and to warn him that he would probably be attacked within four days, and to prepare for defense. " Here was a dilemma. Ko possibility of obtaining assistance nearer than one hundred and fifty miles; Mrs. Lee and five children, and a helpless old man, named Winburn, disabled by a lame foot, who had not risen from his bed for four months. " After a brief consultation we sent a letter to Fort Defiance, announcing the condition of aifairs, Tuba agreeing to forward it