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Show 4- O FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. in many ways. I said nothing to anyone, but kept up a " terrible thinking." Being a Missourian it seemed, from the remarks made even in public, that salvation could never reach me. I remembered that my father always opposed mobocracy, so much so that he was called by some of our neighbors a Mormon. I was too proud to mention this to anyone; I knew I was honest and was not to blame for being born in Missouri. CHAPTER IV. My Baptism Walker, the " Napoleon of the Desert" Raids in Lower California He Tricks the Mexicans Extinction of the Tribe. " TOURING the winter I made several trips to Salt Lake LJ City in company with Patrick, one of the firm in whose employ I was. The winter was very cold, we were glad to get under shelter, no matter how poor it was. At that time there were few settlements from Salt Lake City to Manti. The first was at Willow Creek, Ebenezer Brown's farm, then Provo. The first house in American Fork was built in mid- winter, 1850- 51, by Matt Caldwell. A bitter cold night brought four of us to this humble abode, made of unhewn cottonwood logs, where we were kindly greeted and housed for the night. Beyond Provo A. J. Stewart erected the first cabin at Peteteneet creek, which place is now known as Payson. From there on there were no settlements until Manti was reached. About this time, mid- winter, I commenced to con-sider whether it would not be best for me to go on to |