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Show FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. IIQ there was another spirit whispering to me, saying, " You are innocent; he is a prophet and will understand the truth." This spirit prevailed. On arriving at President Young's office August 25th, 1857, I found quite a number present. I was asked if I was ready for the hearing. I replied that I did not see my witnesses. President Young answered: " When we need them we will send for them." I was then called upon to give my report and show how we had lived, what the cost of living was, etc. I had an account of all our expenditures, which amounted to about 75 cts. a week for each man. Some one remarked that we could not live so cheaply. Then began quite a discussion over our cheap living. Some were inclined to question my statement. Brother Young said to me, " Brother Jones, get up and tell the brethren just how you lived, and explain to them why your accounts only amount to 75 cts. a week. I then made the statement that we had killed and eaten forty head of cattle that were so poor they were dying; we had lived on the meat and hides some two months ; that we had not credited the owners anything for them, as we thought it was worth the cattle to eat them. That we had killed some game at various times. That was purs, no credit allowed ; had lived two weeks on thistles dug from the frozen ground, no credit; one week on native garlic ; three days on minnows caught with a dip- net, fish too small to clean, rather bitter in taste, no credit; several meals on prickly pear leaves roasted, no credit ; several days without anything much but water to drink, no credit ; some five months mostly on short rations without bread or salt. These were about all the reasons for the price being so low. The seventy- five cents per week covered all the meats bought |