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Show FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. 2 I I the advice first given by G. A. Smith. I acted as a trader most of the time, but my main business was to establish peace. It cost considerable time and money, and when I got through there was a debt of some $ 1200.00 against me at Z. C. M. I. Brother Brigham ordered the account sent to him for settlement. Several years after this, whilst living in Arizona, I received a letter from a former friend of the agent, ask-ing me for the papers I had, saying that with them and what they had, they thought they could make a case against this same agent. I replied to them that if they had to go back so far for evidence it was clear to me that the agent was doing pretty well ; that I had not heard of the Indians complaining of late years and that I had no papers for them. So long as the Indians were satisfied I cared nothing for disappointed speculators. CHAPTER XXXII. The Killing of an Indian near Fairview His Friends Visit me I Advise them to keep the Peace and they do so. TT FTER the Indian troubles were settled I was advised l\ to move to Sanpete valley to try and keep an influ-ence for peace with the whites as well as the Utes. The authorities of Sanpete County, together with the greater portion of the people approved of my labors, and were glad that peace was now made, whilst some of the more captious found fault and used their influence to bring about a collision hoping thereby to get the Indians killed by setting the troops upon them. I believed then and |
