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Show FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. 249 Many years afterwards, the Indians showed me these books. They prize them highly. At Juan Largos' s the people came together and we taught them the same as we had the Pimas. Francisco Capulla went to this village with us. He became much interested in our teachings. His home was in Sonora ; he was here only on a visit. I have often heard of but have never seen him since. We found that many of the older Indians on the Gila, remembered the Mormon Battalion that passed through their country in 1846. CHAPTER XXXVII. We Visit the Governor of Arizona An Indian Country My Talk with the Natives The Custom Officer He Favors our Entry into Mexico. ON LEAVING the Gila our route led to Tucson. We crossed the eighty- five mile desert where the Bat-talion suffered so much for water. When we crossed there were two wells furnishing good, pure water. One, two hundred feet deep, where there was a small stock ranch and station. For support, the owner sold water to travelers. At Tucson we received a letter from Brigham Young, from which I will give a short extract, dated, Salt Lake City, November, 8th, 1875. " Since your departure from Salt Lake City on your way southward, more than one hundred and fifty have been called to aid in the building up of the King-dom of God, in various parts of the earth. Among |