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Show among us to live, we have heard a great many things but our ears were stopped and we could not understand (said he) but now we can hear a great deal better. But he thought there was one thing that would prevent his people from complying with my wishes. He said they were very poor, and had to hunt most all the time to keep from starving, and if they laid down their bows to work in the fields they would soon be obliged to pick them up again. But, as for himself he would adopt my advice if I would only furnish him some seed grain in the spring. He thought he could plow like the Mornons (sic) did, as they had learnt him how last Spring. They all joined us in a sumptuous meal of cold provisions which some of our men had prepared, after which we returned to Fillmore, and in the following morning gave them some Blankets and clothing and told the chieves (sic) to inform their people of our views in regard to farming &c which they did immediately rising with each other in graceful eloquence. On the morning of the ninth we reached Twenty mile in Sanpete County, and examined its facilities as we had understood that Arra-Pine Chief of the Utahs had fixed on it as his future home. We found sufficient water to irrigate two thousand acres or more, and more land than there is water to irrigate, which lies in a cave of the mountains, with timber convenient and by abundance of nutritious grass. We laid out four townships in 1*+*+ Square miles, beginning on the top of the North Western Creek of Sanpitch Creek opposite the mouth of Six Mile |