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Show MOEMONIZED INDIANS. 213 travel to California, remained behind to complete their outfit of provisions. At this point, the road to San Bernandino branches out thirty miles to the westward. We shall proceed on our journey, on the return of Brigham Young from Harmony. The Payides, or Piedes, were considered the most., degraded set of Indians in the Territory, living on reptiles, insects, roots, etc., and going about in a state of nuditv. Since the settlement of Cedar City, they have become more civilized; many of them live within the walls of the city. The Mormons have supplied them with clothes, and proper food. The Indians have become of very great assistance in ploughing and reaping. Several acres of ground have been placed under cultivation, and appropriated for the use of the Indians. They are now acquiring the arts of agriculture and husbandry. A large number of them have been baptized into the Mormon faith. It is really astonishing to see the sacrifices and personal privations to which these people willingly, and uncomplainingly submit. Hundreds of families who formerly lived more comfortably at home, are now contented with a mud hut, twelve to fifteen feet square, with a single room, in which they cook, eat, and sleep. In some of them I have seen eight persons, including children, yet they are perfectly happy in the plan of salvation held out to them by the religion they have embraced. 21st.-The Governor and party arrived this evening from Harmony. He has appointed the following gentlemen to take up |