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Show 306 TEAVELS AND ADVENTUEES IN THE FAE WEST. earth to purify the saints. Therefore, let the devils howl, let them rage, and thus exhibit themselves in the form of those poor, foolish Lamanites. Let them go on in their work, and do you not desire to kill them, until they ought to be killed, and then we will extinguish the Indian title, if it is required. Did you never feel to pity them, on viewing their wretched condition? Walker, with a small band, has succeeded in making all the Indian bands in these mountains fear him. He has been in the habit of stealing from the Californians, and of making eveiy train of emigrants that passed along the Spanish trail to California pay tithing to him. He finally began to steal children form those bands to sell to the Spaniards ; and through fear of him, he has managed to bring in subjection almost all the Utah tribes. I will relate one action of Walker's life, which will serve to illustrate his character. He, with his band, about last February, fell in with a small band of Payedes, and killed off the whole of the men, took the squaws prisoners, and sold the children to the Mexicans, and some few were disposed of in this Territory. This transaction was told by Arapeen, Walker's brother, though he was not at the' affray himself. The Indians in these mountains are continually on the decrease; bands that numbered 150 warriors when we first came here, number not more than 35 now; and some of the little tribes in the southern parts of this Territory, towards New Mexico, have not a single squaw amongst them, for they have traded them off for horses, etc. This practice will soon make the race extinct. Besides, Walker is continually, whenever an opportu- |