Jacob Hamblin: A Narrative of His Personal Experience as a Frontiersman, Missionary to the Indians and Explorer, Disclosing Interpositions of Providence, Severe Privations, Perilous Situations and Remarkable Escapes: Fifth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series, Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints — John Shaqi
Jacob Hamblin: A Narrative of His Personal Experience as a Frontiersman, Missionary to the Indians and Explorer, Disclosing Interpositions of Providence, Severe Privations, Perilous Situations and Remarkable Escapes: Fifth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series, Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day SaintsHamblin, Jacob
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Jacob Hamblin: A Narrative of His Personal Experience as a Frontiersman, Missionary to the Indians and Explorer, Disclosing Interpositions of Providence, Severe Privations, Perilous Situations and Remarkable Escapes: Fifth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series, Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints
Hamblin, Jacob
Frontier and pioneer life -- Utah; Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886; Indians of North America -- Utah; Latter Day Saint churches -- Utah
Visit to Salt Lake City--Interview between Elder George A. Smith and
Governor Cumming--Elder Smith urges an investigation of the Mountain
Meadow massacre--Governor Cumming objects--Appointed sub-Indian
agents--Nearly killed by a fall from a tree--A remarkable vision--First
mission to the Moquis--Description of their towns, customs and
traditions--Some of the Brethren remain with them--Difficult journey
home--Moquis prediction.
CHAPTER X.
Second trip to the Moquis--Two Elders left to labor with them--Lack
of success, owing to traditions of the Indians--Third mission to
the east side of the Colorado--George A. Smith, Jr., shot by the
Navajoes--Very trying experience--The wounded man dies in the saddle,
while traveling--Forced to leave his body unburied--Bitter reflections.
CHAPTER XI.
Arrival at Spaneshanks' camp--His friendly spirit--Return home--Journey
in the winter to recover the remains of George A. Smith, Jr.--Destitute
condition of my family.
CHAPTER XII.
Many Saints called to settle Southern Utah--Destructive flood on
the Santa Clara--Narrow escape from drowning--Another visit across
the Colorado--A new route--Moquis Indians pray for rain--Their
prayers answered--Three Indians return with us--Their devotion and
reverence--They visit Salt Lake City.
CHAPTER XIII.
The Moquis visitors taken home--Singular presentiment of my Indian
boy--The route south of St. George taken the second time--Cataract
Canyon--The lost Moquis and the "medicine man"--Meeting with the
brethren who had been left at the Moquis towns--Explorations about the
San Francisco Mountains--Return home--Great suffering with thirst--My
Indian boy dead and buried, as he had predicted he would be.
CHAPTER XIV.
Change in the spirit of the Indians--Some insight into their
privations and trials--They threaten hostilities--Difficulties
with them settled--A kind, peaceful policy the best--Visit to the
Moquis towns--The people are invited to live with the Saints--Their
objections to removing--Hostile attitude of the Navajoes--Return
home--Suffering with thirst--A providential supply of water--Dr.
Whitmore killed--Severe sickness--Healed in answer to prayer.
CHAPTER XV.
Travels among the Indians--Watching the frontiers--Trip to the
Moquis towns--Great raid of the Navajoes--A good opportunity lost of
recovering stolen stock--Skirmishes with Raiders--A peaceable agreement
with the Navajoes desirable--Visit of President Young to Kanab.
CHAPTER XVI.
Visits among Utah Indians--Meet Major Powell--Employed to accompany
him--Council with the Shi-vwits--Major Powell's description of it.
CHAPTER XVII.
Journey to Port Defiance--Interesting visit among the Moquis
towns--Arrival at Fort Defiance--General council of the chiefs of the
Navajoe nation--Great peace talk--Return home--Treaty of peace in one
of the Moquis towns--Stolen sheep recovered for a Navajoe.
CHAPTER XVIII.
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