Moquis Indians destroy many Navajoes--An Oriba and his wife accompany us home--Peace talk with the Piutes--A dream and its fulfillment--Tuba's prayer--Choog, the Indian prophet--His prediction--Fatal fire in Kanab. CHAPTER XIX. Visit of Tuba and his wife to the Washington factory and flouring mill--Many Navajoes come to trade with our people--Take Tuba and his wife home--More talk about the death of Young George A. Smith--Saints called to settle in Arizona--They become discouraged and return to Utah--Navajoes murdered in Grass Valley--War imminent--Sent to settle the difficulty--Two miners accompany me--Indians call a council. CHAPTER XX. Indians assemble--The council lodge--Accused of lying to the Indians--Informed that I must die--Privilege granted the Smith Brothers of escaping--They refuse to desert me to save their lives--Violent speeches--Young Indians eager for revenge--Interpreters afraid to speak--Indians propose a compromise--350 head of cattle and horses demanded--I refuse to pay for a crime the "Mormons" never committed--They threaten to burn me--My coolness creates a favorable impression--An agreement--We regain our liberty. CHAPTER XXI. Smith's version of the trying ordeal--A graphic description from a Gentile standpoint--Explanation. CHAPTER XXII. Start home--Meet emigrants to Moancoppy--Visit Presidents Young and Smith--Return to meet the Indians--Providence favors me--Hastele fails to meet me--Return home--Moancoppy mission broken up--Sent with D. D. McArthur to establish a trading post--Hastele visits Kanab, and starts to the Sevier to learn about the murder--I stay at home--Testimony that I should accompany him--Indian Discernment--Hastele is satisfied. CHAPTER XXIII. Visit Port Defiance--Mr. Daniels, inspector of Indian agencies--His prejudice against the "Mormons"--Mr. Trewax, the preacher--Peace talk--Mission re-established. CHAPTER XXIV. Company start to visit the Arizona settlements--Disaster in the Colorado--Bishop Roundy drowned--Explore a new route--Promise fulfilled--Visit settlements--Severe experience on homeward trip--Assurance of approval from President Young--Trip across the Colorado in search of a criminal--Moquis ceremonies to bring rain--Conclusion. JACOB HAMBLIN. A NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. CHAPTER I I was born in Salem, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, on the 6th of April, 1819. When I was three months old, my father removed to Geauga Co., in the same State. That country was then a wilderness, covered with a heavy growth of timber. In my early life I assisted my father in chopping timber and clearing land. It required twenty faithful days' work to clear one acre, and render it fit for the harrow and a crop of wheat. In about three years the roots of the trees would decay, so that the soil could be worked with a plow. In 1836, I removed, with my father, to Wisconsin Territory. I remember passing through Chicago, then a mere hamlet, but now a large and wealthy city.