Labors in the Vineyard: Twelfth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-Day Saints.Various
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Labors in the Vineyard: Twelfth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-Day Saints.
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Their tradition says that over three hundred years before the conquest
of Mexico by the Spaniards, some white men landed in Mexico and told
the Indians that they had come from the regions beyond the sea to the
east. They say that from these white men came the ancient kings of
Mexico, from whom Montezuma descended.
These white men were known to the Indians of Mexico by the name of
_Cambaraga;_ and are still remembered so in the traditions of the
Zuni Indians. In time those white people became mixed with Indians, by
marriage, until scarcely a relic of them remained. A few traditions of
the Mexican Indians and a few Welsh words among the Zunis, Navajos, and
Moquises are all that can be found of that people now.
I have the history of the ancient Britons, which speaks of Prince
Madoc, who was the son of Owen Guynedd, king of Wales, having sailed
from Wales, in the year 1160, with three ships. He returned in the year
1163, saying he had found a beautiful country, across the western sea.
He left Wales again in the year 1164 with fifteen ships and three
thousand men. He was never again heard of.
The circumstances of the healing of the Indians who were affected with
the small pox, which occurred during my stay among the Zunis, are as
follows:
I put up with a Zuni Indian known as Captain Lochee, who had three
children sick with the small-pox. After I had been asleep two or
three hours, I was awakened by the cries of the family and some of
the neighbors who had come in. I arose and inquired the cause of the
crying, and was informed by Captain Lochee that his daughter, a child
of about twelve years of age, was dying. I saw she was gasping for
breath. I felt like administering to her then, but the Spirit of the
Lord prompted me to wait a little longer. I waited until she had done
gasping and did not appear to breathe. The Spirit of the Lord moved
upon me very strongly to administer to her, which I did; she revived
and slept well the remainder of the night. I also administered to the
other two who were sick in the same house that night. All was quiet the
remainder of the night, and all seemed much better in the morning. The
news of this spread through the town, and the next day I was called to
visit about twenty-five families, all of whom had one or more sick with
the small-pox. They also wished me to administer to the sick, which
I did. I was called upon to visit from ten to twenty families a day
for four days after my arrival, and administered to their sick. The
power of the Lord was made manifest to such a degree that nearly all I
administered to recovered. The disease was spreading so rapidly that I
was unable to visit all the houses. One morning about eight o'clock one
of the Zuni women came for me to go and visit the sick; she took me to
a house which had a large room in it, about twenty by forty feet. When
I entered the room I found they had gathered the sick from all parts of
the village, till they had completely filled the house.
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