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Show LETTER FROM ST. GEORGE. ;f'li.ial Cui-rtijioGileuco ul His IIikald.J St. Geouue, Utah, Sep. IS, Ism, Dear Herald; Since last writing there has beeu juice an excitement in talking circles, which last week went up to fever heat at Kauab and vicinity, all of which bus now cutirely disappeared but the smoke. In this wiso it occurred : Tho ftavajocs, about SO iu number, all fine looking warriors, appeared upon the bauk of tho Colorado, and then for-waidcd for-waidcd an envoy to Mr. Ilamblin and tho bishop of Kanab, that they had como on peaceful and trading terms, i for a friendly visit to cat salt with their new white brothers. Teams were sent out, and this dusky army of Navnjoes were brought in and given the old fort for quarters. President E. Snow happened to bo there on their arrival, and the Indians expressed their happiness happi-ness by many a warm round of hugging hug-ging and hand-shaking of the principal princi-pal men. A lew biankets were given to somo of our f riends. Tho bishop took care that thoy were fed, and all went along swimmiugly; but the great preponderance of redskin population naturally caused distrust and fear in the minds of tho women, and some nl tho men, too, especially as the Indians got a little saucy, and the more so when they observed families huddling ai'd moving together and that they oie afraid. President Snow had left I tot mis place, and the proper moment ! !. t . iue arrived tho visitors made a de- m:ii. i au- eighty horses, some beeves, ; . . m which thoy expressed them- - , wiling to givo one blanket for '.. Jd if they were not brought ; Up ward why they had brought lariats i Hid bridles and they would help themselves. them-selves. While the agent and bishop I were parleying, a runner was sent to Long valley at night, and ere day dawned a f small reinforcement had arrived. The Indians seeing new farces asked the Utes where they came from and were told, "down big cauon." A party soon sallied out and saw tracks, thought they were about to be caught, nnd matin tracks from the ibrt to higher open ground. Seeing their scare a trick was anticipated. antici-pated. The Navnjoes at once became very friendly and accommodating, as well as loving, wanted a present of a lew horses and they would return the brotherly kindness in blankets, skins, etc. Thirty wild ponies were driven into the kraal by J. Ilamblin, and presented pre-sented to the stalwart, dusky braves, when they in return piled from their shoulders about a hundred blankets, more or less, a fair compensation for the horses, Next day one ,'party of i sixteen, with an interpreter, started , this way to trade for more horses, and another party of twenty took trail for Rockville for tho like purpose. The first, coming as far as Toquer, obtained what they wished, horses and dye stuffs, and this morning started homeward. home-ward. Tho main body, leaving Kauab, went for tho Pahrea to await the re turn of the other parties. In the interim of all these excitements excite-ments an express was sent to Toquer, thence to this place and Washington by telegraph, and a small party from each place, of mounted men, were dispatched dis-patched to the scene of the excitement, but failed to arrive in time, and returned re-turned quietly to their homes. This ends the Navajo excitement. We had a nice shower ten days ago and the weather is a little more cool and pleasant Tho peach crop is generally about cured, and I may say sold. There will scarcely bo a home supply a month hence. Wine making will commence here this week. A new road has been discovered and marked, from St. Thomas on the ; Muddy, to tho new richly-opening mining district across the Colorado in Arizona, only 97 miles; and a fair road trom St; Thomas to the Sacramento district. A ferry has been established at the mouth of the Virgcn. Prof. Mars tin and corps, a wing of Col. Wheeler's party, is here takine careful astronomical observations. He is social and gentlemanly, and commands com-mands the respect of everyone. He will remain ten days or more to complete com-plete observations. All is well, and so along. J. |