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Show h - m - From our regular Correspondent. Hackberry, Mohave Co., A. T., January 15, 1883 Ed. Union: We arrived at Hack-berry Hack-berry on the 251 h of December and " left there on the 28th for Fort Mohave where we arrived on the 3 1st. On January 1st. we went down the Val- ley 25 rnil.es, and on the 2nd we ar rived at the Camp of Asket, a Moha-ve Moha-ve Chief. We had a talk with him Hr and he felt well. On the 3rd we Bt started down the Colorado to visit the Chemahaves. We arrived in Chom-B Chom-B ahave Valley on the 5lb, and found I that the Chief of the Chemahaves was gone from home. There is some good land in the Chemahave Valley, but it would take a large amount of work to get the water out of the river H for irrigation purposes. There Is one MB Mexican with some entile, and a few Cheinanaves settled m this Valley. On the 8th we returned to the Hail-road Hail-road line where we were isited-. by Asket the Mohave Chief. He was . very friendly; also many other Mo-haves, Mo-haves, The Chief, and some of his j men also, want the Saints to come and settle in the Mohave Valley near them . The land in thc Mohave Valiey i vciy gr od, but it would lequire a .V great deal of labor' to get the water out of the river to run upon the land, but it could be irrigated by digging wells and using windmill pumps There is also some small strips of land near the river that are subject to overflow, over-flow, when the river is high, in the months of May and June. This dues rot need irrigating. Itissaid by some of the old settlers.that corn planted in the Mohave Valley, will get ripe in six weeks from the time it is planted. On the 9th we went, in company with Chief Asket, to the camp of Merryman, a young Chief of the Mo-haves Mo-haves who can read, write, and speak good english. We preached the gospel gos-pel to him and gave him a copy of the Voice of Warning, and gave him some account of the Bool: of Mormon and how it came forth, after which, this young Chief interpreted it to a large number of his Indians. The Chief seemed to have a good spirit, a.nd the Indians were much interested. On the 9th went to Fort Mohave in company with Chief Asket and a few of the Mohaves, where we found a great many Indians gathered, and in a short time, Pol-e-che-cha, head Chief of the Mohaves, and his interpreter, inter-preter, Captain Jem, arrived. We preached the gospel to the interpreter and he interpreted il to the Indians, after which, we desired to hear what the Chief had to say. The interpret ter said the Chief would give us his opinion in about two or three hours, but we saw no more of him that day, but he sent his interpreter with fin 'invit ation for us to come to his camp next day, to pay him a vi.si', which we did. We had a good talk during ihe day, and the Chief f It well on hearing what we had to say to him. He said he would b; pleased to have some of the Saints come and live near him, and learn his people to work and school their children. He was also willing to let them farm some of his land that is already cleared, and which the river overflows every ear, if they will only c me. I have promised to return in four months, being requested to do so by the Mohave Ohieves, who say that I have kept my promise made to them last spring, to return to them this winter. We had a -talk during the night and met with some opposition, but the Chief and all his men but one, remained friendly From your brother in the gospel, Llewellyn Harris. |