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Show - SACURD' :. , '1;, Y, JUNE THE DESERET NEWS, t C.-11-urc4h.De-po'rf.min- later to make their homes and help their Red break. George A. smith visited the missionaries in rem This greatly pleased the Indians. The Mor- - July. He brought a letter from Governor Brigham ' MOn8 explained their Gospel message and "eleven of Young, advising them to build a fort as ,protection - CHAPTER XXIX case the Lamanites ceased to be friendly. A few own In the Indians at were, baptized their, request, '.' INDIAN MISSION THR SANTA CLARA . Church." as and of confirmed the later the fort was completed. Its walls members months (3) , Within a few days all of the missionaries re- were composed of rock, two feet thick, twelve feet DROBABLY the most important and successful of ' the Mormon missions, established to help citv turned to Harmony with the exception of Jacob' high, and one hundred feet long.. The missionaries , ilize the Lamanites and teach them the Gospel, was Hamblin and William Hennefer; who were left to - were assisted in their labors by Elias Morris and the one founded in 1854 on the Santa Clara River visit the Red men on the upper Clara. In the latter other masons from Cedar City. Later, when Presisouth of the rim of the Great Basin. Among the part of June, 1854, Hamblin and Hennefer rejoined dent Young visited Santa Clara, he declared tht fort to be the best in Utah at that time. Apostle Amasa various groups called at the October Conference in their companions 1853 by Jhe First Presidency of the Church to build Only a short time passed before the missionaries Lyman visited the Indian mission on May 18, 1857, wrote in his journal:. and -- - new settlements or to Strengthen older ones, was a made a second 'trip to Santa Clara and succeeded to labor chosen The ' more missionaries in Indians at the Fort just as its inmates were twenty-threThey spent baptizing fifty party of Par. The brethren at this remainder of the summer of 1854 in visiting and in rising- - from sleep among the Indians in southern Utah. Apostles these elders struaing the various groups of natives in that have, built a stone fort one hundred feet place ley P. Pratt and Orson Hyde organized in square, inside of which are the crude a Contspanif at Salt Lake- CRY, and appointed ton. 13.1nTs which its occupants reside at present. By special appointment', Jacob Hamblin was hey Rufus C. Allen to be president, with David LewistIavcounselor: second Clara the and some Santa for Atwood with 011 F. the have land in cultivation among the Indians first and Samuel to Val-- in November, 1854, to use his Influence to keep the natives, with whom there seems to exist a good ing just returned in 1853 from a mission was well prepared to direct Red men from disturbing the travelers on the southfeeling at present (8) . paraiso, Chile, Allen such a proselyting enterprise among the natives. ern route to California, a task which he accomplish Up to August, 1857, Rufus C. Allen had been In-Indian and scout Mormon After his noted successfully. completing assignment, president of the southern Indian mission: Most of Jacob Hamblin, that time he had resided at Harmony having Interpreter, was one of the Important members of Hamblin returned to Harmony.. 'C. Allen . In and coup. trusted the direction of the Lamanites at Santa December, 1854,- Rufus the company. 8; Salt Lake April Mors H. Clara to Jacob Hamblin. ' On August 4 President City, Great Thales Jacob left Haskell, Hamblin, The party designated called Ira Hatch, Samuel Knight, Augustus P. Hardy and 'Young released Alen and appointed Hamblin to suc1854, and arrived at John D. Lee's settlement, 16- others tO establish a permanent ,settlement on the ceed him. The following letter is typical of Brother Harmony, In the southwestern part of Utah, May At that time there were some twelve to fifteen lam. Santa Clara. They were to take their families along. Brigham's advice on the proper way of dealing with flies located there.- - Lee and his group had been sent Two factors made a new colony necessary: the first the Indians: President's - Office to southern Utah two years earlier by President was that there seemed to be insufficient water at , some work done G. S. L. C. had of accommodate to the all already second, settlers; Harmony Brigham Young. 'they the ' and "the was preceding more that as the Sunday the reason, August 4, 1857. natives,, probably important Wong Elder" Jacob Hamblin: of the newcomers, the Indian School at Har- - they had learned that Santa Clara was a favorite , arrival You are,hereby appointed to succeed Elder of the Indians. . monyfhowed an attendance of ten Indian children." -----rendezvous settle-O- n the-- Santa Clara 'In.; Santa .1. After to instructions receffing (1) Mission. dian wish enter upon the du- before to Clara River early in December, 1854, Jacob Hamblin I you In accordance with Instructions received liarof and office ties his for ' left at your hnmediately. Harmony companions immediately leaving Salt Lake, the missionaries stayed arrived' Rio Continue their of the new the field the labor. at towards and Upon policy President company, arriving conciliatory until Young ' mony Indians which I have ever commended, and toward the latter part, of May In Instructing the Virgin that night they met a large group of Piute seek by works of righteousness to obtain their Red out Indians a the from Santa hunt. Clara the with village in missionaries relative to their dealings love and confidence. Omit promises where you called The (A) Elders Chief the if said "that under ing expedition President men, Young arenot sure you can fill them; and seek to as missionaries to the natives desired to have in- next day they chose their site at a point on the unite the hearts of the brethren on that mission, fluence they must associate With them in, their Santa Clara about five miles northeast of its 'con- Val- fluence and He Clara The let all under your direction be united to. Rib Santa the with other and Virgin. (2), pursuits." hunting expeditions gether in the holy bonds of love and unity. wished them to use a different policy, from that of ley was very narrow, being only about 'An is peace here, and the Lord is eminently colonists, whom he had advised to have no dealings ters of a mile wide where the settlement was loaded. This necessitated dividing the firm lands into blessing our labors; grain is abundant, and our with the Indians except through agents. cities are alive with the busy bum of industry.. President Young also told the newly arrived In- extremely small tracts, but the settlers Were fort- Do not permit the brethren to part with In colonunate soil his the was and that with Lee exceptionally productive. dian missionaries to stay .their guns and ammunitions, but save them ists for the time being, and for the 'whole group to It was soon found that semitropical fruits such as against the hour of need. (9) move north about four miles from where Lee's camp grapes, figs and almonds, as well as apples, peach- No better choice than Jacob Hamblin could have was then located and there donstruct a substantial es, plums, cherries, and pears, could be grown very been made for the director of the Lamanite mission. to well canal there a to were convey fort. They also dig The missionaries Immediately began the work He was without doubt the most influential and water for irrigation purposes. Naturally the group In founding a community.- They erected - cesiful Mormon missionary to the Indians- while thought at that time that the new fort location atn south-tia on the upper end of the present site of Brigham Young was at the helm. So great was his of the cabin would be log the headquarters Harmony - f - Santa Clara, constructed a dam across the creek, power with the natives and so highly was he es-Indian mission. June 5, 1854, President Rufus C. Allen, Jacob built canals, and made preparations to begin irriga-- teemed that he has aptly been called the "Apostle to the Lamanites." Chief II Fennefer. and several others of tion when spring should arrive. aut the missionaries, with Ira Hatch as interpreter, and his tribe, numbering ab-voice so low that to hear him one had to get very started south to visit the various groups otnatives. men In these labors. close to him' and listen with great attention. This one feet hundred the about the site the of near By Toquerville dam, spring present Arriving first day, they found a small, friendly band of In-- long and fourteen feet high, was completed, and distinctly personal .characteristic, helped to make Mails; and had an interview with , Chief Toquer. ttne hundred acres of land were also Prepared for him unusually Impressive- to the savages. In one The next evening as they reached the Rio Virgin, Planting-- On this land the missionaries fulfilled the of his first contacts with them, the chief came out came' promise, they had made to the Indians a year earlier, and made gestures of peace. Hamblin promised him , apposite the present site of Washington, they men. The women and Le.,, they taught the natives how to farm In a more safety, but his superior officer was determined to upon another camp of Red children immediately hid themselves in the brush, - scientific way. The Mormons and the Indians cul- - shoot the natives. Hamblin threw himself in front while the men approached the Mormons in a very tivated the land conjointly and shared the produce of the Red man and said, "If any one is to be shot, be the first" Throughout his career in dealcautious manner. Mexicans dnd bands of tTtes had equally Jacob Hamblin reported: "We raised met-' repeatedly made raids upon, these weaker groups ons and had the privilege of disposing of them our- - ing with the Lamanites, he always believed that if of Indians for the purpose of taking their children selves. I do not think that the Indians ever took he dealt justly with them they would never kill ' him. He was placed in many precarious positions, Into California or Mexico to be sold for slaves, and any without leave." (5) Hamblin and his companions were also inter- - but each time he escaped unharmed or wounded - .8( they Were suspicious and afraid of all white men. However, before long the natives were convinced ested in teaching the natives to raise their standard only slightly. In the words of John Henry Evans: Although Jacob Hamblin generally carried of the sincerity of the Missionaries and became of living through stock raising Therefore, on June a of some sort, his dependable weapon was . gun to at them. a ease 1856; and with the Washington friendly they presented petition , . prayer and the most absolute trust in The white men camped the following night on County court at Harmony asking the privilege of He ate with the Indiana Cantorof Meadows on he slept with herd grounds at Mountain the the Santa Clara River near the site them, he talked their language, he prayed with town of that name. ; They found a rather large nia road. This petition was granted for the term them for the rains to save their crops, he took ffT group of Indians living thereTheraale members of oneyear "under the sanction and protection' of ' one ot 'their boys to rear in his ow n way, he were about but there the law regulating herd grounds." (6) of the village numbered 250, ' thought their thoughts, and reasoned in their The missionaries exerted an increasing influ- : very few children, as most of them had been taken he knew more perhaps than simple ways--till capfive. Having been informed by messengers of ence for good over these natives, but it was impos- - the attitude of any other Americaan ever knew of the native, the Santa Clara - sible to transform them completely.. One of the ' and exerted more Influence with them4 And It Red men greeted them very cordially. , elders' wrote: is safe to say that no one has ever fought them The natives in the Santa Clara village were ekthe longer the natives watched the '13ut ch a more effective weapon. (10) with mis-farming-whiwas by Ing praying- and pralseand cleanliness of the beteg own low No realized carried on in a very crude way., Small "patches of more the their doubt Jacob Hamblin's greatest Influence sionarits they - - -came through his absolute fearlessness, 'which was estate, saYing to Jacob Hamblin and his cornwheat; corn, squash and melons" were growing near the village. The farming Implements were made of demonstrated in panions when urged to Improve their mode of that occurred in 187& life: "We cannot be good, we must41;e Mutes. sticks of ash, three feet long, three or four inches sent Hamblin to Arizona to try to, Brigham You thertefteA: Sit'AilSen&T altd running "Al( ,want'S-obe that-anto:beitind to IrgyCnti la threatened,(Navajg uprising..against the some of our children will be good, but we want Mormon settlements in southern Utah point. Taking three crude Implements In their to follow our old customs." Some then again In January 1874,, --Hamblin left Kanab the natives would get upon their knees and Make furrows for planting by throwing the soil alone, on--a mission that, was Intended to pacgy: began to paint themselves and abuse Their worn right-anhad thousands of savage Indians. Possibly since went among them. (7) President Allen and his missionary companions aint Patrick fnvaded vepisode-r---- 'had been known in history. (11) Informed 'the natives that they had beeh sent there In the sulnmer of 1856, by request, of the Mor-Ile wasjaned byLESraith and his brother -- by the "BigCaptaint" Brighatn. 'Young,. to teach mon - Colonizer, Jacob Hamblin selected several fam- Hies from Harmony as missionaries t9 join the at Moen Cbpie. 'About a day's journey farther them how to farm in a better way: and that J. on Page Six) ably some of the visitors would come among them Santa Clara group." . 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