Show A MORMON APOSTLE the life and anil miracles of jacob lin among tile indians of utah special correspondence to thony world CONCLUDED Bri brigham 2 aliani young as I 1 have said insisted upon n co conciliatory Neilia tory policy towards tho the indiana indians lie he made in in person repeated visits to the missions mission among them and was never never weary of advising and encouraging here is a portion of one of his bis letters does it read like the words of a bad man seek by works of righteousness otis to obtain the love and confidence of the tribes omit promises where you ore are not sure you can fulfil fulfill them seek to unite your hearts in the bonds of love may the spirit of the lord direct you and t that at he lie rasy qualify you for every duty is the constant con stunt prayer roy of your ur fellow laborer in the gospel ibe 1 01 of salvation brigham young here r is a part of another another letter 1 I trust that the genial and salutary influence now so rapidly extending to the various tribes may continue until it reaches every son and daughter of abraham in their fallen condition the hour of their redemption draws nigh and the time is not far off when they shall become a people whom the lord will b bless I 1 es S the ind indians ians should be encouraged to keep and ana take care of stock I 1 highly approve P rove of your design in doing your I 1 farming armin g through the natives it tea teaches ch t them beni to obtain a subsistence by their own industry and leaves yoa you more liberty to extend your labors among others you should always bo be careful to impress upon them that they should not infringe on the rights of others othen and our brethren should be very careful not to infringe upon their rights in in i any particular thus cultivating honor and good principles in their midst by example as well as by precept aa As ever your brother in the gospel of salvation brigham young these and other letters arc are exactly in the spirit of the correspondence which in the early days of england in hindostan hindustan Hind wen won for the old court of directors UK je eternal admiration of mankind and for england the respect of asia yet in brigham youngs case is it ever carried to his credit that ho be spent so much thought and time and labor over the reclamation of the indians by a policy of kindness and their exaltation by an example of honorable dealing it was in this spirit that the mormon missionaries went out to the indiana indians then living in the territory over which I 1 have just travelled and jacob hamblin was one eminently characteristic of the t type p beyond all others however by ie 1 sympathized empathized with the red mans nature 1 I argue with him just as tie be argues he lie said he ile was on good terms with tho the medicine men and took a delightful interest in their ceremonies but when they failed to bring rain with bonfires and howling he lie used to pray down abundant s showers gowers when they gave up tormenting the sick as past all ho hope e hamblin in restored the invalid to life by the laying on of hands band 1 once more let me say that I 1 am only quoting net not in dorsing but I 1 do him great injustice in not being able to convey in writing the impressive simplicity of his language his low measured tones his contemplative earnest attitude his indian like ata vity of countenance that he speaks the implicit truth according ding to his own I 1 am aa as certain aa as that the bumis shining on the lake outside my window his occult sympathies seemed at times to be magnetic a for when in doubt as to a companion on a fenilous perilous rilous fe J journey on aney some som e brother or ot other ar the fittest person forthe for the occasion would always feel mysteriously influenced to go to him to sec see if his services services were needed his displeasure killed men med that is to say they went from his presence sickened and died so frequent was this inexplicable demise mise that the indians worked out a superstition that evil befalls those who rob or kill a mormon and so marked were the special manifestations of the mission missionaries aries spirit power that as hamblin says they were without excuse for refusing conversion and were converted they looked to us for counsel and learned to regard our words as law though the missionaries were sometimes alone and the tribes around them of the roost most desperate kind as plunder some as wolves 4 and at perpetual blood feud with each other when they had determined on an atrocity burn burning iliad a squaw for 4 instance they wo wound do it in a most nervous hurry burry leet lest a mormon should stop it and when they had done it and were reproached they used to cry like children and say they were only indians tragedy and comedy went hand in hand laughter at the ludicrous is cut short by a shudder of horror we cannot be good we must be aiutes perhaps some of our children will bagood be good were lVere going off to kill so and so whoop I 1 and anay an ay they would go putting an ar row into the missionary mission arys 8 horse orse as they passed by and by the roan man who shot the arrow arbow would be found dead and the rest be back at work in the settlement hoeing pumpkins for all the world like |