4th In company with & with ethe 3 I visited President
who seemed pleased with the interview
President Young gave them Each an Apple which they
Eat with a good relish. The Moquitch Indians live in
about 1250 Miles South East of the Colorado & 335
miles from they live in a walled city built upon
the top of the rocks hard of access so as to be preserved from
their Enemies they do not go to war, nor fight ownly in ex-
treme cases of self defense, they never scalp an Enemy dand
do not like to shed blood they are vary truthful, virtuous
honest & Industrious, they teach there children not
to shed blood, they cultivate the Earth raise corn, beans
Mellons, pumpkins, squashes, Onions, red peper a large quan-
tity of peaches they raise cotton keep sheep, Goats, Jacks
& GJinnies they spin & weave their own cloth. The Men do all
the cultivation of the Earth & Making cloth the women
assist some they do the cooking & assist watering the sheep
they are vary kind to there women. They have seven
villiages the largest town has about 300 family containing
about 2000 souls the whole Number of the Tribe probable
about 5000 souls they are vary intelligent and light
colored there are some with blue Eyes & Hazel Eyes and
vary light hair but they have never mixed blood with
any white men or other Indian tribes. they have had a
tradition that some good men will come from the west
and bring them the truth and they think we are the pelople
and they have come as ambasadors to see the people & to see if
we are the people they have been looking for they lighke the
people & the country and the improvem[en]ts which they see
here. they feel anxious that we should instruct them &
direct them in their affairs. Therir forefathers formerly
lived west of the but there Enemies drove them
East of the river. they have lived in stone houses for genera-
tion. The Brethren while going to see them passed through
a vary good country for a settlement well timbered with
tall white pine also white oak & cedar good soil & grass
a plenty of gaim such as wild Turkies, Deer, Antilope also
wild Honey. RPresident thinks of sending 100 Men
to form a colony there He said He did not wish to send
Men who did not wish to go. He recommended for the white
Men to take the same Number of with them to plant
and built & prepare to move thereir families there. The compa-
ny who went to visit them consisted of 24 Men with abouth
650 Horses they travelled from the Colorado to the Moquich Nation
without a guide. They found them quite poor they had been
robed by the , and had but few sheep ^but a good crop of grain^ & little provisi-
on left the brethren stoped ^3 days with^ about a week with them they
had a three days feast & offered up & Prayers
that snow might fall upon the mountains to fill their basons
made of stone with water as they had no runing streams
or springs in there cities and when their snow water is gone
they have to go to the bottom land to wells to water there
flocks & for family use. The snow fell a foot deep the day
following theyir sacrafice they say snow always comes as
soon as they pray. Three of the Brethren stoped with them viz
& they remain
as Missionaries and three Four of their men accompanid
Brother Home they returned by the old trail saw some
& bought some provisions of them they had a good
deal of snow & a rough road when they came to the
the Lamanites were afraid to cross for they had never
seen ^crossed^ so large water before and was afraid of being drowned
and wished to returnen home. Brother Hamblin told them
they must go with us & when they found they must go
they offered in the following manner. The medicine
Man took some cotton thread of there own spinning about
18 inches long and tied on Each End a bunch of Duck ^Eagles^ fea-
thers about as big as a mans thumb, then placed it in the Edge
of the water, they then put some bread called peak & put between
the feathers then took a handful of dried peaches and put
between the feathers & then sprinkled consecrated white corn
meal over the water they then started over & when they came
into the deep water they sprinkled more meal upon the water
they went over safe they thanked the Lord for bringing them
over safe in half a mile they came to a mud canyon with
rocks from 100 to 300 feet high perpendicular the rains had
filled the canyon with mud so they had to bridge the passage
for 300 yards with willows in order to get there animals over
in order to get out of the canyon they had to climb out
about 400 feet by cutting steps in the rocks in a Zigzag
course seven of the animals missed the steps & fell down
the mountains some 50 feet. they then went on there Jour-
ey over a rough country for 8 days before they come to the
settlem[en]ts they were vary short of provisions & provisions was
sent out to meet them after spending 7 days with Brother
Hamblin, He brought them to After
leaving President I took them to the & showed
the process of printing & Bookbinding & the telegraph Office they
were much pleased with what they saw I took them
& gave them some dinner & Apples and Apricotts & plum
pitts. Brother Hamblin took them to the stores & to the
in the Evening they were much pleased with the scenery
they have Theaters at home & give good representations
