Jacob Hamblin: A Narrative of His Personal Experience as a Frontiersman, Missionary to the Indians and Explorer, Disclosing Interpositions of Providence, Severe Privations, Perilous Situations and Remarkable Escapes Fifth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series, Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints

CHAPTER V.

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Mission to Southern Utah--Locate at Harmony--Remarkable Prophecies of Heber C. Kimball fulfilled--Indians Harvesting--Indian "Medicine man"--Indian woman healed under our administration--Accompany a hunting party--A fight for a squaw, in which I am compelled to take part--Sickness--Take my family to Southern Utah--Build a fort on the Santa Clara--Rain in answer to prayer--Counsel from President Young--We refuse to administer to the sick until they are washed--A sick boy dies, and the Indians grow mad and threaten us--We follow and pacify them.