Chapter XLVIL

Deceit of my Interpreter--Indians Apply for Baptism--Some True-Hearted Natives Receive the Ordinance--Help Given on our Ditch by the Pimas and Maricopas--The U. S. Agent Forbids my Interfering with the Indians

CHAPTER XLVIII.

I am Accused of Conniving with the Indians to Steal--My Arrest--Investigation and Discharge--The Fate of Witches Among the Natives--I Interfere to Prevent their Murder--Captain Norval's Threat--His Mistake

CHAPTER XLIX.

Opposition to the Indians--An Exciting Meeting--A Commission Appointed to Investigate Indian Water Claims--Efforts to Rob the Natives--Armed Men Begin to Gather--Peaceful Settlement

CHAPTER L.

I Decide to Devote Myself to Personal Interests--Summoned as a Witness in Indian Difficulties--My Own Troubles--I Meet the Demands of my Brethren Though it Takes my Home

CHAPTER LI.

I Remove to Tonto Basin--Death by Accident of my Wife and Child--Return to Salt River--My Official Duties There--Trip to Old Mexico

CHAPTER LII.

Accidental Shooting of my Son-in-law--My Opinion of Early Colonization by the Saints--I go on an Exploring Trip--I Find the Land Described by President Young--I Endeavor to Make a Purchase but Fail

CHAPTER LIII.

Other Brethren Visit my Proposed Purchase--Their Good Report--Death of my Son, Wiley--My Return to Salt Lake City--A New Invention

CHAPTER LIV.

The Apache Indians--Ideas Concerning God--A Statement Concerning the Jesuits--Treachery of Kerker--Slaughter of the Apaches--The Navajoes--Colonel Chavez' Horse Race--Loss of Government Horses--War with this Tribe--The Yaqui Tribe--The Tarumaries--A Peculiar Custom

CHAPTER LV.

Letter to the Deseret News--A Brief Review of Mexican History--Characteristics of the People--Land Grants and Purchases--Peculiarities of Land Titles--The Climate of Mexico