. Mormon settlement in Arizona : a record of peaceful conquest of the desert . nt Erastus Snow had planned to poison the Muddyand kill off all the Indians. The chief was disabused ofthe idea. The same chief appears to have been decent February, 1866, there is record how he had declared out-laws two Indians who had stolen horses and cattle. Oneof these Indians, Co-quap, was taken prisoner and waskilled at St. Thomas. About the same time, Indians on theMuddy, above Simonsville (a grist mill site), stole wheatfrom about thirty acres and left for the mountains, threaten-ing the Muddy set
. Mormon settlement in Arizona : a record of peaceful conquest of the desert . nt Erastus Snow had planned to poison the Muddyand kill off all the Indians. The chief was disabused ofthe idea. The same chief appears to have been decent February, 1866, there is record how he had declared out-laws two Indians who had stolen horses and cattle. Oneof these Indians, Co-quap, was taken prisoner and waskilled at St. Thomas. About the same time, Indians on theMuddy, above Simonsville (a grist mill site), stole wheatfrom about thirty acres and left for the mountains, threaten-ing the Muddy settlers. Within a month, 32 head of horses,mules and cattle were driven off by Indians, from and Simonsville. An expedition of 25 men startedafter the marauders, but failed to recapture the stock. Andrew S. Gibbons (who had come in 1864), soughtTo-ish-obe on the upper Muddy, to interpret and makepeace, if possible. In June at St. Joseph was a conferencebetween Erastus Snow and a group of the leading Indians,representing the Santa Clara, Muddy, Colorado and other 108. A STREET IX FREDOXIA r .\
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