JONES, Daniel W.

Forty Years among the Indians

Item #83609

JONES, Daniel W. Forty Years Among the Indians. A True Yet Thrilling Narrative of the Author's Experiences Among the Natives. Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1890. 1st ed. 400pp. Orig. stamped calf with spine renewed and orig. backstrip laid down, a.e.g. Edges worn and flaking, hinges reinforced, else very good. Howes J-207. Graff 2234. Mintz 262. Rader 2112. Jones (1830-1915) was the founder of the Mormon settlement near Mesa, Arizona. He was the first to serve on a mission in Mexico, for which Brigham Young commissioned him to translate parts of the Book of Mormon into Spanish. His autobiography describes these events in detail, as well as his leadership of the rescue of the stranded Mormon pioneers at Devils' Gate in the winter of 1856-57 and his contact with Native Americans in the US Southwest and Mexico.

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