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Forty Years Among the Indians

Daniel W. Jones

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .I were selected. (Some histories give other names, but I was there myself and am not mistaken). With picked saddle horses and a pack mule we started out.

The first night we camped, our horses followed a band of buffaloes several miles; it was near noon the next day when we returned with them. We determined to get even with them so rode at full gallop wherever the the road would permit. After riding about twelve miles we saw a white man's shoe track in the road. Bro. Young called out, "Here they are." We put our animals to their utmost speed and soon came in sight of the camp at Red Bluff. This was Brother Edward Martin's hand-cart company and Ben Horgett's wagon company. There was still another wagon company down near the Platte crossing.

This company was in almost as bad a condition as the first one. They had nearly given up hope. Their provisions were about exhausted and many of them worn out and sick. When we rode in, there was a general rush to shak. . . Read More

Community Reviews

1890 autobiography of frontier scout and Mormon convert Daniel Webster Jones. The book’s title is a bit misleading in that its scope extends beyond Jones’s time with the Indians to cover a life spent serving the LDS Church, from Wyoming to Mexico. Jones endures incredible hardship throughout, battli

A Mormon convert in early Utah history and advocate throughout his adult life for the Native Americans, this autobiography truly was a remarkable read. Unfortunately as a modest autobiography I found his adventures and hardships incredibly understated, but I appreciate his candor and wit throughout.

A weird history

The books is at times confusing. I didn’t know enough about Utah history to grasp every concept. If anything, it strengthened my testimony in Brigham young and gave me a greater insight as to what it was like to live as a Mormon settler.

Great historical record by a true pioneer

I loved the simple way Daniel told his story and how adamantly he held on to his faith despite so many traitors around him. As I am in Mesa, I really enjoyed his descriptions of old Arizona as well

Interesting personal account during the early years in Utah. I liked hearing the stories from this mans view point.

I liked hearing this mans personal story from the pioneer days. He was one of the rescuers when the pioneers got stuck in the bad winter storm. New insights that I hadn't realized.

Daniel W. Jones converted to Mormonism as a young man in the 19th Century. He wasn't among the immigrants to Utah from the Eastern US or from Europe. He was already living in the West. This book is his autobiography and it is full of interesting insights into frontier life and of the early Mormon ch

Some parts were interesting, but overall it was just OK. The person who gave me this book told me that the writing was poor, and I can agree with that since this was his own biography that he wrote. But it was her relative and that's why she recommended it.

The parts that were interesting were: 1. W

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