Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together which consisted of one log room with a dirt floor and dirt roof. In twenty-three years, they were the parents of twelve children. Needless to say that as the family grew the home had to be enlarged. In the winter of 1866 the Indians became such a menace that the women were moved away and Father and two other men remained in Croydon to take care of as much as they could of the property of the settlers. Most of the families moved to Henefer. Mother moved there for that winter; this was about four miles distant. Father made friends with Chief Walker who was the Chief of the Indian tribe that went through Croydon on their way from north to south. Through this friendship the Indian trouble was no longer a menace to the settlers. Father would entertain the Chief in his home and would go out and associate with the other Indians. This lasted until all the Indians were moved out of the country onto the reservations. During this time Father homesteaded some property seven miles north of Croydon up Lost Creek. It was willow bottomland covered with willows. The Indians cleared the land of willows and helped Father build a ditch so that he had one of the most fertile pieces of land that could be found anywhere. Game was plentiful, the Indians would have no difficulty in obtaining food. As a young boy, I remember riding with Father among the Indians, seeing the little braves with bows and arrows shoot straighter than I could with a gun, killing squirrels and rabbits and would take them home to the squaws and then sit around the fires and eat them. I have killed thousands of squirrels, but have never eaten one. A few quotes from his patriarchal blessing given by Patriarch John Smith, "Thou shalt find friends among strangers and many shall seek thee for counsel and rejoice in the teachings thereof, the honest in heart shall rejoice in thy word and the wicked shall flee before thee. The gift of healing shall be thine, through prayer and faith thou shall be able if necessary to command the elements and the waves of the sea shall obey thy voice." During the great crusade against the Mormons because of polygamy, Father spent a great deal of time keeping the polygamous men and their plural wives away from the United States marshals. This was no easy task for they were very determined to put all polygamists in the penitentiary. He sacrificed much time and caused his family to endure some privations because his own personal affairs were neglected but his sole interest in this matter was his knowledge of the truthfulness of the Gospel and all its principles. This was done to thwart the adversaries of the Church. He was never a polygamist himself, but he lived at the time when it was a common practice in the Church and he could have embraced the principle if he so desired. I asked him on one occasion if he thought the Lord would condemn him for not embracing the principle and his answer was, "My boy, I will take any punishment the Lord will give me and receive it gladly. After what I have seen of polygamy, I never could have asked your Mother to allow me to practice it, for this principle has been greatly abused for carnal purposes." During the early days in Croydon there were no doctors. Father, being blessed with the gift of healing, established a great reputation and his fame went far and wide as how the Lord had blessed him with this power. Diphtheria and smallpox would sometimes wipe out whole families and he would go into the homes and rebuke the diseases by the power of the priesthood and he never was concerned about taking the germs back to his family. As far as I know none of his immediate family was stricken with either of these contagious diseases. These things occurred before doctors were available and people had to depend on the blessings that come through the priesthood, but it is a known fact that many families that were stricken and the disease went through the whole household the power of the destroyer was rebuked and their lives would be preserved. I have had considerable experience in the Church but I have never known anyone to be able to do the things Father was able to do by way of administration. To illustrate the inspiration Father had — one day after dinner as he was taking a rest he had a vision pertaining to his brother, John, who was living in Henefer. He saw him in the vision go out to the corral and catch and saddle up a horse and take his lariat and go out in the field to catch a wild horse. He saw him catch the horse and become tangled up in the ropes and the horse was dragging him and would have caused his death. Father woke and got up and caught his own horse and rode to Henefer. On arriving John was just coming out of the house and was surprised to see Father and asked why he was there. Father saw him do the exact things he saw happen in his vision, only Father went to the field with him. While he was being dragged along the ground at a rapid pace, Father caught the horse with a lasso and saved his life. In 1896 he was called on a mission to Great Britain, While going over on an ocean vessel, a severe storm arose and the captain and the crew knew their lives were in danger. Father being blessed with the powers of discernment knew this and he and his