40 Years Among the Indians

First published in 1890, this classic Mormon frontier memoir recounts the true adventures of Daniel W. Jones—soldier, Indian trader, saddler, interpreter, and missionary. Jones tells of crossing the plains, his dramatic conversion, guarding abandoned goods through a starving winter at Devil's Gate after the handcart rescue, dangerous service under Brigham Young, decades of peacemaking among Utah's Utes and Arizona's Pimas, and his pioneering mission to open Mexico to the gospel. A fast-paced, plainspoken eyewitness account of the early American West.

• One of the most gripping firsthand accounts of the handcart rescue and the desperate winter at Devil's Gate.
• The remarkable true story of the man who helped open Mexico to the gospel and translated the first Book of Mormon selections into Spanish.
• A fearless frontiersman who chose to be the Indians' friend when everyone around him wanted to fight—and paid the price for it.
• Told in Jones's own unvarnished words: 'not of the blood and thunder style... I am simply telling that which I have seen, known of and taken part in.'

“just stop reading this book, for it is not of the blood and thunder style, such are written by authors who have never seen what they write about. I am simply telling that which I have seen, known of and taken part in.”

Perfect for a Latter-day Saint or Western-history enthusiast who loves firsthand pioneer adventure narratives and stories of the early Church, the handcart rescue, and Indian relations.