Called on a Mission to the United States—Journey Eastward—Visit Relatives en Route—Reach New York—Measured for an Artificial Limb—How It was Paid for—Visit and Preach—Meet Poor Encouragement—Go to Boston—World's Peace Jubilee—Bunker Hill—Again at New York—Released to Return Home—Back in Utah—Traveling and Preaching—Sent for by President Young—Called on a Mission to Arizona—Directed to Furnish Names of Others—Send the List—President Young adds other Names—Set Apart for our Mission—Difficult to Collect Money due me—Leave my Family Poorly Provided for but Trusting In the Lord—Placed In Charge of the Mission—Letter of Instructions—Start South—People Contribute Liberally—Traveling in Storm—Arrive at Kanab—In Arizona—A Hard Journey—Marriage of my Daughter—Reach Lee's Ferry on the Colorado—Crossing the River—Reach Moencoppy Wash—Decide to Winter There—Explore the Vicinity—Meet Friendly Indians—Building a House—Exploring the Little Colorado—A Difficult Trip—Description of the Route—Find a Place for Another Settlement—San Francisco Mountains—Fine Forest Growth—Caught in Deep Snow—Through with a Perilous Journey—Decide to Return to Salt Lake City and Report—Heavy Snow—Trip Homeward—Cordially Greeted by President Young—With my Family.
Attend Meetings with the First Presidency and Apostles—More Missionaries called to Arizona—Many Inquiries Regarding the Mission—Outline the Route—Preparations for Travel—Start South—Aided by Contributions—Reach Moencoppy—Meet Lot Smith and Company—Baptisms—Start for the Little Colorado River—Guide Missionary Companies to the Place we had Selected for Settlement—Lot Smith Refuses to Acknowledge my Appointment from President Young as President of the Mission—He Assumes Leadership of the new Settlement—I Return with my Party to Moencoppy—Other Companies of Missionary Settlers sustain my Presidency—My Health is Poor—Settlers Discouraged—Cheer them up—Work of Frontier Life—Succor a Company whose Water Supply is Exhausted—Taking up Land—Make a Long Exploring Trip—Introduce Book of Mormon to Navajos—Return to Moencoppy—Indians Dissatisfied—Go to Salt Lake City with a Delegation of Navajo Chiefs—Their Supposed Grievances Settled—Tell President Young I have come Home to Stay—He Sends me out Again—Directed to Procure Volunteers—Letter of Instructions—Lecture, and take up Contributions—Return Home—My Family Ill—Provide Supplies for Them—Conditions Improve.
Again in Arizona—Settling Difficulties Among the People—Our Reservoir Bursts—News of Notable Events—Prepare to Repel an Indian Raid—Indians Quarrel, and the Trouble Passes Over—Funeral at Moencoppy—Exploring Trip to the Southeast—A White Indian Child—Meet the Head Chief of the Navajos—His Address, and Proposition to Accompany me to Salt Lake City—Agree on a Date for the Journey—Continue my Trip Over into New Mexico, then Return to Moencoppy—Accusation Against me Disproved—Indians Gather to go to Salt Lake City—Make the Trip—At President Young's Deathbed—Visit the Indians—Honorable Release from my Mission—Resume Home Missionary Labors—In Prison for Conscience Sake.
Visited by President Joseph F. Smith—Called on Another Mission to the Society Islands—Prepare To Respond—A Blessing by Apostle Lorenzo Snow—Appointed to Preside over the Society Islands Mission—Attempts to Discourage me from Undertaking the Journey—Surprise Party by my Children—Farewell Reception In the Ward Hall—Start on my Mission, Accompanied by my Son and Others who had been Called—Voyage to Tahiti—Madman on Board the Vessel—At Marquesas Islands Strange Characters—Tattooed White Man—His Peculiar Career—Catching Sharks —Arrive at Papeete—My Reception There—Meet Native Josephite Preachers, who seem Confused—Elders from Utah Greet us—in Poor Health.
First Sabbath in Tahiti—Meet Several Persons whom I Knew over Forty Years Before—How they Remembered me—Seek Permission to hold Public Meetings—Widow of my Old Friend, John Layton, Calls on me Other Friends—Preach to the Josephites—Governor Refuses to Permit us to Hold Public Meetings—Get Advice of the United states Consul—A Lawyer's Counsel—Josephites tell of B. F. Grouard—I Explain how he had Turned into the wrong Path—The Church Never Disorganized—Missionary Labors—Greeting a French Admiral—Early Missionaries to Tahiti—Their Severe Experiences—Sixty-fourth Anniversary of my Birth—Learn of Mormons who were Hanged for Having Killed a Policeman in the Trouble when I was Arrested on my First Mission to the Islands—Meet a Native of Pitcairn's Island—His Story—Visit Tautila—Severe Voyage—A Baptism—Sail for Tubuoi—Among Strangers Celebration of a French Fete Day—Dine with the Governor—People Become less Unfriendly to us—Breaking of the Clouds—Baptize Twenty-four Persons—Encouraging Results of Missionary Efforts.