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Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) "The Man That Ate the Pack Saddle" , from Chapter 10 of The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail, New York: McGraw Hill, 1964, 1981, pp. 260-274. A version was also published in Esquire magazine. An interesting account from a prominent Non-LDS Utah historian taken from chapters 10-20 of Forty Years Among the Indians. This could be a very good introduction to the material. | ||
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Abraham H. Cannon (1859-1896), Excerpts from his journal, Vol. xiv (28 January 1891 - 14 July 1891) LDS apostle 1889-1896, manager of the Juvenile Instructor; contains remarks concerning a disagreement with Daniel Webster Jones and the publication of Forty Years Among the Indians. | ||
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Jack McAllister, “The Unlikely Daniel Webster Jones: First Spanish Translations from the Book of Mormon,” Ensign, August 1981, 50. An article published in the Ensign, the official magazine of the Church. Details Daniel Webster Jones' conversion and the translation of the Book of Mormon into Spanish. Another good introduction. | ||
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Jack McAllister, “The Unlikely Convert: Daniel Webster Jones,” Tambuli, June 1988, 12. An update of the same article published in the Church's International Magazines. | ||
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Jack Goaslind (1928- ), "In His Strength I Can Do All Things," Then a member of the Presidency of the Seventy, talk delivered during the Priesthood Session of LDS General Conference, April 5, 1997. Relates the Devil's Gate incident. | ||
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Jack Goaslind, "In His Strength I Can Do All Things," on Church Website | ||
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David Bednar (1952- ), excerpt from "In the Strength of the Lord,", speech given at BYU Marriott Center October 23, 2001, and at BYU-Idaho January 8, 2002. President of Ricks/BYU-Idaho and an Area Authority Seventy, 1997-present. | ||
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Bill Hickman (1815-1883), "Brigham's Destroying Angel," New York : Geo. A. Crofutt, 1872. Excerpts from Chapters 4 and 5.
Online Version of 1964 Reprint
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"Can anyone believe such stuff? If all his book is like this for truth, one would do well to believe the reverse." | ||
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Sol Lewis, D. E. Livingston-Little, and Don Russell, Three Book Reviews, published about 1960, at the time of reprinting by Westernlore Press. | ||
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A. R. Mortensen, Foreword to 1960 reprint by Westernlore Press. | ||
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Fay Wray, granddaughter, excerpt from her autobiography, On the Other Hand: A Life Story, New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1989, p. 6-7, 180. | ||
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Nathan Jones, great-great-grandson, Note accompanying 1997 limited reproduction of Forty Years Among the Indians | ||
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Myles and Elsie Jones, great-grandson and wife, Dedication to family members in a 1997 limited Reproduction of Forty Years Among the Indians. | ||
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Ryan Reeder, great-great-great grandson Student Paper and Addendum written by the creator of this website for a Utah History class at BYU, 2000. | ||
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Family Information of Daniel Webster Jones, taken from FamilySearch.org and History and Genealogy of Daniel Webster Jones by Amy Jones Doyle (Western Printing Co.: Salt Lake City, UT, 1953). | ||
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