INDEX TO THE WRITINGS OF KUMEN JONES
Adams, William, tribute to, - 57-58
Antelope Spring, Cattle stealing at, 1878, - 82-83
Auto accidents - 149, 150,
152
Ball, Bill and Desperados - 50-53
Barton, Amasa M., Killing of, - 49-50, 58
Joseph F., Biographical Notes, - 59
Barton Bros., Notes concerning, - 58-59
Bear Creek - 2
Bluff - 9, 10,
14, 25,
56, 108-109
Arrival at - 10
Headquarters located at, 1880, - 12
History - 255
Indian school at, - 13
River Canal break, 1921, - 24
Statistics concerning, 1880-83, - 56
Bluff-Escalante Road, Financial statement concerning, - 55
Bluff school, letter about - 216
Bluff Ward, Reorganization of, 1921, - 115
Blue Mountain - 4
Book of Mormon, Ballard, Melvin J., Lectures given on - 148
Butler Wash Skirmish, 1891 - 55
Carlisle Ranch, Camp made at by exploration expedition - 4
Cattle rustling, Utah, 1878, Incidences recounted - 82-83
Cedar City - 12
Chinalee Creek - 2, 3
Chiropractor - 140
Church duties, Attention to during exploration - 4
Church Security Plan, Joining of Stressed - 19
Conference, Salt Lake, Attendance at, Oct. 1931 - 134-135
Conferences Dances - 53-55
Constipation, Cure for - 140, 180
Cowboys at dances - 54-55
Dandy Crossing - 12-13
Deaths - 17, 48
Decker, James Bean, Biog. sketch - 59
Dripping Spring, teaching gospel to gentile Posse - 53
Elk Mountain - 12
Escalante, Trip to for provisions - 12
Escalante - Bluff, Road, financial statement concerning - 55
Exploration party - 23, 38
Incidences in Trip - 8
Paragoona departure - 2
Planned - 1, 2
Return home - 3, 4
Fort Montezuma - 18
Forty (40) Mile Spring - 6, 9,
23
Four Corners - 2, 23
Frank (Horse), Biography of - 18
Gentiles, Unfriendliness of - 48, 53
Golden Gate Park, California - 129-130, 136,
138
Golden Rule, Need of - 166-167
Grand Wash - 12
Grass Valley - 20
Halls, William, Tribute to - 39-40
Halls Crossing - 13
Halls, Ferry - 6, 12-13
Hamblin, Jacob, Indian Trouble averted by - 20-21,
23
Hammond, Francis A., tribute to - 39
Harmony Flat, Name origin of - 12-13
Harris, Joseph B., Tribute to - 37
Haskell, Thales, Tribute to - 5, 11
Hatch, Ira, Indian trouble averted by - 21
Health, Happiness a cure for - 166
Henry Mountains - 12
Hermit Lake (Pagahrit) - 12
Hole-in-the-Rock:
Blasted - 38
Dances held at - 9
First wagon through - 9,
60
Letter concerning - 59-60
Road to - 6, 9,
12-13, 23,
24
Wagons going through, Description of - 9-10,
60
Horse Stealing, Navajo Indians - 18
Horse thieves - 43, 55
Hunt, John L., Bluff Branch President Appointment - 115
Husteen Joe, see Jim Joe
Indian, Agent, Police force of - 34
Removal due to friction with Sectarian - 15
Indian Missionaries, San Juan a tribute to - 23
Tribute to - 11
Indian Right's Association, Removal of Indian agent by - 15
Settlers wronged by - 26
Indian Schools, Bluff, Agreement for - 13-14
Sectarian teachers at - 16
Shiprock, Plant description - 15
Indians:
Chiefs, Tribute to two - 28-31
Colorado, Attempt to move into San Juan County - 26
Encounter with, on first trip - 3
Goodness of many - 22,
28
Jim Joe, Biographical sketch - 30-32
Medicine Man - 43
Medicine man, Faith of - 33,
34
Mormon doctrine parallels beliefs of - 33
Mormon policy toward - 17,
20, 22
Murders by - 17, 48,
49-50
Murder of Amasa M. Barton, 1886 - 49-50
Navajo Springs - 29
Prophesy concerning fate of hostile, San Juan - 19
Religion - 32-33
San Juan County, Activities in - 17
San Juan Missionaries battle with - 20-21
San Juan Mission fights with - 26,
50
San Juan, Troubles with - 17,
50
Shoes stolen by - 57
Slavery by - 28
Trouble with settled by Indian police - 34
Whites usually the cause of trouble - 32,
33, 48
See also Navajo Indians
Iron Springs, Iron ore shipped to Ironton - 125
Ironton, Ore for Iron Springs being shipped to, 1925 - 125
Jamison, Alexander, Bishopric appointment at La Sal, 1921 - 122
Jenson, Andrew, Trip over Mormon trails with, 1930 - 126-127
Jim Joe (Indian) Biographical sketch of - 30-32
Joe, Jim (Indian) see Jim Joe
Johnson, Roy, Biographical sketch - 29-30
Jones, Alma, Biographical sketch of - 66
F.I., Biographical notes - 47
Kumen, Autobiography of - 66,
79-88
Advice to his children - 167-169
Biographical sketch - 10-13,
214
Bishopric release, 1921 - 214
Carrying mail - 80-82
Deer hunting - 107
Diary:
1920 - 112-113
1921 - 113-124
1925 - 124-126
1930 - 126-128
1931 - 128-140
1932 - 140-147
1933 - 147-154
1934 - 154-162
1935 - 162-164
1936 - 164
1937 - 164-165
1939 - 199-208
Dog, Prince - 91-93
Education, on - 172
Family of - 63-64,
181-198
First Contract - 91-93
Freighting - 104-105
Health, on - 166
Holstein Bull - 90
Horse of - 18,
91, 93-95
Jews, on - 170
Last San Juan pioneer - 1
Leg amputation of, 1935 - 62, 71
Marriage to Mary Nielson, 1878 - 23, 69,
72
Ministers (talking with) - 95,
96, 98-99
Narrow escapes of - 84-87
Patriarchal blessing - 110,
111
Personal data concerning - 106,
214
Poems:
"Looking Backward", a tribute -
66
"Out Where the West Begins" -
171
"Thanksgiving Day Reflections" -
171
Religious Philosophy - 5,
11, 166-167,
168, 170,
171-172, 174-177,
215
San Juan mission call seen in vision -
23
Second wife dies of burns - 63,
73
Sketches of wife and children - 63,
72-74
Superintendant of Schools - 246
The Gospel - 168
Ten Commandments, His own - 169
Tithing of - 79,
209
Will of, Some provisions in - 69-70
Land Stock - 19
Lehi, Biographical sketch of - 66
Leland, Auto accident of, 1936 - 62
Leonard, Death of through cancer, 1931 - 131
Letter to from Kumen - 211
Lydia May Lyman, (wife) Biographical sketch of - 63
Death by burning - 63,
73
Visitation by - 129
Mary, (wife of Kumen) Biographical sketch of - 63,
102-104
Motherless children accepted by - 63-64,
72-74
Sickness and death of - 103-104,
150-151
Sage Treharne, Biographical sketch of - 65
Sarah Ann, Incidences in the life of - 68
Thomas, Biographical sketch of - 64-65,
67, 101
Patriarchal Blessing of - 100
Uriah Treharne, Biographical sketch of - 68-69
William T., Biographical sketch of - 67
Jones Brothers, Mail route Cedar City to Bullionville, Nevada - 159-160
Jones family, Notes concerning - 181-198
Jones family organization - 164
Jones-Treharne family, temple work, List of names completed - 99,
158, 161
Laughter, Cures from - 166
Lee's Ferry - 2, 13,
60
Little Creek Canyon - 2
"Looking Backward", (Poem) by Kumen Jones - 66
Los Angeles, California, Diary while living at - 143-149
Lost Pasheckine Mine - 8
Lyman, Adelia R., Tribute to - 42
Albert R., Tribute to - 1, 8,
41
Mary, letter to - 212
Platte D., Biographical sketch - 40-41
Bluff headquarters head - 12
Country described by - 6
Walter C., Biographical notes - 44-45
Manuelito, Navajo chief, tribute to - 17,
28, 33
Mathews, Jimmy, Biographical sketch of - 88-90
McCarty's Ranch - 20
McElmo Wash - 14
Medicine men see Indians, Medicine men
Menus - 180
Mexican Hat - 13
MIA slogans, 1914-34 - 118
Ministers, Experiences with - 95-99
Missionary work, Indian, Conversion through settlements - 23
Mitchell Ranch - 4
Mitchells - 48
Moab, Colorado crossing at - 13
Moancopy (Tuba City) - 2, 60
Montezuma - 8, 14
Monument Valley - 13
Mormons, False tales about by minister - 96
Indians treated well by - 15,
22
M.I.A. Slogans, 1914-34 - 178
Mother's Day Poem - 213
Muley Twist - 12, 13
Mustang Mesa - 4
Naraguinup, Ute Chief, 1880, tribute to - 28-29
Natural bridges, Trip to with F.M. Lyman, 1921 - 124
Navajo - 32-35
Frank, Biographical sketch of - 17
Horse stealing by Frank - 18
Murder of Amasa M. Barton by - 50
Religion of - 32-33
Theft by - 22
Treaty with Pres. Young - 17,
20
Trouble with averted by courage of three men - 20
Unjust treatment of - 17,
19, 20,
164-165
War with bad, from San Juan Co. - 26,
50
Navajo Springs, (Towaoc) Indians at well behaved - 29
New Harmony - 13
Nielson, Francis, Sketch of - 49
Jens, Biographical sketch - 41-42
Tribute to - 42
Polygamy advice to daughter - 72
Odonall, Pat and Mike, Cattle ranching activity in San Juan Co.- 27
Old Frank (Horse) - 18
Outlaws, San Juan County - 27, 28,
30
"Out Where the West Begins" - 171
Pagahrit (Hermit Lake) - 12
Paragoona - 2
Parawan - 2, 23
Perkins, Bros, Pioneers of San Juan County - 56-57
Peter's Hill - 4
Pinto Creek - 2
Piutes - 19, 22, 24,
26, 27,
28, 30
Piute Strip - 13
Polygamy - 72-74
Potato Valley - 6
Prayer, Camp participates in - 4
Prospectors try to sidetrack mission scouts - 6,
8
Rabbit Valley - 12
Recapture Wash - 4, 14
Redd, Eliza A. W., Biographical notes - 45
letter from - 46-47
Lemuel H. Sr., tribute to - 9,
37
Lemuel H. Jr., biographical sketch of - 42-44
Wayne H., Biographical notes - 45
Rencon - 49
Roads, Difficulty of locating - 7
San Francisco - 135-142
San Juan, Description of country - 27
Geographical location of - 27
Indian murders in - 17,
48
Non-mormon settling of - 27, 48
SanJuan Cooperative Company, 1882 - 56
San Juan County:
Cattle Ranching in 1878 - 27
Description of, by P.D. Lyman - 27
Dry farming in - 27
Indians, Colorado State's attempt to move Indians into - 26
Jones, Kumen, last pioneer living - 1
Organization of - 13,
56
Outlays of - 56
School, first, 1880 - 56
Sheep raising - 43
San Juan History, Trip to aid in, 1930 - 126-127
San Juan Mission, Exploration party to, see Exploration party
San Juan Mission - 4, 8,
19, 21-22
General move to, 1879 - 6, 24,
60
Hardships of - 24, 25
Help for solicited from Legislature and LDS Church - 7,
24
Indian battle with missionaries recounted - 21-22
Indian Missionaries responsible for continuation of - 20-22
Indian prophesy concerning, Erastus Snow - 19
Indian right's association difficulties - 16,
26
Indian trouble, 85 deaths - 8, 17,
48, 50
Irrigation water problems of - 108
Kumen Jones's vision concerning - 23, 72
Miracle of - 14
Organization, Leaders - 7
Pioneers of, List - 2,
7
Road construction, Changes in - 4, 24
St. George conference, Idea of - 2-3
Utah Legislature appropriates for - 7,
24
Women of, tribute to - 35-36
San Juan River, Road building progress, April 6, 1880 - 10
Sante Fe trial, Following on return home, 1878 - 4,
27
Sevy, George W., Courage of mentioned - 8
Tribute to - 8-9, 37-38
Sheep raising, San Juan County - 43
Shelton, W.T., Indian agent, Activites of - 14-16
Police force of - 34
Shiprock, Indian school, Plant description - 15
Shirts, Peter, Exploration activities of - 27,
Smith, Silas S., Exploration party head, 1878 - 2,
4, 6
Leadership of shown - 3-5
Tribute to by author - 4-5
Smythe, John, Indian trouble averted by - 20-22
Snow, Erastus, Colonizer appointment of - 2
Exploration party organized by - 2
Indian prophesy, fulfillment of - 19
St. George - 2, 23
Success, Commandments for, Advice to youth - 169
Sunday, Rest and meetings during - 4
Tanner, Nathan, Party interpreter - 2-3
Temple marriage, Importance of being worthy of - 69
Temple work, Jones-Treharne family, List of names completed - 99,
159, 161
Mesa - 157
Trip to Arizona for, 1933 - 152
"Thanksgiving Day Reflections" - 171
"Things Worth While" - 173
Trachyte Wash - 12
Trip, Arizona, 1933 - 152-157
California, 1930, 1931 - 128,
134-135
Mesa to Salt Lake, (round-trip), 1935 - 162-164
Old trails, with Andrew Jenson, 1930 - 126-127
San Francisco to home - 142
Tuba City - 2, 13,
14, 20,
60
Utes - 17, 19,
22, 25,
27, 28-29,
55
Visitation, Dead wife visits K. Jones - 129
Water stock - 19
Welch History - 62
"When it's Springtime in the Rockies" - 173
White Canyon - 12
White Mesa - 14
Women, San Juan Mission, tribute to - 35-36
Wood, Josephine Chatterly, Tribute to - 47
Young, Brigham, Navajo Indian treaty - 17,
20
Youth, Advice to by Kumen Jones - 168-169
Zion's Canyon, Drive through - 125
Trip to - 125