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