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Origin and Development of the San Juan Mission in Southeastern Utah in Its Work with Indian People (Principally Since 1940) Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Theses and Dissertations 1976 Origin and Development of the San Juan Mission in Southeastern Utah in its Work with Indian People (Principally Since 1940) Lyle S. Heinz Brigham Young University - Provo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd Part of the Indigenous Studies Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, and the Mormon Studies Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Heinz, Lyle S., "Origin and Development of the San Juan Mission in Southeastern Utah in its Work with Indian People (Principally Since 1940)" (1976). Theses and Dissertations. 4783. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4783 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. OUGINORIGIN AND developmentDEVELOPMENT OF THE SAN JUAN mlsMISMISSIONlonION IN southeastern UTAH IN ITS worewobWOEKWORKWOE K nithWITH INDIAN PEOPLEpe01 LE principally SINCESILNGE 1940 A thesis presented toL0 o the department of church history and doctrine brigham young univeuniversityrsitv 1 ITT t inn partial fulfillmentpuly L lit i e q i of tthelleilelie rcquiremenurequirementss folforfocyolyon theL he Ddesreedegreeiee reer masterlyklsteruster of religious education by lylelyieS reinrain april 19751976 this thesis by lyielyleS heinz is acceptedacceplaccept ed in its present foformfoyutrutyut by the departdepartmentL nl of churchchlurch history and doctrine of brigham youngCD university as satisfying the thesistheolissisals requirement for the degree of maslermasdermashermaster of religious education james R harris coixiittee chairman 3 1 11. melvinmelvlnpetersn corjmitte member L y77W ZZ73 dat 0 larralarrvL Cgl 0ekterortereyherledeedaexcex actactinging chaichajchairman2 nian typed by sharon bird xx acknowledgments the motivation to complete this thesis was derived from the prompting and encouragement of my good wife helen I1 express an appreciation to her for the hours spent in helping with the typing and research A special thanks to my committee chairman dr james R harris and dr larry C porter acting chair- man for their suggestions and help on the thesis 13x13 X TABLE OF CONTENTS page acknowledgments iii LIST OF TABLES viivilvi1 OF a 0 0 0 10 a a 0 LIST FIGURES 0 0 0 a 0 viii chapter 1 introduction 1 PURPOSE AND significance 1 delimitations 3 researchdestgnRESEARCH DESIGN 4 definition OF TERMS 4 2 introduction TO THE SAN JUANJUANT AND THE CALL OF THE MORMONS TO COLONIZE 6 THE EXPLORING expedition 13 THE holeintherockHOLE IN THE ROCK TREK 17 3 establishing communities AND relation- ships AMONG THE INDIANS 0 0 a & 0 0 23 WHITE MESA BLANDING 0 0 & 0 & 30 SAM 4 THE SAN JUAN STAKE MISSION 9 0 0 & 36 THE navajozuniNAVAJO zunliZUNI MISSION 36 NAVAJO characteristics 41 iv v chapter page NURSING THE SICK AND BURYING THE DEAD 43 THE SAN JUAN STAKE INDIAN MISSION 52 A NEW INDIAN DISTRICT PRESIDENT 55 HARRIS SHUMWAY DISTRICT PRESIDENT 59 RECENT TRENDS 0 0 0 0 & 0 0 63 leadership missionaries 71 FULLTIMEFULL TIME missionaries 80 5 ALBERT R LYMANS INDIAN SCHOOL 82 introduction & 0 0 0 0 82 SCHOOL STARTS THE SECOND YEAR 0 0 0 93 THE STATE BECOMES INVOLVED 0 97 6 SAN JUAN STAKE INDIANINID lanIAN BRANCHESBRANCILES 0 0 0 0 0 103 THE BLANDING INDIAN BRANCH 0 0 0 0 103 THE BLUFF BRANCH 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 illili111 MEXICAN HAT BRANCH a 0 0 0 0 0 115 WHITE MESA BRANCH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 125 7 THE SAN JUAN AREA INDIAN seminaries 0 0 0 0 128 AND INDIANS releasedtimeRELEASED TIME SEMINARY 0 a 128 ORIGIN OF THE INDIAN SEMINARY 0 0 0 0 129 eldientaryelementaryELDIENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH seminaries 0 132 1968691968 69 0 & 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 0 136 1969701969 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.6 0 9 0 0 a 137 viVI chapter page 1970711970 71 0 139 1971721971 72 0 & 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 140 1972731972 73 0 0 0 0 0 & 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 INDIAN SEMINARY integrated WITH THE PRIMARY 10 0 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 & 0 0 143 SUMMARY AND 8 conclusions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 SACRIFICE 41 0 a 0 10 0 v 10 0 0 147 PROM WALTER C LYMAN THE PROMISEriseiISE OF 0 0 150 accomplishments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 challenges 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 155 conclusion 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0 156 bibliography 0 0 0 0 do 0 0 & a 0 0 a 0 158 LIST OF TABLES tabletabie page 1 the san juan stake indian mission A comparison of navajo and ute activities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 2 san juan stake mission presidents and their counselors 0 0 & 0 0 0 0 0 72 3 san juan stake indian mission presidents of the blanding indian district 74 vvilVIIiU LIST OF FIGURES figure page 1 map of old spanish trail 9 map 2 of navajo reservation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 map of explorers route and hole in the rock 0 0 0 0 IV 0 0 0 15 4 map of route from escalante to holeiholehoieIinn therockthe rock 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 ad4d to 18 5 convert baptisms 0 0 0 0 0 65 6 san juan stake mission number of mission- aries called to labor in the indian district 0 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 67 7 map of blanding city 0 0 0 0 a 0 & 88 viiivillviii chapter I11 introduction PURPOSE AND significance the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints is recognized for the colonization of many settlements in the western part of the united states when brigham young died in 1877 the colonization program had nonotL been completed the church gave erastus snow the assignment of setting up and perfectiperfectingncrncy a plan for a colony in south- eastern utah this movement was called the san juan mission iliilliii the mission to san juan was to serve three purposes a to colonize the southeastsoutheasternern part of utah to establish a mormon colcomcommunityunity where converts from the southern states could move and find a warmer climate and the third and prlucaryLicaryprimary obje-objectivective was to cultivate better avldamid3david3 aviddavid E miller holeintherockholehoieho ie in the rock salt lake city university of utah press 1959 p 4 1 2 relations with the indians and lay the foundation for 0 future permanent mormon settlements 2 the purpose of this work is to present the origin of the san juan mission relative to the indian people the san juan area was a challenging country and the saints desired to abandon the mission several times with each request to abandon the mission the church leaders encouraged the settlers to stay and establish better relations with the indian people and teachthemteach them the gospel walter C lyman who presided over the san juan mission for a time saw the day when a temple would be built in the san juan area he also saw in visvisionionlonthe town of blanding becoming an education center for the indian people this progress would be the result of the work among the indian people he also stated that as long as people would come to this part of the country with the purpose in mind to help lift the indian up they 0 would prosper and there would be sufficient water 3 derastus2erastus2 erastus snow a letter written to john taylor and council letters on ffile LDS church historians library ilelie albertulbert R lyman the edleedmeedge of the cedars new york NY carlton press 1966 appp 66 148 3 albert R lyman the firstf white man to build his home in blanding saw this transition from plenty of water to drought take place in the san juan area he saw the streams dry up that once sprung forth after the set- tling of the area as the rains failed to come and drought left the earth barren with the vision of the san juan mission still burning in his heart albert R lyman repeatedly called the people to repentance and encouraged the saints to catch again the visionvisionlonof the mission promising the Ssaints if they would do this they would prosper and be a blessed people the work is going forth and again the saints are catching the vision of the lamanite work the writer hopes to be able to give encouragement to this great work by writing this history most of the missionary work with the indian people in this area has been developed since 1940 delimitations this study will be limited to the origin of the san juan mission and the relationship of this mission to the indian people up to 1974 the area involved will be limited to san juan county in southeastern utah 4 RESEARCH DESIGN sources of data the utah historical quarterlyarte has published several articles in relation to the settling of bluff utah and the san juan mission call there are several personal diaries that cover the early history of san juan most of the missionary work with the indian people has taken place since 1940 and the source of this information is from stake historical records and personal interviews definition OF TERMS churchchurchy As used in this study the word church refers to the church of jesus christ of latterlatterdayday saints which was organized on april 6 1830 branch an administrative unit of ththee church organized in areas limited in church membership ward an administrative unit of the church average membership ranging between 300 and 750 people stake an administrative unit of the church com- posed of several wards 5 v mission an admadministrativenistrative unit of the churcchuocchurch organized in areas limited in church membership the mission is divided into districts which in turn are composed of branches district an administrative unit of the church composed of several branches lamanite A term used in the church which is synonymous with indian LDS an abbreviation for latterlatterdayday saints saints members of the church of jesus christ of
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