Existing comment:
Church Involvement
As their traditional lifestyle became more difficult to follow, some Kaibab Paiute moved closer to Mormon settlements, such as Kanab. In 1879 the Church gave the Kaibab one-third of the water rights to Moccasin Spring, in part to draw them away from Kanab. They also set up an Indian mission beside Moccasin where the Paiutes were invited to live and learn the ways of agriculture. In the words of an early Mormon resident, it was an attempt "to get them to settle down at Moccasin and live like white people, farming and cattle raising, instead of roaming over the country in search of a living." |