Dreams

Chief Walker’s dream influencing his favor toward the Saints

Published October 5, 2026 at 2:55 AM

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The author notes that the Ute chief Walker was notably peaceful and generous toward the Mormon settlers in Deseret, providing them with land, advice, and protection from harm, a behavior the author attributes to a specific, unexplained dream Walker had that inclined him to favor the Latter-day Saints.

In Their Own Words

“With all his wild cat fierceness, Walker is perfectly velvet-pawed to the Mormons. There is a queer story about his being influen in their favor byadream. It is the fact, that from the first he has received the Mormon exiles into his kingdom, with a generosity that in its limited sphere transcends that of the Grand Monarch to the English Jacobites. He rejoices to give them the information they want about the character of the country under his rule; advises with them as to the advantages of particular localities, and wherever they choose to make their settlements, guarantees them personal safety and immunity from depredation. — Millennial Star 38:15”

Sources & References

The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 10 April 1876 (Vol. 38, No. 15). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1876-04-10_38_15 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: medium)

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