those people of the Enchanted Desert who called me
“Chief,”—Indians, employees, missioners, traders,—whose confidence,
loyalty, and devotion made my work among the Hopi and Navajo tribes
possible of success; and to humbler friends, my faithful horses,
Dandy and Barney Murphy, Prince and Frank, that went with me so
many weary miles, and were shot, by my order, to save them from the
miseries of Governmental economy, this book is dedicated.