By David Brugge - Arizona Department of Water Resources

On August 23rd, W. S. Defrees, the Hopi Agent, visited Lee and
inforrced hin of a plan to establish the Hopi Agency at Moenkopi. (I'bid.
p. 255) On August 30th, he mentions the visit or' a Paiute named "Pocky."
(IL.i$., p. 292) On September 2nd, he hired somebody named " Cuckelbur"
to irrigate. (Ibid.) This was Shew but this identification is not
~ i w until n later on. (Ibid., p. 234) On September 4th, he noted that
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Taltee was Tubz's brothher'-in-law. (~kid,, p. 293)
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$n Septenbcr 6th, Taltee came to i~form Lee that all the Hopis
at Moenkopi had rcturxd to Oraibi except he, his sol?, Tuba and "Telas
kle", the last beirg another spelling for Tuba's wife's name. They
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wanted Lee to move with his family to Koenkopisp that they could u- -
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hte to prevent any trog- with the ~avajos. This Lee did not want
to do as he had not yet harvested all his crops at Moer.ave. (Ibid., p.
294)
On September 26th, a Navajo came from "5 Lakes" to trade. (Ibid.,
p. 301). Ar! earlier reference to 5 Lakes (Ibid., p. 288) suggests that
this was Lee's, name for Pasture Canyon.
In Septe?lber and October, Lee was engaged in puttlng up a store
house at Moenave that measured 34' x 17'. (Ibid., p. 302) It might
yet be possiSle, or. the basis of these d&mensions, to identify this
structure and thus locate Lee's farm.
Directions written by another hand in Lee's journal following
the entry for December 24th mentions a Navajo camp 18 miles from "Tuba's
Camp, " apparently meaning Moenkopi . (Ibid. , p. 3 14) This was a?parent-
ly the place referred to occassinnally as the "Eavajo Villag~s." (See
Ibid., p. 323)
In January 1874-:-, an event in Utah was to alter Defreesg plans
to establish the Hopi Agency at Moenkopi and to have a profound--82 fect
upon events in the Noenkopi area. X rancher named McCarty, a Eon-Normon,
with so= cowboys, attacked four young Kavajo traders, killing
three and severely wourding the fourth, who made his way back to his
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own people. .- of the men killed were sons of Ketcheene, a
Navajo leader in the west, and the Navajos blamed the Mormons. (See
James J. Bleak Annals, pp. 229-41 for a detailed account.) Word of
the threatened trouble was sent by a Navajo chief through Tuba to warn
the people at Lee's settlement. Lee learned of the trouble on January
15th and set out that night to bring help from Utah. (Cleland and ~zooks,
p. 320) On the 29th, he returned with Jacob f3amblin bearing a message
from Brigham Young. Tuba had visited Moenave with two chiefs, Tutsnay
and Comiase, apparently both Navajos, in his absence. Both of the Navajo
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