3 8 CAVE AND CLIFF DWELLERS. 
tions about their own interests, and the 
hundreds of depreciations about those of 
others adjoining. As in its spiritual, so 
in its temporal affairs, the authority of 
the Mormon Church is remarkable for its 
effective power of centralization. It judi¬ 
cially settles all questions for the general, 
not the individual good ; and upon this 
principle it determines, by the character 
of the soil, and by the natural routes of 
travel, where colonies shall locate, as 
well as what are the probable opportuni¬ 
ties for propagation of the faith. It is 
not at all surprising to one who has 
observed these facts that an organized 
faith of almost any character should have 
flourished, though surrounded by so 
much disorganization. 
As a rule, at least from two to four 
years of quiet are needed after an Indian 
