Jacob Hamblin: A Narrative of His Personal Experience as a Frontiersman, Missionary to the Indians and Explorer, Disclosing Interpositions of Providence, Severe Privations, Perilous Situations and Remarkable Escapes / Fifth Book of the Faith-Promoting Series, Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints

The narrative recounts a frontiersman's conversion and long career as missionary, guide, and settler, detailing travels across Utah and the Colorado region, repeated missions among Indigenous communities, efforts to mediate conflicts, and leadership in establishing settlements. It chronicles perilous journeys, rescues, narrow escapes, visions and answered prayers, confrontations with raiding parties, duties as an Indian agent and guide to emigrant companies, and difficult recoveries of the wounded. Interwoven are reflections on policy toward Native peoples, episodes of violence and inquiry into the Mountain Meadow affair, hard winter travel, and persistent faith amid hardship.