 In 1866, during Utah's Black Hawk War Hatch led a group that visited the Shebits and Kiabab bands of Indians.On one occasion Hatch was serving a mission among the Mojave with Dudley Leavitt.The Mojave were going to kill Hatch and Leavitt, but Hatch offered a prayer for the people's hearts to be softened and they let Hatch and Leavitt go.