 Hatch was later among those who served as a missionary among the Navajo, basing his efforts out of Ramah, New Mexico.In 1871 Hatch served as Erastus Snow's interpreter during a visit to the Navajo.Blaine Yorgason has written "To Soar with the Eagle" (1993) a novel based on the story of Ira Hatch and Maraboot.