▁moved   ... ▁and ▁in ▁his ▁s inc ere ▁eyes ▁expressed ▁so ▁much ▁hon esty ▁and ▁loyal ty ▁as ▁can ▁only ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁an ▁un sp o iled ▁nature   ... ▁I ▁maintain ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁not ▁one ▁in ▁our ▁expedition ▁who ▁did ▁not ▁feel ▁a ▁certain ▁sad ness ▁to ▁see ▁this ▁huge ▁man ▁with   ... ▁a ▁har ml ess ▁soul ▁leave ." ▁ ▁Moh ave ▁War ▁and ▁after math ▁ ▁Following ▁their ▁experiences ▁with ▁the ▁Sit gre aves ▁and ▁Wh ipp le ▁exped itions , ▁and ▁enc oun ters ▁with ▁M orm ons ▁and ▁the ▁soldiers ▁at ▁Fort ▁Y uma , ▁the ▁Moh ave ▁were ▁aware ▁that ▁whites ▁were ▁imm igr ating ▁to ▁the ▁region ▁in ▁increasing ▁numbers . ▁It ▁was ▁difficult ▁for ▁the ▁Moh ave ▁to ▁predict ▁the ▁behavior ▁of ▁the ▁arriv ing ▁whites , ▁some ▁of ▁whom , ▁like ▁Wh ipp le , ▁were ▁ami ably ▁dis posed ▁towards ▁them , ▁whereas ▁others ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁M orm ons ▁were ▁host ile . ▁The ▁kw an ami ▁were ▁divided ▁on ▁how ▁the ▁situation ▁should ▁be ▁approached ; ▁some ▁advoc ated ▁an ▁ag gress ive ▁post ure , ▁den ying ▁whites ▁all ▁passage ▁through ▁their ▁territory , ▁but ▁others , ▁including ▁I rat aba , ▁preferred ▁a ▁peace ful ▁approach , ▁or ▁even ▁an ▁al liance ▁with ▁them ▁that ▁could ▁put ▁the ▁Moh ave ▁in ▁a ▁stronger ▁position ▁relative ▁to ▁their ▁traditional ▁enemies ▁the ▁P ai ute , ▁Ch eme h ue vi , ▁and ▁Wal ap ai .