▁ ▁Contact ▁with ▁em igr ants ▁and ▁expl or ers ▁ ▁I rat aba ▁assist ed ▁Captain ▁Lorenzo ▁Sit gre aves ▁during ▁his ▁ 1 8 5 1 ▁expl oration ▁of ▁the ▁Colorado . ▁On ▁March ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 1 8 5 1 , ▁a ▁family ▁of ▁B rew ster ite ▁sett lers , ▁the ▁O at mans , ▁who ▁were ▁travel ing ▁by ▁w agon ▁train ▁in ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁Arizona , ▁were ▁attacked ▁by ▁a ▁band ▁of ▁Western ▁Y av ap ai , ▁probably ▁the ▁Tol ke p aya . ▁They ▁captured ▁two ▁surv iv ors ▁of ▁the ▁attack : ▁the ▁ 1 4 - year - old ▁O live ▁O at man ▁and ▁her ▁ 7 - year - old ▁sister , ▁Mary ▁Ann . ▁After ▁a ▁year ▁with ▁the ▁Y av ap ai , ▁the ▁girls ▁were ▁sold ▁to ▁the ▁Moh ave , ▁and ▁adopted ▁into ▁the ▁O ach ▁cl an ▁where ▁they ▁lived ▁with ▁the ▁family ▁of ▁a ▁Moh ave ▁man ▁called ▁Tok w ath a ▁( Mus k ▁Mel on ) ▁a ▁friend ▁of ▁I rat aba . ▁O live ▁remained ▁with ▁the ▁Moh ave ▁until ▁February ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 8 5 6 , ▁when ▁Tok w ath a , ▁having ▁been ▁war ned ▁that ▁having ▁a ▁white ▁girl ▁among ▁them ▁might ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁an ▁off ense ▁by ▁whites , ▁brought ▁her ▁to ▁Fort ▁Y uma ▁car p enter ▁Henry ▁Gr inn ell , ▁re le asing ▁her ▁in ▁return ▁for