Chief Tuba, member of the water and corn clan, who served as scout of Kit Carson's U.S. Expedition in 1865, was born about 1810, and died about 1887. Mormon Missionaries who visited the Indian villages of northern Arizona as early as 1858 converted him to their religion. Later, with his wife, Cocheneman, he spent a year in Utah. In 1875, Tuba gave the spring and the land upon which Tuba City stands. To the Mormon Pioneers in return for protection from his enemies. He frequently expressed gratitude for the strong friendship which developed between his people and the Mormons.
