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John Thomas Moss : ウィキペディア英語版 | John Thomas Moss John Thomas Moss (March 4, 1839 – April 11, 1880) was an American frontiersman, prospector, and miner, who discovered several new mining districts in what is now Arizona and Nevada. After living with and learning the languages of many of the tribes in the area, he was a go between and peacemaker between American miners and local native Americans, in the Southwestern United States. ==Early life== John T. Moss was born in Utica, New York on March 4, 1839. He moved west with his family to Mitchel County, Iowa. In 1857, he left his family and traveled west for two years. During this time trapped, and rode for he Pony Express. He became acquainted with and lived with the Paiute of Utah and the Hopi, Yavapai, Mohave and Pima of Arizona. He scouted for a short time for the Army at Fort Mohave, and claimed that in April 1861, he had floated alone down the Colorado River on a raft from Lee's Ferry through the Grand Canyon to Fort Mohave. But there were no witnesses to confirm this claim.〔Dan L. Thrapp, (''Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography: G-O'' ), U. of Nebraska Press, August 1, 1991 p.1026〕
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