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Mojave Indian runners helped carry messages and information to far-flung villages. They could run up to 100 miles a day barefoot, wearing sandals only in very rocky or spiney areas. In 1844, a group of six met Capt. John Fremont near where Hinkley is now and told him they had once lived in the area and raised vegetables. Because of these Indians, Fremont named the river and surrounding desert “Mohahve.” The later use of “Mojave” was a corruption of Fremont’s spelling, probably an attempt to use the Spanish spelling.
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