Letter to John Taylor and George Quayle Cannon, 24 February 1887
St George
Presidents John Taylor, & G. Q. Cannon
Dear Brethren,
Your letter
of Feb 14 Reached me in safety. I have written
to Brother Tenney upon the subject of the Mission
I travelled with Brother Tenney in 1879, in visiting several
tribes of Indians including the Zunies, Lagoonies & Islata
I consider him Well qualified to Lead a Mission amo^n^g
the Lamanites who understand the spanish Language. He
can preach about as well in that as in the English, He
seemed to have the spirit of the Mission while I was
with him. I told him if He would commence his
mission with the Maricopas, Pemas, & Papagoes, who are
near the Yaquis, that it would be Well, as several of
ther Chiefs who visited you in Salt Lake have been baptized
and many of ther Members. We have a school Esstab-
lished with the Maricopas. These tribes named are an
agricultural people they Raise a great deal of wheat, I do
not think Brother Tenny could find a better field.
He says his imprisionment has left him in poor circumst-
ances financially. I Also informed him that you
would not object to granting his request upon the
other subject. I wish Brethren to say sumthing
upon another subject It is concerning an affair of
Brother Benjamin L. Croff. He may have written to you
upon the subject. Heis home is Minersville but he has been
obliged to Leave for the same cause that some of the Rest of us
have, and has been a Neighbor within 40 feet of me for some
