Letter from John Wells Hess and I. E. D. Zundel, 7 September 1887
Washakie
President Wood Ruff,
and Breathern
of the Council Iwe amare under the nesesar
ty of Repoarting to you a greate cal
amity that has befallen us on the m
ight of the sixth our littel coop store
took fire and was consoomed with all
of its contents our loss is from too [two] to th
re[e] thousand Dolar thus the means that it
has taken years to accumulate is swept
away from wus in a few minits the origo
en of the fire is not known as their has
ben no fire or or lamps lit in the buil
ding for monts the fire was first discoved
about 12:30 in the morning but was so fa
r advanced that nothing cood be dun to
save any thing it seemes indispencable that
we should conduct a littel buisnes of this
kind among the Lamonits hear as they have
a goodeal of trade in the way of chickins and
Eggs and furs and skins to Dispose of and if
