As the Calafornia Mail is about
leaving I feel to write you a few lines and say that I send you
by this mail 2 papers the Last Deserett News of Jan 6th 1858
also a half sheet Extra containing our memorials to Congress and
Governor Youngs Correspondence with the Unted Stats army now upon our
bordar. We are all well & doing well we have peace prosperity
and plenty notwithstanding we have an Army of 25000 men in
the moutans 116^5^ miles East of us. w^F^ather Woodruffs Health is
qute good for man of his years. He is out sawing wood
almot Daily throgh ths winter season which is quite mild
Our Legislatue is in session as you will see by the papers I
send to you. I suppose you know full well that President
Buchanan has sent an army to this Territoy with the intention
to destroy us and for no other Reason ownly becae we are Mormon Latter Day Sants Called Mormons and see fit to worship
God our own way. I cannot give you the Details of the
procedings since thay came with our Territory But we are all
Determined to stand in our own Defence to the Death & it needs
be unto Death we have boure oppressein for our Relign under
the Unted States goverment as long as we shall as soon as
we found an Enemy was approching our Territory we made
evry preperatin to Resist them we fortified on [illegible] moutain
passes, and Narrow Defile in a way that No army could
pass thrgh without Destruction. and we gave the Army
timely warning what we should do. and Here they stoped to winter
abot fort Bridger. Our mountan Boys Hearded both the Army
and ther animals vry clevely untill they stayed for the wnter the
mormons have ne[v]er shot a gun at them as yet but they
have shot mny at our people both grape, canister ^musket minner^ & Rifle ^But have shot their own men cattle & muls^ but
as yet they have not drawn any Blod on a Mormon ^taking them for mormos so repot says^ we hve taken
a Number of prisoners & they ^have^ several of our men, all hve got away
frm them ^except one^ & when they stayed for the winter we sent all of our prisoners
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Copy of a Letter to
Ozem Woodruff
Jan 7th 1858
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As the Calafornia Mail is about
leaving I feel to write you a few lines and say that I send you
by this mail 2 papers the Last Deserett News of Jan 6th 1858
also a half sheet Extra containing our memorials to Congress and
Governor Youngs Correspondence with the Unted Stats army now upon our
bordar. We are all well & doing well we have peace prosperity
and plenty notwithstanding we have an Army of 2500 men in
the moutans 115 miles East of us.Father Woodruffs Health is
qute good for man of his years. He is out sawing wood
almot Daily throgh ths winter season which is quite mild
Our Legislatue is in session as you will see by the papers I
send to you. I suppose you know full well that President
Buchanan has sent an army to this Territoy with the intention
to destroy us and for no other Reason ownly becae we are
Latter Day Sants Called Mormons and see fit to worship
God our own way. I cannot give you the Details of the
procedings since thay came with our Territory But we are all
Determined to stand in our own Defence & it needs
be unto Death we have boure oppressein for our Relign under
the Unted States goverment as long as we shall as soon as
we found an Enemy was approching our Territory we made
evry preperatin to Resist them we fortified on [illegible] moutain
passes, and Narrow Defile in a way that No army could
pass thrgh without Destruction. and we gave the Army
timely warning what we should do. and Here they stoped to winter
abot fort Bridger. Our mountan Boys Hearded boh the Army
and ther animals vry clevely untill they stayed for the wnter the
mormons have never shot a gun at them as yet but they
have shot mny at our people both grape, canister musket minner & Rifle But have shot their own men cattle & muls but
as yet they have not drawn any Blod on a Mormon taking them for mormos so repot says we hve taken
a Number of prisoners & they have several of our men, all hve got away
frm them except one & when they stayed for the winter we sent all of our prisoners