Salt Lake City, Utah. January 1st [18]95. To the First Presidency President's Office, City. Dear Brethren: Not being prepaired to give you a detailed report of the Indian Territory Mission, I will give you an idea of what is being done by the following: We have had 27 Elders in the field during the year, two was released in Nov. on account of sickness, one of those afflicted with an ailment he had been troubled with before. We now have 21 traveling Elders from Zion and ...

I am not clear whether it will be best to add to the Indian Mission as here proposed, thus continuing four United States Missions east of us, or divide the Indian Territory Mission between the Northern and Southern States Missions, or assign it to one or the other of them. I am indeed inclined to the latter idea. Jos. F. Smith Jan 30, 1895 ...