President Taylor and Council Dear Brethren: I want to say a few words upon temporal matters. In my former letters I stated the opinion of the brethren that the company from Farmington could come to Arizona better in Febuary and March, but the times admonish us that nobody can come in the winter at all. They will be under the necessity of waiting untill spring untill the grass grows, before which time niether teams nor stock can travel. We would be glad for early emigration for the purchase of

mexican brother has baptized 5 of them and a prospect of more. I think there is a fair prospect of an effectual door opening in Arizona to bring many of the Mexicans pop- ulation into the Church. They are of coarse a good deal mixed with the Indian blood. We recieved a letter to-day from brother Haskel He had arrived safe at San Juan after en- countering huricanes and snow storms. He found only 2 men and 3 women and 8 child- ren in the settlement, and they ...

I wish to say to my brethren the Apostles that I expect you to make whatever use you please of the communication I have sent you. I sent what the Spirit dictated to me I do not expect any revelation to go to the Church as the word of the Lord only what goes through the mouth of John Taylor as our president, only what is delivered in our public meetings through the mouths of the Apostles and Elders as they are moved upon by the Holy Ghost Your brother in the Gospel W Woodruff [upside-down ...