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 had a fright
from a report that the Utes was coming to
destroy all on the river, but they did not do
it. Soon 3 men arrived from Silas Smiths
Company. they were still hemmed up and could
not travel, no road, had to blast thier way
with powder of which they were out. They said
it would take 300 lbs. more powder to blow theminto the river and out again and Silas
Smith had gone back to obtain the powder to
accomplish it. It seems quite a mistake
for companies to undertake to travel a road
with women and children in the winter, that has
not been explored. I think we should avoid
a repetition of it. I have heard the new boat
was in the river at Lee's Ferry. I am glad
to hear it. I wish president Taylor and
Council would change the name of that ferry.
I do not like the name. If it was changed
perhaps there might not be as many Ghosts
visit it and scare the women as there has
been in days that are past. There has been
strange stories told by the sisters who have
been to work there. We are beginning to
have cold weather in Arizona of late. Thermom-
eter has been showing for several mornings
past from zero to 6 degrees below which is
an uncommon thing for this country. I
expect Sunset people will finish threshing
tomorrow. Head to go to Snowflake and
borrow thier machine as the Clawson ma-
chine refuses to do any more threshing this
season. They will have about 3200 bushels,
which is less than what I expected, yet 2/3 of
all the Mormons of Arizona are looking to
these figures for thier years bread. It should
read 13000 in order to feed them untill
harvest. But Sunset are doing all they can
for the needy.
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 population 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 encountering huricanes and snow storms. He
found only 2 men and 3 women and 8 children in the settlement, and they had a fright
from a report that the Utes was coming to
destroy all on the river, but they did not do
it. Soon 3 men arrived from Silas Smiths
Company, they were still hemmed up and could
not travel, no road, had to blast thier way
with powder of which they were out. They said
it would take 300 lbs. more powder to blowtheminto the river and out again and Silas
Smith had gone back to obtain the powder to
accomplish it. It seems quite a mistake
for companies to undertake to travel a road
with women and children in the winter, that has
not been explored. I think we should avoid
a repetition of it. I have heard the new boat
was in the river at Lee's Ferry. I am glad
to hear it. I wish president Taylor and
Council would change the name of that ferry.
I do not like the name. If it was changed
perhaps there might not be as many Ghosts
visit it and scare the women as there has
been in days that are past. There has been
strange stories told by the sisters who have
been to work there. We are beginning to
have cold weather in Arizona of late. Thermometer has been showing for several mornings
past from zero to 6 degrees below which is
an uncommon thing for this country. I
expect Sunset people will finish threshing
tomorrow. Head to go to Snowflake and
borrow thier machine as the Clawson machine refuses to do any more threshing this
season. They will have about 3200 bushels,
which is less than what I expected, yet 2/3 of
all the Mormons of Arizona are looking to
these figures for thier years bread. It should
read 13000 in order to feed them untill
harvest. But Sunset are doing all they can
for the needy.
"Letter to John Taylor and Council, circa February 1880," p. 2, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/pQON