person who has opened the Door among
them and they have confidence in him and
he is a good spanish preacher & very zealous
in the cause and the great Body of
the List of Missonaries are already located
in this county and those who live at
Sunset & Brigham City are preparing them-
selves very fast and their families will
be taken care of by the settlements where they
live A letter from Brother Thatcher would
give me to understand that He is on the
way to Mexico. I trust that Br. Jaques
or Nuttall will keep me advised of any
Judicial Matters that are of importance to
me I am in the enjoyment of Good health
& spirits I am strictly keeping the word
of wisdom according to the best of my knowledge
I have laid asside all coffe or tea and touch not
or taste naught any thing stronger than Milk or water
My Love to the Council
Your Brother in the Gospel
[sideways text] I would like to be advised when the companies are ready to start & How Many & who leads [end of sideways text]
W. Woodruff
Sunset Apache Co Arizona
Nov 7 [18]79
President John Taylor
Dear Brother
Your welcome
letter of Oct 24 Is before me. I wrote
to Brother Snow yesterday and also to
Brother Tenney asking him to see what
He obtains the Main water & land of that
place for. A Jew by the Name of Barth
owns it or has the sale of it. Br Tenney
bought it last season. Most of the water
and land engaged it for $8000 dollars
but He had no backing at the time none
to help pay for it and He gave it up
It should be bought by some one before
a company goes there or that they know a
company is intending to buy it, for in
the case thy understood that, they would
want to Double the price Br Tenney being
well acquainted with the parties is the
Most suitable man in my judgement to make
the purchase. I have been over St Johns it
is located about 30 Miles North East of Round
Valley and is supposed to be the county seat
of this county. Brothers East & Green Made
a vary bad job last year by getting up
a petition with out any councel or sanction
from June N, or Lot Smith or any of the
Authorities to the Legislature to have this
county of Yavapai Divided there was but
very few of the Saints signed it and those that
did were Deceved in the Matter and when
it come to the Election the St John people
put in a ticket of Leonard Shanks and although
the Mormons had 2 votes to their one they voted
for the Dead & their horses & Dogs and got the
county seat at St Johns and elected their
own ticket and the commissioners are
Men that do not understand law & will run
the county in Debt all they can and are,
turning out all Mormon constables in their
own settlements where there is no gentils and Br.
East is turned out of the Clerks office
that He did hold and He has gained Nothing
by it but it has been a great injury to
all our people. I have been through the
Colorado Meadow it is from 10 to 15 Mils
long & 3 wide which is a level grass Meadow
Bottom there is No claims upon it except
Brs Green & Perkins have mad a location
upon it & one Mexican has taken one spring
The Brethren can take possession of that
county without cost Br Green thinks that
a good of Land outside of the Meadow can
be cultivated without Irrigatin for wheat corn
& vegitables. Sunset will be road where all
the emegrants & Missionaries will have to
come to go to their settlements or Missions
and I will assist them all what I can
I think that Br Ammon M Tenney
would be the Most suitable person to
preside over the Mission to the Zunies
Lagoonies & Islatas as He has been the