Sept 17^th [188]7

President David K. Udall
St John's, Apache Co. Arizona.

Dear Brother: I have made some enquiry
about the settlement with Lot Smith's by the committee.
I have been informed that Brother Bushman requires
him to vent the brand on his cattle; this is all wrong. No
man should vent the brand on his own cattle. His idea
has been carried to me that the Sub Committee want to
settle with him over again. My opinion is that one
settlement with a man, do able with, as he has been, ought
to be sufficient. I think Lot has been roughly handled.
If there has been any property made in that Institu-
tion, he has been the man most interested in making
it. I was there for two years with him, and he did
more work than any two men in the order. He cut the

Sept 17th 1887

President David K. Udall St John's, Apache Co. Arizona.

Dear Brother: I have made some enquiry about the settlement with Lot Smith's by the committee. I have been informed that Brother Bushman requires him to vent the brand on his cattle; this is all wrong. No man should vent the brand on his own cattle. His idea has been carried to me that the Sub Committee want to settle with him over again. My opinion is that one settlement with a man, do able with, as he has been, ought to be sufficient. I think Lot has been roughly handled. If there has been any property made in that Institution, he has been the man most interested in making it. I was there for two years with him, and he did more work than any two men in the order. He cut the