December 19, 1883 ~ Wednesday

Dec 19, 1883
^[FIGURES]^ I went to the Temple and we gave Endowment
to 7 living & 63 Dead Total 70. 31 Men went through for
my Dead. There was ordained 1 Living 39 Dead I was
sealed for 39 couple of Dead friends. Emma was with
me there was 37 Adoptions to W Woodruff J McAllister
attended to Adoptions 34 dead, 34 li 1 living D H Cannon
Adopted 12 Dead, J McAllister gave 2 Anointings
5 living & 1 dead

December 20, 1883 ~ Thursday

20 I had an Interview with Elders Ray & Hawks
and three Lamanite Elders who had come to get their
Endowment in the Temple. Their Names were Charoquis
Erastus (Son in Law to the Chief Ivan Lot of the Maric-
opa tribe) Also Nephi Montano, & Peblo Flores
Charoquis Erastus is an Elder & a vary intelligent man
He speaks the English, spanish & several Indian tongues
He has visited New York Boston, Philadelphia Wash-
ington & Salt Lake. He was the leading scout under
Crook in the late Apache war He has a great desire
for the conversion of his tribe & the Pimo`s and wishes
to go and labor among them as a Missionary the
Mariacopes & Pimos number over 40000, and all seem
ready to receive the Gospel I ordained Charoquis
Erastus a seventy I think the first Lamanite ordained
to that office in the Church. These Lamanites all received
their Endowments, were much pleased and deeply interested
There is alsoof 40000 of the Papagoes and all looking
to the Latter Day Saints for council. There is also another
Learned Man, an Elder, who is a trusty Interpeter for

December 19, 1883 ~ Wednesday

Dec 19, 1883 FIGURES I went to the Temple and we gave Endowment to 7 living & 63 Dead Total 70. 31 Men went through for my Dead. There was ordained 1 Living 39 Dead I was sealed for 39 couple of Dead friends. Emma was with me there was 37 Adoptions to W Woodruff J McAllister attended to Adoptions 34 dead, 1 living D H Cannon Adopted 12 Dead, J McAllister gave 2 Anointings 5 living & 1 dead

December 20, 1883 ~ Thursday

20 I had an Interview with Elders Ray & Hawks and three Lamanite Elders who had come to get their Endowment in the Temple. Their Names were Charoquis Erastus (Son in Law to the Chief Ivan Lot of the Maricopa tribe) Also Nephi Montano, & Peblo Flores Charoquis Erastus is an Elder & a vary intelligent man He speaks the English, spanish & several Indian tongues He has visited New York Boston, Philadelphia Washington & Salt Lake. He was the leading scout under Crook in the late Apache war He has a great desire for the conversion of his tribe & the Pimo's and wishes to go and labor among them as a Missionary the Mariacopes & Pimos number over 40000, and all seem ready to receive the Gospel I ordained Charoquis Erastus a seventy I think the first Lamanite ordained to that office in the Church. These Lamanites all received their Endowments, were much pleased and deeply interested There is also 40000 of the Papagoes and all looking to the Latter Day Saints for council. There is also another Learned Man, an Elder, who is a trusty Interpeter for