Aug 25 1879 Advisor mounted their horses and went with us 60 mils to Islata & spent a week with us. We left and drove over a Desolate Hilly sandy country to Louis Ray He drew his water out of a well 165 feet deep By the aid of a mule we staid Untill 5 oclok & drove 18 miles & camped on a Barren sand ridge. Distance of the day 43 Mils August 26, 1879 ~ Tuesday 26 We drove 6 miles to

Aug 29, 18979 Islatas quite as capable of receiving any principle of the gospel or intelligence as the Anglo Saxon race The last family we parted with was Mrs Pascal Aveita a Noble Matron of about 50 years of age she put us up a Box of nice Peaches & grapes to take with us she had two fine daughters which appeared vary Lady like I felt to leave my Blessing with them & with the Islata's we drove to, we drove to the forks at the road ...

[sideways text] John W Young to W Woodruff Sept 1880 Received Sept 11 [end of sideways text] STOVER & CO., GENERAL MERCHANDISE, WOOL, HIDES, PELTS, WAGONS, CARRIAGES, &C. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, Sept 2nd 1880. Prest W. Woodruff Dear Bro: I write you in regard to the St. John purchase. It seem the Lord has indeed moved upon those Barth Bros. I saw two of them last night. "Saul" the oldest & the one, says he must have 125 first class cows the ...

STOVER & CO., GENERAL MERCHANDISE, WOOL, HIDES, PELTS, WAGONS, CARRIAGES, &C. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, 1880. future, and the following was consedered all we could pay & be safe. For teams from 4$ to 5$ per day they furnesh themselves at a cost of about $1050 per week. Men from 1$ to 2$ per day and board. Those prices are almost double what other contractors are paying. If we choose to do so (& I don't Know but what we may be forced to if the people do not come out) we could hire ...

race. While I have been standing in the midst of that noble minded people, teaching them the Gospel, I could not make myself believe I was standing in the presence of American Indians or Lamanites, neither was I. The Islatus of which I speak is a village twelve miles be- low Albequirke, on the Rio Del Norte, containing 3000 souls that stand at the head of this class of men that I calol the Nephites. They occupy forty villages, containing a population of 32,000, speak- ing sixteen distinct languages ...

the next hour was one of the best meetings we had. We all felt in- spired, missionaries, Nephite men, women and children. I spoke and Birother Tenney interpreted. I never felt the want of tongues more than on this occasion. I taught the things of the kingdom of God and found hearts capable of receiving it. All were deeply interest- ed and the seeds we had sown in the hearts of that people will bring forth fruit. At the close of the meeting, the man who spoke in the meeting came to me and said, "WHhen ...

cost $1000.00. There was much more wealth than I would have looked for in as obscure a place as Albequirke. We spent the day in the place and left in the evening and camped five miles below on the banks of the river. On the 27th of August, we entered the village of Islatus (Ysleta), being the day before the great annual feast of this people. Brother Ammon M. Tenney had visited this people three years ago and had madde friends in the place. We called upon ...

Sunset, Apache Co. Arizona Feb. 29 [18]80 President John Taylor Dear brother: Your letter of Feb. 20 has just come to hand and before I recieved it I hade made my calculations to go to St. John, Snowflake, Round Valley and to visit the settlements with brother John W. Young and to gather up all the Tithing money of Arizona and start for Utah the last of March via St. George and on to ...

has told all the emigration not to load down their teams with flour, they can get all they want in the settlements as cheap as in Utah. Others say they go by Bro Hatch's letters that tell them what to bring to Arizona to exchange for grain. Bro Hatch himself has not got a bushel of wheat or flour to feed his own big family. he looks towards Sunset for bread And even Brigham City across the river who raised 1200 bushels have sowed 300 or 400 ...

from 200 to 300 Bushels a day with the best of attention, and all three of these settlements have to depend on it to thresh their wheat. it is now brok- en down so that it cannot be be used at all until a pinion wheel is sent from St. Louis or Z.C.M.I. Bro Smith has sent to both places for me. He sent for a bill of goods to the co-op. when it came to Sunset it all came in one boox ...