correspondence THE SAINTS IN IOWA from elder wm wui n H toy tor prest II 11 C kimball CAMP near iowa city may 21 1856 br george geor e D grant and I 1 arrived here last night with some cattle and horses and abd found bra D spencer james ferguson Fer cuson E ellsworth J D T I 1 McAllist walker joseph france P 0 merrill J A hart and about saints all well and in cooj odd spirits br IV walker has with hi him in his grother i brother rother lorin and wife from nauvoo on their way to the valley I 1 was much pleased at the we appearance of the large round tents each prepared to accommodate twenty persons and the hand carts rattling around camp it makes mazes I 1 one think that they are not likely to fail in carrying out the instructions and intentions of gods prophets ts cattle are very dear everywhere t this jig spring we paid 75 a yoke in missouri and had to r drive them above miles we could have sold the same oxen for a yoke a hundred and fifty miles from here young stock and cows are high in proportion yearling helfers will probably cost 10 a head on oh the missouri river br george and I 1 will leave tomorrow to morrow morning to make further purchases of cattle for the emigration we are all coming home together br ferguson is assisting br spencer in keeping the P E F accounts god bless you all and all the boys say amen