Show EDITOR OF tur THE NEWS dear sir I 1 left parowan carowan february valid and arrived in this city on the first day of march in in company with president henry lunt lant col james A little major J D lee samuel west james H martineau silas and jesse smith and others W V e arrived in safety having had a prosperous journey to this place although we encountered a several storms and severe cold the roads s were very bad on account of deep snow on the mountains and mud in the valleys the past winter has been the coldest we have had in iron county since its seti settlement lement the thermometer ah to 16 degrees below zero it is a general time of health in iron county there here having been but one death at parowan carowan for t the he last six in months months and that was as the d death ath of sister sarali sarah morse relict of dr W william il 1 I aarn A M morse orr bodied who died at parowan carowan Pa rowan january 1853 there cherev The reV have e been but two or three deaths at cedar city during the last winter one of which I 1 will wil note namely the death of bro cyrus wingate I 1 one of the missionaries appointed at the october conference the saints are well united in iron county trying toying to carry out the instructions from head quarters we held meetings on sunday in the iday day and evening and on Thurs thursday dav evenings evening sl awe awe have also set get apart the first thursday of V each ach mouth month for fasting and prayer our our meet digs have been well attended during the winter I 1 nd a great number of the brethren and sisters have ave renewed their covenants by baptism we ave day and evening schools at parowan carowan and ce edar dar city for learning the english spar spanish german and indian languages H the br brethren thren that were sent to iron county I 1 last fall to strengthen tile the settlements and learn the ie indian language have enjoyed the spirit of afi leir mission and manifested a spirit to build up the ie kingdom they have all prepared thern them 5 1 selves elves with comfortable houses the pi edes edeal ave been driendl friendly y as usual and manifest a desire csire to live in peace with the saints ammon i and nd about twenty five of the utes have been berenji with aith us as most of the time during the winter a ichen they first came among us they wished us 0 buy their friendship with provisions clothing kc but finding we would not come to their erms they concluded to trade their buckskins buck buek skins X nd and work for their bread they have mania mani a bested a friendly frien div disposition towards us on oa the ath of february the man on the look out ut at parowan carowan reported a comley supposed to 0 be lud indians ians coining into the north end of the valley alley twenty miles distant from parowan carowan Pa rowan bout eleven on the morning of the othi ath j colonel jolin john C fremont with nine white men mena and nd twelve delaware indians arrived in paro 1 wan van in a state stale of starvation one of his men had fallen alien dead from his horse the day previous and several more must inevitably have shared fisl f ate had they not had succour that day they reported deported that they had esteil eaten twenty y seven bro ken len down animals that when a horse livorse or mule could go no farther it was killed and divided out giving one half to the delawarek Dela wares and the other t 0 0 the colonel and his men the hide bide was cut cuta i in n pieces and cast lots for after th bon bones es had I 1 been een made into soup they were burned and car cari i r aed ried along aang by the men for luri luncheon cheon the en t trails rails were shaken and then made into soup together t oge lher with the feet and eyes thus using bip the ae whole mule they stated they had travelled forty five fie days living on this kind of fair j although colonel fremont was considered by the people an enemy to the saints and had n no money he was kindly treated and supplied on credit with provisions for himself and men while at parowan carowan Pa rowan and fitted out with anini animals and provisions to pursue his journey and went on oil his way rejoicing on the of february the colonel was sanguine in in his opinion that he had found the beat bea route for the great grea t national railway the honorable secretary A W babbit arrived here on the evening of the ath and left on the ath having been out five days d avys and a half your brother in in the gospel covenant J C L SMITH for the deseret news mr EDITOR SIR in the history of joseph smith publish cd d feb 2 news no 5 51 1 find my name associated with others as mclellan aud and others in m ering the house boas e of joseph smith while in prison this is incorrect the excitement of those times was sufficient reason for the rumor going abroad incorrectly I 1 was at hyrum smiths house rather by acci lent ent than design in in company with mclellan and burr riggs at a time when they took some books fee but was not with them when they went to josephs soon after the rumor got afloat I 1 ex bained the matter before the council in missouri massou ri satisfactorily as I 1 supposed but some time after an enemy in ill my absence again agitated the sub eject act before tile the conference in Nati which led to an inquiry before the high council ingres nce ence of josph josfph and hyrum and tile the subject ap in its true light 5 joseph instructed tile the council 0 to o give me a certificate of acquittal that would close every mans mails month the following is the certificate viz high council of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints met at nauvoo oct 1839 to consider the case of elder harlow Re redfield Afield against whom certain accusations were brought at our last conference in consequence of which he was suspended and his case referred to the high council for decision we being organized to investigate his case caff when no charge was brought against him nor did an implication appear nor do we believe that a charge could be sustained against elder ider redfield he volunteered confession of of certain inadvertent imprudent no evil meaning acts that he greatly sor borrowed rowed for and asked for g gi veness for his folly in n so doing this council voted that elder redfield be forgiven and restored t to his former official state and standing and to be I 1 an f full 11 fellowship the same as if no evil eau insinna tion on thad had ever been brought against hrin him and that he ta take ke a transcript of these proceedings to be signed by the clerk of this meeting 1 I hereby hereby certify that the above is a true efran tran 1 scrip script t of the proceedings and decision of the af afore or e said ald case H G SHERWOOD clerk I 1 I 1 will only add that I 1 had before heard how that 11 poor tray got whipped for being caught i in in bad company and it ought to have been a chent at warning for me and I 1 trust it will be for the future I 1 remain your humble servant HARLOW REDFIELD provo feb P S millennial star please copy the foregoing H R |