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Show The Mokki sites. Upon the moun-' tain side, between Mill creek and Russell creek, there lives a colony, representing ubout seventy persons, who are commonly called Mormons. They are an ollshuot from the Mormon Mor-mon church. Their first prophet was one Morris, who was killed years ago. Th moat ixitiePMihlp ni-'nlinritv fibnut The most noticeable peculiarity about them is that the men never cut their hair, and some of them look as though they never washed or combed their long locks. Toe head of the colony is a lree-looking mau, ty the name of W. H. Davis, who haB a boo now about five years old that is claimed to be the second Christ. But little is known of the sect by our people, as thoy live in a lot of houses built closfl together, and do not "neighbor" much with the settlers around tueiu. Walla Walla Union. |