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Show THINKS THAT INDIANS WILL BE MORMONS ' . CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. t-John Henry Smith, an apostle of the Mormon church, declares that the Indians of Mexico will ; 1 one day be numbered among the bellev-- bellev-- -: - ers In the Mormon faith. He has come to this conclusion by studying the tradi- tlons of the Mexican Indians and com-paring com-paring them with the Book of Mormon. The traditions of the Indians call for the return of the white prophet who visited ; ' them and afterward miraculously disappeared disap-peared and the Book of Mormon says that Christ visited the New World after his death and preached to the tribes that then inhabited it. Apostle Smith fays " ; that as soon as the Mexican Indians find that the teachings of the Mormon church are the same as those enunciated by the white prophet they wiU flock to that faith. Mr. Smith came here at the close of - , the National Irrigation congress in 1 Paso. |