Show 0 ELPERS ELDERS h correspondence tto eto to elder G A smith fram arm ils as brother john L smith li bevila DEVILS EV nate GATE FORT roni on OR rort font aspmo 30 allea S L city nabi tata arka 1 territory afy bry ary 22 iam lam r a 01 gaining rily my tily s strength tb but hot 9 am in still ianis lanis d and bea sea scarcely reel y able to get out dut nd in in the wagons alone we arrived here bere about A 4 iiii pro y im and stopped to shoe pome orne oine of our horses V liae ad cow com winds and two or three tain ra in storn ni ind nd one en snow enow ow ston storm rhe the the ferryman t dreen creen iziver bro arb fran prank Woo woodard daid dald wound not ike ize take tako any payer crossing us u over he be crossed 8 0 wa wagons gons in iia one hour bour the health beaith ot the camp Is I 1 generally grod bro kalys rays health Is improving mp rovin and all feel first rate we bave have our pral prayers morning and evening our teams bave bare hav hai e improved ll 11 as a i general thing pr or at least let iet lei they harl tare held their own we have traveled at the rate ot of 21 mile miles pew peg pen pec day since we lert left thome home we have 19 moen roen in camp camps and overtook 3 more here who wish to join uffa the indians stole all the horses irna irma rom this station pa M in number we guard ours closely every night the indians are now caim clim camped poli poil on the platte Pl atteln in large larie numbers dumbers num berf bers baat we feel to trust in the lord and do dd olve give my respects to crests ts kimball pinball and 0 rint riot v PORT rory semino MAY 23 1 1855 I 1 wish to wake waie make through through tle the the news honorable clellon menton of the kli kindness klites of mr to the ml wb who 10 arrived here yesterday evening ev ining ne hi kindly invited ua into hid his rooms built excellent flieg firest and told us to make our selves at home hoisie lie lle hal has excellent I 1 fort lort fori fort built on three sides of a ten large roo room M sit it s situated about tabrae dwir dwar duir quarters of a mlle mils south of the devils gate and has a good horst caral carai on th the east side aide albo a cattle yard yand and Is in decidedly the handsom handsomest st situation and best built bany of any I 1 have seen in the mountains and Is clean and neat ile lie has a amail email store grocer wp ie indian goods and supplies for traders and emigrants generally we think one reason of his bis prospect ity Is that lie he keeps no liquor I 1 1 the sioux indians id aring the pastsy past spring tpring from this fort and ar about abolt ninety hors hornes hornet leaving the men me n here nil gli 11 op on toot foot we M e learn that the ut sial siai lah band of sious sioux indians are condri gated and are still sti gathering gatherine bridge intending Intend ing lne fo A steal all the horses they cablay can lay isy their hands on 1 I 1 we ire shall start in about half an hour houry probably cami campat at willow springs tonight to night and it if prospered tomorrow to tor tot t morrow monrow night w with ith the sioux it has been a ury dry cold coid springy spring waters low and teed feed poor grasshoppers Grawi hoppers were alenty till we arrived at the south pass we measured an oi ox this morning poor ht nine feet seven inches and a hair half length the same please teil tell ittia this to bishop hunter Hi lliter give gil e our 1 4 respects to the presidency dene deno and saints saint As all ever I 1 reman yours JOHN L SMITH from Elde elder elmerjohn john rJohn A west went to eider elder joehl john 1 shill tb bia bla krahala kniha Kriha aia la hijii IIi ili wil wll aroh karth arcH on the pt lt 0 october tober I 1 sei set sail ail all from srm an branc fr on beardt board 4 M p I 1 n in C cirp P richards JU chard 6 fc W losers S B D ton W king and apeck we ha had y diw a ew rather warm v 1 Ji cimeon fames meOn on our voyage as some would world nry cry out dilu slon sion but as the gentlemen in the cabin le lecam cm brith us they id they believed ul uto nto to be a atie atle set pet pe p boyt boys lind lynd thai that bhawe we wished to do good gool we replied that thai thai that yas was our intention and profession then after a pleasant pasia passage gewe we arrived a t honolulu nov is p a days there here 1 I nov nor 21 23 on apy 1 thi tho th steamer sea bird in company with 17 king 11 P richard ridhard Pl chard and J J I 1 A peck and arter alter bein being out two days wa arrived on this island i at alter ter being alone with the natives a f few raw ew daya day we were met by bro 11 W IT who appointed w ui tp our sederal ssi eral cral homes bomes while studying the i langu ag ai I 1 have tive had bad the pleasure of attending atten dlag many native east baat the food consisting of pot pol PS oat pit atoe atop inri nave have I 1 ben been greatly blessed since I 1 left thome lef home both with health means and a most i Hent tent appetite itanen ican lean mf almost anything that a native nathe cany can dan and ani am growing quite qa te fie tie fleecy mily vily my lly progress in the language ot of this people seems but still I 1 havn have falth filth that by the grace grace amt ami assistance of the spirit of the lord I 1 will be able to leani it after a I 1 I 1 have bern bein brn vrn abl able so far to administer the ordinance of baptism in the nilve language langua gl and can understand and talk it a f it tl it seems that billere Is krev frev great need of 0 our cur learning f fa s t tj tor for the work ork will soon fall into the hands bandl of young elders as a ahe the others are leaving for home the br brethren ethreA t are getting along befi well weil oni on the lind island of 0 nanal and haw han been blessed with a at harvest the past bean n bro brother drother P A it ammond and other biller brethren have purchased a small smail si nall schooner for which they areto arato are to pay 1800 it Is to to bi used in fathering gathering the saints sih Sif hits tits and in shipping tb their air prod ace to laar ilar I 1 ketI th Thi work seems to be going forward abut but not net n ot without some i 0 opposition tl on april 1 I 1 tarn am still well wll and enjoying g good health and spirits as Is also brotten brother 11 P B chadds who wild Is now w ih me i I 1 mm her ber bro john that thit I 1 desire your pray rray prayer ersy and th the prayers of all the saints that I 1 may have grace according act cording t to 0 my nie day dax and do tha will of my pother pothen in meekness and humility J A WEST |