Show correspondence HOME MISSION G S V 1 CITY june EDITOR or OF THE tiie DESERET N NEWS dear sir clr I 1 arrived home yesterday at noon from a mission south in company with elder jacob gates after an absence of thirty three days we visited the principal settlements in in the counties ot 0 utah juab fillmore beaver iron and washington terminating 0 our out outward wari warl journey at larmony ji Y we preached fd to the saints Sain tsin in most of the principal places were treated with the utmost hospitality and alid kind tind kindness kindness ness had good rood attention a good measure of the spirit of the lord and the people appeared to be in good spirits the weather was extremely hot and dry a disagreeable and parching south wind prevailing most of the time A spirit of extreme industry was hanif manifested ested everywhere the people st straining 1 9 aver every y nerve to put in and take care of their crops at harmony they will be short of water the hew new county of beaver is fast filling up with an enterprising and industrious population they have opened fenced and planted lar iare large lare e fields and some have fenced cleared and au planted blocks in the city and erected temporary houses there beaver valley is calculated to sustain a large population on account of its inexhaustible supplies of water and its abundant fuel and timber if we may take the liberty to find any fault with the people of that place or indeed with those of any of the southern settlements it would be that they work too hard and have hardly time to pray or think the indians were generally peaceable and some sonie of them hard hardat at work cultivating the earth ifray I 1 pray prax that the people where we have been may be blest with peace neace and the good spirit of the tha lord in abundance and that a blessing may attend their labors and rest upon their flocks herds fields and gardens my health is much improved by the journey J and I 1 i found my ray famil family in their usual usual burny health healt for which I 1 thank go god respectfully P P PRATT mccon REAPER AND MOWER dlower TIIE DESERET NEWS disa R sir I 1 had llad much pleasure in witnessing oneff reaping machines macinnes maci macl is in operation abst we week ek near Fai fal farmington and must say thal that ll 11 surpasses anything I 1 had any idea of in the shape of laborsaving labor saving agricultural implements it cuts the wheat in a handsome manner scarcely leaving a head for the gleaner in fact it saves eaves more wheat than it costs for cradling hence tile the farmer firmer is i absolutely getting gelling his grain cut for nothing when taking into account the heads left on the ground after cradling L lam iam am a practical farmer and say that I 1 am done with cradles except for babies if I 1 can procure a reaper to harvest my gain mr mowery lowery who runs the tile machine informed me that he be could conveniently cut about 12 acres a day and that it is aswell as well adapted to cutting grass as grain why ilava bave we been without them BO so long iong I 1 hope that some of our principal farmers and capitalists wilL sand and procure procura a supply for the territory the machine which is now in operation I 1 understand der stand is the property of S W richardi richards and joseph cair call yours with respect DAVIS COUNTY FARMER jui ivi luly july y 14 HARMONY VISIT TO THE PIED pled ES HIS 1118 SPEECH ENOS PUNISH STEALING junel jumel 1 1856 editon EDITOR DESERET NEWS dear sir kanosh chief of the pah van tes on carn creek and a part of his band arrived hereabout noon on the of may he came in his covered wagon with a span of horses and driver the rest of the band were horseback they spent the afternoon in the fort where they had camped lathe ih tile tiie evening kanosh requested the privilege of holding a meeting in the meeting house honse which was granted by prest lee sev eral assembled at early candlelight candle candie light also all the bledes near the fort kanosh kanosh then spoke quite at length to the indians and his marks remarks re were interpreted to us by lemuel an indian living with prest lee he ile spoke about the situation of the indians when the whites first came among them contrasting it present condition conditi ont ort also about the float crat calange for the better with himself and his lis ils tribe and with the generally ha told them that when the whites first came among they were all very verb poor and that they had bad no clou clothes alouies les ies nor wheat corn po tatos s leashes syl syi lu ashes ashe melons ac but had to live on grass seeds lizards locust mice ac and much of the time go very hungry but now they had got many things like the whites and they could have many more if they would work like thenn thenh he braid baid said that athey it they would r not ot stop st stealing ealin cattle horses shee sheep 1 flour wheat corn squashes and melons fi h wanted them to go away off into the mountains and never mever come back he ire further told them that if they did not stop st stealing earing they would air all be sick and die off ills his who er speech was very creditable both in sentiment and delivery and the indians paid good attention during the whole of it during the following day he spent a apart part of his time tinie with thle tila indians in their field stowing t them how to farm talking with them about abou t to be derived deri derl yedo vedo from raisin raisins kneir ra in and living like the whites waites beival on t trie tiie next day enos enosa debosa a young indian living a betimes ime times with the pah van tes tea and at hat other times imes with the from coal creek in n the evenin evening kanosh be began bean an of his accord to aik talk alk to him about about his stealing after talking for abo about ut aalur an hour and ana a half i and telling him of many of odthe the mean tricks that he had been guilty of since lie he had been in the southern country among the biedes ha he gave him the privilege of making his plea after enos was through kanosh ordered one of his men to bind him which was quickly done and he was waa placed apart while kanosh held a council with his men in this council it was decided that enos should receive twenty lashes with a la larlette riette on his bare back enos was then brought into the ring and required red to lay down with his bis face to A buckskin la larlette riette was first brou brought but kanosh thinking that not hard hald e enough noughT rough drought t a rawhide one which was applied to the back of enos with such force that it caused him to writhe and groan with pain As soon as ast enos ras has tas as sufficiently composed kanosh commenced talking to him again ile lle he told him that he bad been stealing for a long time and that lie he had bad learned the the biedes to steal for they had never done so before lie be came among them that he had been like a wolf and a dog for ife ke would steal and eat what he could and then go and bury the rest and he ought to be killed I 1 ile he told him that he had talked to him before e and that the whites had talked to him and or n put a chain on him but that he would not listen n to any of them neither himself nor the whites liked him and would not unless he louid bould stop killing other peoples cattle sheep ac but if he would stop now he would be free and travel about as heretofore but if it not he would have him put into the big stone house with a chain on him or he would have his head cut off when kanosh first arrived ile be sent for tot se b gob orbits bits and mo co van tes chiefs on th the e santa sania santa clara wishing to hold a council with them but as they did not come he started this morning for fillmore having done good among the Lama in this part of the country country ani ana and behaved himself like a gentleman much muc credit is due him for what he has done since lie he has been with us more especially because he did it of ohis his own mee tee will yours respectfully respectful S F ATIN ATWOOD PRO PROGRESS progression GRESSIN IN TEXAS GROVE creek ellis county X april ril rii 2 1836 1856 5 doar dear br robert cam campbell lis ils ell eil when I 1 arrived in this part of texas I 1 found some brethren who wished to go to the mountains but thought that they were not able iet ket yet through my influence and assistance they have ave started lor for for utah the place for all saints the gentiles help on the gathering for the they y are not willing to have the saints remain in in their midst when any one joins our royal standard the world fulfill their part of the scriptures literally for they cast out their names as evil and speak all manner of lies against them and have tried their best to raise a mob to drive all the mormons cormons Mor mons out of texas As I 1 amused am used to beins driven it would not go so hard with me my prayer to god is that cewill he will spare the people until the honest in heart hear the gospel and have time to gather out I 1 have had two invitations to preach about 60 miles from here which I 1 have accepted it if there ther e is is an anything th to be done in texas it is hard work vork to find nde the place I 1 have walked several hundred miles on foot and carried my carpet sack and found but few who wished to hear mormonism y and thenon then than only through cu irleane ir the Mor morn mormons cormons mons can leave leave is the 0 general spirit of ahe he people with a great cry about poly polygamy amy while every negro quarter is filled with blue ue eyed children it is useless for me to aftem attempt t to paint the scenes of wickedness in this land and however the most honorable people that I 1 fin find There here are the old TeA texiana Tex ians lans there are a few young members left here who maho are making all pot pol possible isible preparations to leave next spring br clapp told me to gather up all who mio would leave next spring and go home with them elders john and M J with myself are left here the balance of the missionaries are sent home homi because this people count themselves unworthy of the gospel remember the elders in texas in your prayers may god bless the saints in the valleys of ih the e mountains and all who have named his name from the least to the greatest yours truly HOMER DUNCAN |