Show x 3 lo 10 EXTRACT afa y a letter LeUer from E ephraim green dated date lahaina maw maui sandwich islands nov 3 1853 to george A smith dear ear brother it is is with a degree of pleasure that I 1 take my my I 1 pen ian in in hand to inform you of the progress and the be spread of truth on these lands since th I 1 iders elders landed last february there have been in honolulu upwards of four hundred baptised baptized sed besides insides a great number in in many other places on in island and on the island of kau kaauwai w ai there here have been nearly as many on the th island of f hawaii there have been rising of two hun ired dred added to the church in in the space of two norths this island hav has had no preace preaching hin on n it before and the prospect is is very good at present for a great to be done there chii this island is nearly as large as all the rest put together in th the e island of maui and molokai there las lia been een a urge large increase increase in in all the branches the york work of the lord seems to roll on with ing ng rapidity since the last conference there have lave been two thousand added to the church anc and nany many mor inquiring what hat they shall do to be a lived ved the lord is is at work with wih his ser servants v ants on n t thee hese lands and if they are faithful I 1 b believe he ie will continue to work till the honest in in heart hear ire are gathered out from among the wicked and am the he wicked prepared for the I 1 judgments that are doming coming on the face of the whole earth we have sent elders to every island in in the entire group and to every portion of them from from this conference the new elders are taking elds in in company with native elders this people is is something like ancient israel they must have a leader or they would soon make a calf they are ignorant and very excitable exita le they are full of faith and willing to do their duty when properly instructed they have been an idolatrous people and their aradi Z I 1 i 11 I 1 VT I 1 r 1 arri u r hey have got to be instructed from time too to time gtimm in in things pertaining to the kingdom of G god od we have endeavored to set forth the principle of the gospel in in its most ample form deachin teaching them to observe all things that we have corn banded them above all earthly things and the lord should bless them we have been trying to find a location where we may gather the saints saint a together agreeably to the presidents instructions for the time being and teach and instruct them in in things pertain bertai n ing to their present and future welfare boutwe but we have not been able to find it yet these islands have been thrown up by volca noes to an enormous height and you will find a crater on the top of every one of them th the e crater on top of maui is is ten miles acro across 9 with several furnaces in in the basin whence it threw forth the melt melad d lava when in in active operation this mountain is is eleven thousand feet apet above the level of the sea and he fhe crater is is supposed to be one third of the depth the mountain iq is very rough and rugged it cannot be crossed only in in one place all the land there is is fit I 1 for or tillage is is round the foot of the mountain and in ina some places it is is difficult to get round without the aid of a boat the land is is in in small parcels and where there i is any quantity it is is owned by men that are able to keep it this is is the state of things at present I 1 the way may open bv and by and if it does we are ready to walk in in EXTRACTS from a letter written by enoch reese to t gov young SAN bernardino feb ath 54 from utah valley all things went along well until we got to the santa clara here we had a f fuss with the indi ans ana thol they were not to blame in the af fair during the afternoon five indians indiana with their chief came to the train as it was moving down the santa clara and wished to know if they could come to our train in in the be even evening ing we told them they could and we would give them some flour they then left eft well satisfied f while this agreement was maki making ng a company coma of packers who were just a head ahead came across some indians in the road and fired on oia them killing one tho they deny killing any still I 1 think it can be proved that they hey killed one when this took place the chief we had conversed with came back to the arz train tin and said the packers had killed one of his men and they would now try to kill the whites hites and he could not restrain them bat felt sorry that any trouble had taken place I 1 there was another company traveling with us a man named wilson being 0 their captain cap lain they were the hindmost wagons wagons a the indians fell fel upon this company wounding three one of them quite seve severely r ely the ot oth h ers slightly this created quite an excite 5 ment and we sent back find end brought all up I 1 expressed my indignation at tho the course of some who were traveling with us andi and told them if they could not travel without killing illin the indians we would divide the train they concluded they could get along without any more trouble and from this date ate we kept on good terms they visiting our camps camp and we feeding them I 1 at the last settlements I 1 put in the wagons tho the amount of provisions that our pilot sai said would answer but they gave out some t three h ree hundred miles short of the california set clements tle ments in this emergency the col and myself took three of our best beat animals and started ahead in order to send provisions back this we accomplished in season and all al I reached this place in safety though two have since died on account of haying eaten some ome poison berrios berries 1 r 1 q I 1 ia I 1 I 1 we should not ha have v e r suffered any had it not been for aiding some twelve or fifteen footmen who had bad started slatted with very little provision and hence suffered diore more than the rest of the companies from present prospects we shall not be able to start from here for home before the first of april I 1 find things rather high at this place viz vii flour 8 per hundred coffee sugar calico mules cows and other articles in proportion it is reported that the united states have bought bo u sonora and chihuahua if so san diego i eg bids fair to become quite an imbor tant point everything g i is is green and cheering the birds i ads are si singing nging and the fields look beautifully ti but all this does hot ri rejoice joice me like the sounds of the word of the lord and the sin singing g io of the saints as heard beard in tabernacle ern 1 I 0 on e each ach recurring sabbath I 1 |