| Show A missionary WHITES humorously AND OTHERWISE AN interesting communication MANARD cherokee nation indian territory aug yih 1886 editor deseret news it is now a little over 18 months since I 1 left my mountain home to preach the gospel to the inhabitants ot th thia is part of the country the indian territory p principally r 1 the cherokee nation is a beautiful e a u ticul tul country composed of rolling hills covered with many kinds of timber open 1 grassy prairies and rich bottom land land a alsi isu covered with timber the by blood number 0 over ve 1600 a portion of whom are full b bloods 1 r d while the rest are mixed with the white race the of the nation inc including ludin whites and negroes adopted citizens citizen b number om over and own in common over mo acres much ot which is good tor nothing the heuple are scattered irom from one end of the country to the other the couil country trY is badly cut up with awkward streams of various vailous sizes and having them to wade there being no bridges we find them awkward indeed but droutha occur occa occasionally signally sio nally and these same streams become awkward awk warl through lack ot of water we have roads to travel on sometimes and sometimes they get lost but by the aid of a compass we travel in indian style and are sure to come out somewhere the county is well supplied with wild fruits such as plums persimmons wood ticks strawberries centipedes and poisonous chee cheeger blackberries dewberries dew berries rattlesnakes and huckleberries huckle berries deer Jr ir keys fleas bedbugs and hickory nuts tarantulas scorpions lons pecan nuts tree blizzards liz zarda grapes and acorns ane gospel is slowly taking root here A A few baptisms have been performed prejudice is being put down we are gaining many Ir tri ends lends among whom are many cherokees Cuero kees ot 01 ghigli standing and add in a quiet way many manare are investigating the principles 0 ot the gospel the white people are quick quicker er to ob obey the gospel than the Indi indians atis are fay bof the I 1 indian true to his nature is slow our new elders think them awfully slow we hold our meetings in school and court houses and private residences principally the latter our bt best work is done by distributing tracts and in fireside conversations not camp tires for the people all live in houses having abandoned their old ola wandering 0 habits thia thi s country like poor utah lb is infested by U S deputy marshals aud we arel frequently are WiS mistaken Laken lor for them thein the rhe hireling ministers aie active 11 trying try ingAo io our progress but the their ir lanors lanore amount to very avita honest hearted people one gald lie he w would follow us up 40 1 preach U wherever we did I 1 dunt dant believe he has nerve enough to follow on horseback where we go on root he says he will tell the people the truth and expose mormonism just what we are trying i do I 1 met a young and zealous al IS minister from geo georgia agia at the house of one of his members and ad had bad an interesting talk of about two hours when he suddenly recollected that he had arg urgent e nt business elsewhere on oa his hia return sometime after the lady jady a cherokee twitted twisted him about getting excited and angry as she observed he did he denied aed it and said he would meet kimball at any time for debate requesting her to see aee me and ascertain whether I 1 would debate or not I 1 certainly was willing and she wrote him to that effect I 1 received a few scratched lines as follows elder kimball Kirn ball v dear sir I 1 will meet you at any thin thing from the point of a pin to the mouth of a cannon name your time and place I 1 immediately answered it making suggestions concerning all ail needful arrangements but so far fai he nas failed to connect their man made systems wont stand the test consequently he evades the cortest contest green corn and water melons are ripe so are the chills elders laboring here before us have had the chills I 1 had them three mouths months brother allen alien hw has just finished a months beige w we e ex p attl ory day for elder shand t to 0 have hav e them but ammon green says he has no use for chills bring on tile the watermelons water melons your brother in the gospel ANDREW KIMBALL |
