| Show FROM A CATAWBA INDIAN CATAWBA TERRITORY d spring hill 8 C january 1887 editor deseret news the have been badly abused abuse lor for some time wicked white epple have defrauded us out of our home 0 e and taken our land from us which chic we have labored on for about one hundred and twenty years and none of our tribe has been to congress till a few weeks ago then some of the officers went to the state house the chief has bits been to the Caloia Caloni bia bla Valley to see whether we have any chance to get our land back and one 0 of f tile the dele delegates gaies has been on a visit to t 0 washington city to know whether we have any right to make our homes in good style and right manner for we are a simple 1 p le people and we hardly knew right from wrong until a few years ago when the elders beldt rs of the church of jesus christ 0 latter day saints came into our midst to 0 teach us the plan of salvation and how bow the human family must do to get back into the presence of god the elders that first 0 canoe here were henry miller and abar charles es robertson Rd bertson they breaf preached hed here a f few times and after elder robertson bertson Bo died and elder miller left for home elberg joseph willey Wille yand and john J humphreys succeeded them oneff one of those elders baptized me and one continued me anere were but bat very few members here at that time but by the hep bep of the lord we have lots of of members of the church in this branch now we practise sinding the songs of zion and have sunday school and testimony meetings wt bad elders in our branch ip tho year 1888 1885 but the mob drove them outtie drove the elders out are the same came who took our ou rhomes homei they hate us because we believe mormonism to be a true doctrine we hive have been driven from pillar to post but the lord has shown us what a soul is worth we expect to battier to sometime before long we have some good teaching from the elders eiders when they come to see us and tell us how we must live our religion we have two sunday schools tor for the catawba tribe trib e one here and tac ta other in spartanburg Spart aubur auburg g county I 1 hope hone wai w will get our rights from the united states so we con can gather to zion whey e we dan can detmore get more blessings from our father in heaven we would like to see all the children of god get to zion where he has appointed a pae place e for his righteous people I 1 laro am nine much h PI pleased eased that the lord has been so kind to u ut us t and enlightened our minds so that we can learn karn k arn the things ol 01 god and know our our soula are worth I 1 hope the time will soon come that we may net get to zion I 1 will not say much thia thi time I 1 hope I 1 will write better next time I 1 am your brother in the everlasting covenant ROBERT luz HARRIS |
