Show elder hulet writes from mission field the following lett r fr m elder report hulot hulet was received this foiring mo tring iring As it contains much which will be of interest to readers we are publishing shing it A herewith czuni I 1 bluffs iowa june ath mr W NV V Al mitchell itchell dar mr air mitchell fitchell I 1 have been going to write and a nd thank you for the times because I 1 really enjoy having it there is an old saying sang you never miss the watlo ua the well runs dry it is much the same with your friend tr lenda 3 you never miss them until you get gel away from them butto but to ald read about them I 1 is the next best it has been six months since I 1 arrived council bluffs and the time has surely gone goine rapidly rap adly I 1 suppose I 1 had better tell you something about council bluffs it is rich tn an mormon history it was here that the government C came and A a asked for men to go and tight fight in mexico five hundred went and made the longest march in history they were known as the mormon Bat battalion tallon this place was called kanesville Kanes ville when the mormon people first came here and as this was lad indan an country they went over the missouri river to winter quarters Qu aiters 0 about twelve miles form here it was there that the six hundred wilts saints delre were burled buried the church has created a large monument in honor of those who died we have had a very open winter it got pretty acid at times but not as cold as year before last we are having a nice spring with lots of rains and t t before we needed thorn them either because it has been very dry the last few years out here is well as at home this city is very beautiful now MOW t has lots lota ot of trees almost all hard wood this part part of the colin country try like home all you see lis il A ittle roll ng hills the people as a whole ara vary nice and treat us well and most of 0 them thit that been west like to know all about the country that we missionaries are from they cant seem to imag ne what it is like I 1 to thank you adaila tor for the times it is just like a letter froni home yur tri fr end eldr rupert S |