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Show FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. 79 and try to so ration out your flour as to have it last until we can send you relief, which, as before stated, will be forwarded as early as possible in the spring, but may not reach you until May, depending somewhat on the winter snows and spring weather, of which you will be able to form an estimate as the season advances. " We will send teams to your relief as early as pos-sible in the spring, and trust to learn that all has been well with you and the property in your care. Brothers Little and Hanks will furnish you with items of news from the valley, and I will forward you some packages of our papers by them. " Praying you may be united, faithful and protected, " I remain, Your brother in the gospel, " BRIGHAM YOUNG." From this letter it is plain to see that Brother Brig-ham was not apprised of our condition. He afterwards said if he had known our situation he would have relieved us if it had taken half the men in the valley. I never felt to complain. The brethren who left us knew but little about what was left to provision us. The sup-position was that the cattle would have furnished us in case game could not be killed. Brother Alexander and I were out for several days, killing some game on this trip. We were much disap-pointed on our return to find that Brothers Hanks and Little had gone on east without us seeing them. Brother Little looked around at our supplies, telling the boys to take care of the hides, that they were better than nothing to eat. This proved good advice. Soon after, the Magraw mail company came along under the charge of Jesse Jones. They left their coaches, fitted up with packs and started for the valley, Brother Joseph L. Heywood, United States Marshal for Utah, was a passenger. They went as far as the South |