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Show Conipl . . Bxh . No . 626 459 , ( "Tlio Tlio '"I'lie Ilie ) ( BJxplorattao Explorabo ) , ( of' of ) ( -Southern Southern ) Nevada , years 1855 to 1865 , , Las ( Yqgas Vqps ) , Missiony " offered in evidence . ( R . Vol . . 25' , 13 . 4303 . ) He lived in this country [ Utah and ( Northern North-Qrii NorthQrii ) ' . Arizona ] in 1871 and was in Southern Utah twp years at that time , also in 1875 and 1876 . . ( R . 4303-4304 . ) He ( wasn't wasnt ) connected with the paper [ Deseret News ] and ( wasn't wasnt ) a member of the [ Mormon ] Church . As far as he knows , the Deseret News was the . organ of the ( Mormon TvIormon ) Church , and whenever any exploring and settlement parties went out , ( they they- they ) wrote back letters , generally , to the Deseret News and ( "when when ) they [ the Church Historians ] made up their records they searched the pages of the Deseret ( News" News ) and the Church Historian has verified them . as to the historical accuracy . ( R . 4305 . ) ( Cross-examination Crossexamination ) ( R . Vol . 25 , pp . ( 4306- 4306-- ) 4307 ) : The historical records were ( compiled conipiled ) from , the . original letters and other records . ( R . 4306 . ) He ( doesn't doesnt ) believe that the letters and other ( inat- inat ) ters appearing in the Deseret News were caused to appear there for any other reason than ( communica- communica ) tions appear in other newspapers , but that when a party went out into the outlying country , they would keep records and write letters to the paper , and the communications lie has copied from the |