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Sunset, Apache Co. Arizona Oct. 29, 1879

Bishops Hunter and Hardy:

Your letter of Oct. 11 is at Hand upon the Subject of Tithing Wheat
We would say we (have) written to president Taylor several times upon this
subject and asked some Council upon it. It does not seem to us proper for Men
to deposit wheat at Salt Lake & draw the same amount here for while wheat
is not worth more than $1 in S.L. City it is worth $2 cash at the Mill here,
& flour reach rate at $6 pr cut and the clerk gives every Man who deposits wheat
there _____ the same here $1,00 or on by every bushel more than they get.

(There are some words here we cannot make out.)

We wish to say that last year tithing wheat was loaned to Snowflake
with Br. Taylors sanction and Br. Taylor give them liberty to deposit it at
Snowflake but (we have) written to Br. Taylor about the propriety of them
returning the wheat back to the mill where they procured the wheat, as it will
cost something to freyet the wheat 75 miles.

Again we asked Br. Taylor the propriety of ^selling letting the Tithing
wheat & forwarding the money instead of exchanging the wheat.

We wish further to state that John W. Young has drawn some 300
bushels of tithing wheat with the understanding that He would get an Order
from Salt Lake office first and forward to to us. We have not threshed
out wheat yet at Sunset. There will probably some 300 or 400 bushels of
tithing wheat from this year. But if John W. Young gets his order it will
take 300 bushels of it.

There will be considerable tithing flour? which I expect will sell
for some $5.60? a hundred here. On the following page you will find the
Tithing price list of the County? as we have arranged in County council

Your Brethren in the Gospel LOT SMITH W W

(It looks possible that this letter was written by Wilford Woodruff. The
writing is so poor you have to guess at half of it. GST)

(On opposite page we have the following) Brother Smith would like to know
what disposition you wish to make with tithing Stock in this Country and what
brand should be pout on the stock here. A great deal of tithing stock was paid
out in the purchase of Lees Ferry. Any information upon this subject will be
thankfully received.

We have both just returned from visiting the 7 Ariba & Moquie
Villages. We held Meetings with most of them. The Villages they occupy are
built of stone laid in Merter from one to three homes (stories high &
stood for hundreds of years. They stand on the top of bare solid rock from
500 to 1,500 feet high almost perpendicular, live in this way for protection
from Enemies in time of war and bring all their water, wood, grain, vegetables
& all supplies on their backs or on Donkies up steep trails or Stone Steps.

As Ever, Your Brother in the Gospel.
W.W.

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