"We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the

Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive it paradisiacal glory. (10th Article of Faith)

Doctrine in Covenants, section 10 verse 60 - 62 states that the Lord will bring to light to the American Indians the great works their forfathers did in the Book of Mormon and they will not deny the Mormon religion, but will build it up and bring to light the true points of God's doctrines, which is the only doctrine in the Lord.

Doctrine and Covenants, section 14 verse 9 -10; "Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the son of the living God, who created the heavens and the earth, a light which cannot be hid in darkness: Wherefore, I must bring forth the fullness of my Gospel from the Gentiles unto the house of Israel (the American Indians)".

The prophet Joseph Smith stated that if the Mormons would not serve God; the Lord would pass them by, and get a people who would, as God would have a people to serve him in these last days. But he feared that the Mormon Gentiles would seek to justify themselves from one step to another until they were clear down to hell.

Brigham Young stated that when the Lord brought in the Indians to save the Mormon religion, we would be the servants and the Indians the Masters.

"We also bear testimony that the "Indians" (so called) of North and South America are a remnant of the tribes of Israel, as is now made manifest by the discovery and revelation of their ancient Oracle's and records. And that they are about to be gathered, civilized, and made one nation in this glorious land. They will also come to the knowledge of their forefathers, and the fulness of the gospel; and they will embrace it and become a righteous branch of the house of Israel. And we further testify that the Lord has appointed a Holy City and Temple to be built on this continent, for the endowment and ordinances pertaining to the priesthood; and for the Gentiles, and the remnant of Israel to resort unto, in order to worship the Lord, and to be taught in his ways and walk in his paths; in short, to finish their preparations for the coming of the Lord. For be it known unto you, that the only salvation which remains for the Gentiles, is for them to be identified in the same covenant, and to worship at the same altar with Israel (American Indians). In short, they must come to the same standard; for there shall be one Lord, and his name one, and he shall be King over all the earth.

"The Western continent will present a scene of grandeur, greatness, and glory, far surpassing its description. The Lord will make her that halted a remnant, and gathered her that was driven out and afflicted; and make her who was cast afar off a strong nation; and will reign over them in Mount Zion from that time forth and forever. Or, in other words, He will assemble the natives, the remnants of Joseph in America, and make of them a great, and strong and powerful nation; and he will civilize and enlighten them, and will establish A Holy City, and Temple, and seat of government among them, which shall be called Zion. And there shall be his Tabernacle, his sanctuary, His throne, and seat of government for the whole continent of North and South America forever; in short, it will be to the Western Hemisphere what Jerusalem will be to the Eastern. And there the Messiah will visit them in person; and the old Saints, who will then have been raised from the dead, will be with him; and he will establish his kingdom and laws over all the land. To this city, and to its several branches or stakes, shall the Gentiles seek, as to a standard of light and knowledge; yea, the nations, and their kings and nobles shall say -- Come, and let us go up to the Mount Zion, and to the Temple of the Lord, where his Holy priesthood stand to minister continually before the Lord; and where we may be instructed more fully, and receive the ordinances of remission, and of sanctification, and redemption, and thus be adopted into the family of Israel, and identified in the same covenants of promise. The despised and degraded son of the forest, who has wandered in dejection and sorrow, and suffered reproach, shall then drop his disguise and stand forth in manly dignity, and exclaim to the Gentiles who have envied and sold him -- "I am Joseph; does my father yet live?" or, in other words, I am a descendant of that Joseph who was sold into Egypt. You have hated me, and sold me, and thought I was dead; but lo! I live and am heir to the inheritance, titles, honors, priesthood, scepter, crown, throne, and eternal life and dignity of my fathers, who live forevermore. He shall then be ordained, washed, anointed with holy oil, and arrayed in fine linen, even in the glorious and beautiful garments and royal robes of the high priesthood, which is after the order Of the Son of God; and shall enter into the congregation of the Lord, even into the Holy of Holies, there to be crowned with authority and power which shall never end. The spirit of the Lord shall then descend upon him like the dew upon the mountains of Hermon, and like refreshing showers of rain upon the flowers of Paradise. His heart shall expand with knowledge, wide as eternity, and his mind shall comprehend the vast creations of his God, and his eternal purpose of redemption, glory, and exaltation, which was devised in heaven before the worlds were organized; but made manifest in these last days, for the fullness of the Gentiles, and for the exaltation of Israel. He shall also behold his Redeemer, and be filled with his presence, while the cloud of his glory shall be seen in his temple. The city of Zion, with its sanctuary and priesthood, and the glorious fullness of the gospel, will constitute a standard which will put an end to jarring creeds and political wranglings, by uniting the republics, states, provinces, territories, nations, tribes, kindred, tongues, people, and sects of North and South America in one great and common bond of brotherhood; while truth and knowledge shall make them free, and love cement their union. The Lord also shall be their King and their lawgiver; while wars shall cease and peace prevail for a 1000 years, thus shall American rulers, statesmen, citizens, and Indians "know this once" that there is a God in Israel, who can utter His voice and it shall be fulfilled".The Lord has revealed the origin and the records of the aboriginal tribes of America, and their future destiny. -- and we know it. He has commanded us to bear witness of it, first to the Gentiles and then to the remnants of Israel, and the Jews. -- And we know it. He has said, that the Gentiles should come into the same gospel and covenant, and be numbered with the House of Israel (American Indians), and be a blessed people upon this good land forever, if they would repent and embrace it. -- And we know it. (Excerpts from the Proclamation of the 12 Apostles Of the Church Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1845)

In 1851 Apostle Parley P. Pratt in an address to the American Indians said; "You are a branch of the House of Israel. You are descended from the Jews, or rather more generally, from the tribe of Joseph, which Joseph was a great prophet and ruler in Egypt".

In 1855 Mormon Church Apostle Orson Pratt made this statement, "if the Mormons didn't make an all-out effort to take the knowledge of the Book of Mormon to the Indians, and help them as much as they possibly could, the Mormons would be guilty of being at ease in Zion, as foretold by Isaiah, and in the Book of Mormon, second Nephi vs. 21 states "the devil would lead people in these last days, carefully down to hell, which he has lulled away into carnal security, stating "all is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well." Verse 24 states "wo be unto him that is at ease in Zion! Woe be unto him that crieth: all is well". In Ether chapter 8 verse 24, the Lord commands us in the last days to awake to our awful situation, the opposite of being at ease in Zion.

Apostle Orson Pratt stated "We (meaning the Mormons) have forgotten the forlorn condition of the sons of Joseph, the American Indians. We have forgotten predictions of the Holy Prophets among their fathers, who so earnestly prayed to the most high for themselves, and their children to the latest generation, whose prayers have been recorded in eternity and preserved in the archives of heaven, to be answered upon the head of their posterity in the last days. We have forgotten these things and are dwelling at ease in Zion, and neglecting the great redemption of Israel (the Lamanites).

The Book of Mormon promises the American Indians that they are of the blood of Israel, descendants of the Jews, that the Gospel of their forefathers as taught in the Book of Mormon will be given unto them by Jesus Christ in the latter days, and that they will inherit this land, and as God's covenant people be given great blessings.

It took blood and sacrifice to bring forth the Book of Mormon; which is the record of the American Indians, and tells them that they are of the House of Israel -- the covenant people of God. The Mormons were mobbed, killed and driven from several states; one governor signed and extermination order to kill all Mormons.

Joseph Smith, who performed the long hard job of translating the Book of Mormon, was killed by a mob at age 38. At that time (1830s and 1840s), because of the persecutions which the Mormons suffered, the Mormons felt sympathy for the American Indians, and had the spirit of carrying the message of the Book of Mormon to them, but because of their circumstances they were not able to do very much.

The prophet Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and early Mormon church leaders explained in public sermons, in plain bold words; that the American Indians are God's covenant people, of the blood of Israel, which is a superior birthright to the Gentiles. And the Mormons were to do all they possibly could for the Indians.

"The Indians, according to the belief of the Saints, which is founded upon the statements of the Book of Mormon, are a branch of the House of Israel, and are therefore to hear the word of God so that they may carry out their portion of the great gospel programe, and do their very important part in the building up of the City of Zion, The New Jerusalem of the West." (Brief History Of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, George Q. Cannon, 1893)

The American Indians are to know that their choice birthright is of the House of Israel, and they are God's covenant people numbered in the first covenant. There is a second great work to take place in the Mormon religion, to convince the Lamanites (commonly called American Indians) of the Book of Mormon which has already gone forth among them. The field is ready to harvest, and the laborers are a few.

Gods states whosoever would labor in the harvest, to do so with all his might. God tells us to be believing as in times of old. The American Indians forefathers in the Book of Mormon times, were believers in God, and had his power with them, and performed good works, and their hopes and prayers were for their children of these last days, who are the American Indians. They foresaw the bondage of these times for their children, and tried hard to leave the message in the Book of Mormon for their children to know that they are God's covenant people of the House of Israel. If they will turn to God in the true religion their fathers lived, and Joseph Smith, God servant restored again on the earth, Gods power will be with them.

"That they might be convinced of that which has already gone forth among them, this is dedicated to those Lamanites who are already members of the church, that they might awaken to a sense of the awful reality of the terrible sins that are among them in the church. The pro death abortion stand being the most grievous, which has recently crept into the church, wherein the death of innocence is allowed, and the shedding of innocent blood is condoned, sanctioned and falsely claimed that one might obtain forgiveness for such!

That they might bring to light the true points of God's doctrine which is in the Mormon church, to the laying down of contentions, to strengthen and help save The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and fulfill the prophecies and receive the blessings which were intended for them as promised by God to their ancestors.

This is also dedicated to those Lamanites who have never heard of the Book of Mormon that they might realize that the Book of Mormon is their Book as passed down to them from their ancestors by way of the Gentiles and that they have a superior birthright, that they are Israelites, that they stand first in receiving the blessings of God, that they are the chosen people of Lord who will inherit this land as promised in the Book of Mormon, that when the time comes they will build the New Jerusalem and become a mighty Nation and that Jesus Christ will personally reign for 1000 years (the millennium) over them, and that the Judgements of the Lord will soon be upon us all. That we might repent and find the spirit of the Lord, while he can still be found, before the day of our probation is passed, and the dark hour of judgment come upon us, that we might not be found wanting, but be found innocent before the Lord, that the awful chains of the adversary might not drag us down to hell, but that we might be saved in the kingdom of God!

Introduction

We have learned from the title page of the Book of Mormon that the American Indians are the first people listed for which it is intended: "Written to the Lamanites(the American Indian), who are a remnant of the House of Israel; and also to Jew and Gentile." The prophet Joseph Smith affirmed that the title page is a "literal translation" and "not by any means a modern composition" of himself or any other recent man. From the onset of the early church he also spoke clearly on what the Book of Mormon is:

"The Book of Mormon is a record of the forefathers of our western tribes of Indians; having been found through the ministration of an holy angel, and translated into our own language by the gift and power of God, after having been hid up in the earth for the last fourteen hundred years, containing the word of God which was delivered unto them (the ancestors of the American Indians). By it we learn that our western tribes of Indians are descendants from that Joseph who was sold into Egypt, and the land of America is a promised land unto them, and unto it all the tribes of Israel will come, with as many of the Gentiles as shall comply with the requisitions of the new covenant." (History of the Church, volume 1, page 315)

We are now living in that age when the Book of Mormon revelations and prophecies of Joseph Smith have and will come to pass. The fastest growing areas of the Mormon Church are in those areas heavily populated by descendants of the people of the Book of Mormon(American Indians). Recently released LDS church statistics show approximately one-third of the membership now resides in the countries of Mexico, Central America, and South America. Even modern experts who have studied and recognized the rates of rapid increase in Mormon church membership in Latin America have predicted that at some point in the early part of the twenty-first century the majority of the world-wide Mormon Church will be people of American Indian descent. It is evident that the Mormon church has been established primarily for the descendants of Lehi (a Book of Mormon prophet).

Book of Mormon, 3rd Nephi, chapter 16, verses 11-12:

"And then I will remember my covenant which I have made unto my people, 0 house of Israel, and I will bring my gospel unto them.

"And I will show unto thee, 0 house of Israel, that the Gentiles shall not have power over you; but I will remember my covenant unto you, 0 house of Israel, and ye shall come unto the knowledge of the fullness of my gospel."

2nd Nephi Chapter 25 verse 8, quote: "...and confine the words unto mine own people for I know that they shall be of great worth onto them in the last days; for in that day shall they understand them...’

2 Nephi Chapter 28 verse 2, quote: "The things which shall be written out of the book shall be of great worth unto the children of men; and especially unto our seed, which is a remnant of the House of Israel."

2nd Nephi Chapter 30 verse 3, quote: "...there shall be many which shall believe the words which are written and they shall carry them forth unto the remnant of our seed." Verse 4, quote: "And then shall the remnant:

of our seed know concerning us, how that we came out from Jerusalem and that they are descendants of the Jews", 3rd Nephi Chapter 29 verse 8, quote: "Yea, and ye need not any longer hiss nor spurn nor make game of the Jews nor any of the House of Israel for behold, the Lord remembereth his covenant unto them, and he will do unto them according to that which he has sworn." Verse 9 states none can stop the Lord "unto the fulfilling of the covenant which he hath made unto the house of Israel". Chapter 30; The Lord calls on the gentiles of the last days to hear the words of Jesus Christ, the son of the living Cod, and turn from their wickedness and be numbered with God’s people who are of the house of Israel.

Page 101 of the Book of Mormon states the gentiles don’t thank the Jews for the Bible, the same can be applied to the gentiles not being grateful to the present day American Indians for the Book of Mormon.

Those who believe the Book of Mormon, believe as Christ states in the Book of Mormon, it shouldn’t be hid under a bushel basket, but the light should shine to light up the American Indian’s house.

Joseph Smith said a man can get closer to God, and obtain more knowledge necessary for salvation, from reading the Book of Mormon, than reading any other book.

The Book of Mormon is the true and only religion of the American Indians fathers, and through their faith and prayers it is handed down to the present day American Indians, that they might know of the truths of God.

Anything that conflicts with what is written in the Book of Mormon is not of God.

The Indians of this last day are predicted both in the Book of Mormon, and the Mormon Doctrine and Covenants to accept, and build up the Mormon religion as revealed to Joseph Smith, and they shall not deny that which he had received, but they shall build it up, and shall bring to light the true points of my doctrine, yea, and the only doctrine which is in me." D&C 10:62

And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.

Jacob Chapter 4; verses 2-3, quote: "... but we can write a few words upon plates, which will give our children, (the American Indians) a small degree of knowledge concerning us, or concerning their Fathers --Now in this thing we do rejoice; and we labor diligently to engraven these words upon plates; hoping that our children will receive them with thankful hearts, and look upon them that they may learn with joy and not with sorrow, neither with contempt, concerning their first parents."

The gentiles don’t thank the American Indians for the big brotherly example of honor, in keeping their word, and setting an example of honor the gentiles didn’t have. The gentiles don’t thank the American Indians for the corn, potatoes, and other foods they enjoy. They don’t thank them for the unspoiled virgin land they took from them. They don’t thank them for the Book of Mormon from which a man can get closer to God than any other book.

The L.D.S. gentiles were given a responsibility by God to impart of their riches to the poor of the American Indians. The Mormon Doctrine and Covenants Section 42 Verse 39... "For I will consecrate of the riches of those who embrace my gospel among the gentiles unto the poor of my people who are of the House of Israel". This has not yet been. done!

The Book of Mormon promises the American Indians that they are of the blood of Israel, descendants of the Jews, that the Gospel of their forefathers as taught in the Book of Mormon will be given unto them by Jesus Christ in the latter days, and that they will inherit this land, and as Gods covenant people be given great blessing

It took blood and sacrifice to bring forth the Book of Mormon; which is the record of the American Indians, and tells them that they are of the House of Israel---the covenant people of God. The Mormons were mobbed, killed and driven from several states; one governor signed an extermination order to kill all Mormons. Joseph Smith, who performed the long hard job of translating the Book of Mormon. was killed by a mob at age 38. At that time, because of the persecutions which the Mormons suffered. the Mormons felt sympathy to the American Indians, and had the spirit of carrying the message of the Book of Mormon to them.

The Book of Mormon plainly states that the only hope that the Mormon gentiles have is repentance and to be numbered with Gods people -the American Indians.

Verse 20 states the forefathers of the latter day American Indians shall cry from the dust for their children, even after many generations have gone by them, and their cry shall go even according to the simpleness of their words.

Verse 21 states that because of their faith, their words shall proceed forth out of the Lord’s mouth unto the latter day American Indians, and the Lord will make their faith strong unto the remembering of His covenants that he made unto their fathers.

The Book of Mormon coming to the American Indians(House of Israel) has been one of the primary responsibilities of the Gentiles, (Book of Mormon 3rd Nephi 16, verse 4); we learn of the Gentiles blessings in 2nd Nephi 3 verse 12: "...in the latter day shall the the truth come unto the Gentiles, that the fullness of these things shall be made known unto them." The Gentiles were also promised great blessings, but are warned they could lose them and their chance to be numbered with the House of Israel should they sin against the Gospel of Christ (3rd Nephi 16, verses 10-15)

Lehi talked of how his ancestor Joseph(who was carried captive into Egypt) prophesied the coming forth of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith(Book of Mormon 2nd Nephi Chapter 3, verses 4-11).

It is foretold in both the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants that the American Indians will bring to light the true points of the doctrine of the Mormon religion, and the only doctrine which is in God.

The Mormon religion as established by God through his prophet Joseph Smith as the only true religion on earth, and is the same true religion described in the Book of Mormon that the American Indians forefathers lived, and were blessed of God with. God told Joseph Smith that all other religions on earth were an abomination in his sight.

God spoke to the ancestors of the American Indians in the Book of Mormon records for a thousand years. For a few short years under the original Mormon Church leadership, God spoke to the Mormons; but they soon were seeking riches, and became proud, and lost Gods spirit. 2nd Nephi, Chapter 28, verse 21, stating the devil has pacified them, and lulled them away into carnal security, that they say: All is well in Zion; yea Zion prospereth, all Is well - and thus the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.

Brigham Young prophesied that the Mormons would be lead to the brink of hell by their leaders.

It is time for the Book of Mormon, Jacob, Chapter 5 to be fulfilled that the Indians save the life still left in the root of the Mormon religion.

The world is in dire need of true meaningful spirituality that the Mormon religion was established to give. The hope is that Gods covenant people (the Lamanites) will soon come into their own and save God’s vineyard, the Mormon religion; by bringing true meaningful spirituality into it, and bringing to light its true doctrine, the only doctrine acceptable to God.

ETHER 13, 8

Pearl of Great Price MOSES 7 62, 64-65

....an Holy City, that my people may gird up their loins, and be looking for the time of my coming; for there shall be my tabernacle, and it shall be called Zion, a New Jerusalem. And there shall be mine abode, and it shall be Zion, which shall come forth out of all the creations which I have made; and for the space of a thousand years the earth shall rest. And it came to pass that Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, in the last days, to dwell on the earth in righteousness for the space of a thousand years;.

Book of Mormon, 1st Nephi, Chapter 15, verses 14 - 15 quote "And at that day shall the remnant of our seed (the Lamanites of this latter day) know that they are of the house of Israel, and that they are the covenant people of the Lord; and then shall they know and come to the knowledge of their forefathers, and also to the knowledge of the gospel of their Redeemer, which was ministered unto their fathers by him; wherefore, they shall come to the knowledge of their Redeemer and the very points of his doctrine, that they may know how to come unto him and be saved.

"And then at that day will they not rejoice and give praise unto their everlasting God, their rock and their salvation"?

2nd Nephi chapter 3 verses 20-23 tells of the Book of Mormon coming to the American Indians of these latter days, that God will remember the covenant he made with the American Indians forefathers for their children of these latter days.

Verse 23 states because of the covenant the Lamanites will hearken unto the words of the Book of Mormon.

All through the Book of Mormon it tells of Gods covenant made for the benefit of the Lamanites of today, and urges them to realize they are Gods covenant people of the house of Israel.

In the Book of Mormon, nearly two thousand years ago, when Christ came to the forefathers of the American Indians to establish his church among them, He ordained twelve Apostles.

3 Nephi 28 V.4-7, "And when he had spoken unto them, he turned himself unto the three, and said unto them: What will ye that I should do unto you, when I am gone unto the Father? " And they sorrowed in their hearts, for they durst not

speak unto him the thing which they desired.

"And he said unto them: Behold, I know your thoughts, and ye have desired the thing which John, my beloved, who was with me in my ministry, before that I was lifted up by the Jews, desired of me.

There are many accounts of these men appearing to the different Tribes. They speak to them in their own languages, and give them instructions. They come when least expected as humble men, sometimes asking for a meal. They are as the Angels of God. They shall minister unto the scattered Tribes. They can show themselves to whomsoever it seemeth them good. Therefore, great and marvelous works shall be wrought by them before the great and coming day when all people must surely stand before the Judgment-seat of Christ.

American Indians should be aware of these three ancients along with John the Revelator, who will be among them in these last days, to help, and prepare them for their promised blessings as Gods covenant people.

DESERET NEWS November 18, 1890

The newspapers of the whole country carried many stories of the event during 1890, including the Deseret News. But there were few who really believed it. They called it "the Messiah Craze" among the Indians. Never the less, it received wide attention in the nation’s press because of the Indian problems it created. The Indians were so agitated on at least 16 tribal reservations that General Miles of the U.S. Army found it necessary to make a tour of all army installations in and near these reservations, to see what could be done about all this agitation over an Indian Messiah.

This so—called "Messiah Craze" had become the inspiration for Chief Sitting Bull to believe that he could arouse the Indians to another victory greater than the destruction of Custer’s forces at the Little Big Horn, for the Messiah had promised them that the Whites should be destroyed from off this land, and the land would be given back to the Indians, from whom the Whites had so unfairly taken it, and had. broken so many treaties concerning payment for it. In fact, certain government agents found it necessary to have Chief sitting Bull "accidentally" killed to put a stop to his Indian Messiah activities.

In the Deseret News for Nov. 7, 1890, a St. Paul dispatch is quoted under the title of "Indian Messiah,’ as follows: "General Miles is here on his return from his Western tour. He says: ‘I have been in Utah, Montana and Cheyenne Reservations, investigating. You

have no doubt heard that Indian tribes are reported to believe that the Messiah has come, who is to restore them to their former glory. . and drive the Whites from the land. I have learned that this belief exists among sixteen tribes. There is no doubt that many Indians who are holding this belief in the Indian Messiah are sincere, and a few have certainly seen some person on whom they look to be that Messiah.

"‘Several small parties of Indians have gone from their tribes to some point in Nevada. There they have been shown somebody disguised as the Messiah and have spoken with him. I am inclined to believe that there is more than one person impersonating this Messiah, as when the Sioux have spoken with him, he replied in the Sioux language. . . and so on, with the representatives of each nation.

"General Miles gave his opinion ’that the Mormons are prime movers in it. It is noteworthy, (says he) that this so—called Messiah tells Indians that when he comes to reign over them, firearms will no longer be used, . that he will draw a line behind, which he will gather all Indians, and then he will roll the earth back upon the Whites. This has naturally excited the Indians and large numbers have accepted the new belief. None is more ardent than Chief Sitting Bull, who is intensly Indian in all his ldeas. .The argument Indians use is: "The Whites have had their Messiah, and the Indians NOW have theirs."’"

In the Deseret News for Nov. 8, 1890, an article dated Nov. 4th, taken from a Kansas City dispatch from Ft. Reno, Special, quotes Sitting Bull as folIows:

"The Messiah said He had come to save the White Man, but they had persecuted Him, and now He had come to

deliver the long tormented Indians. .Al1 day Christ instructed them and gave them evidence of His powers. He, Sitting Bull, told his people His story, and asked that Porcupine (one of the Twelve) be sent for to verify it. He (Porcupine) returned with the same tale and presumably all were convinced.

"We have a large number of extracts from the different newspapers (says the editor) on the subject of , ‘The Indian Christ’, claiming to embody the assertions of the aborigines who state they have seen the Messiah and heard Him talk. .That a personage exhibiting super— natural powers bas shown Himself...That He showed the marks of spikes having been driven through His hands. He had offered to save the Whites, and they had refused to accept Him, and now the day of the Indians, who are to be restored to ownership of the land, had come. He also taught them to be honest, peaceful, cleanly, and to give up all bad habits." The editor adds: ‘To say the least, it is a wonderful movement, and one is puzzled in endeavoring to account for it.

"He sternly denies General Miles suggested idea that the Mormons are connected with this event: ‘Indeed many Mormons are themselves conjecturing as to the meaning of this extraordinary agitation among the aborigines, and are puzzled to know what it means.’"

About the only official Mormon reaction we find, comes from Susa Young Gates, editor of the "Young Women’s Journal," Vol. 1:477---

"Few, if any, of our leading Brethren doubt the probability, of a certain, if exaggerated, foundation for these stories. Our Lord is evidently setting His hand to prepare the scattered remnants of Israel for the great events about to take place.’

There are other articles about the Indian Messiah in the Desert News for Nov 10, 1890, and Nov.. 18th, and Dec. 16th and 17th, 1890. —Also many more of them in the Deseret Weekly of this period, and in the "Contributor," Vol. 12:114, and several in Vol. 52 of the "Millennial Star, which will not all be given here. But of special interest is the one in the Deseret News, for No,. 18, 1890, quoting from a Chicago dispatch of Nov. 17, 1890. ,

"General Miles has received from the Post—Adjutant. at Ft.Custer,.Montana, a report of Lt. Robertson, who

carefully investigated the new religious craze at the Cheyenne Agency. His talks were principal1y with Porcupine, Apostle of the new religion among the Cheyennes, and with Big Beaver, who accompanied Porcupine on his

visit to the new Christ at Walker Lake, Nevada... Porcupine told him that there were several hundred Indians at Walker Lake at the time, including representatives of the Cheyennes, Sioux, Arapahoes, Gros-Ventres, Utes, Navajos, Bannocks, and other strange tribes, —some were WH]TE, from a far distance that he did not know."

An Apostle of the Mormon Church, Wilford Woodruff stated in 1855: I want to know now, if the Mormons can really and truly realize our true position with regard to the Lamanites (the American Indians), or do you consider them inferior? Do you ever read the Book of Mormon? If you do, do you believe and realize the truth of its sayings and also what the Lord revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith? These are the things that we have in our possession; we have them in the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the History of Joseph Smith. Do you read them? If you lay them to heart as the things of God, you will feel that it is necessary to do our duty to our red brethren. When the Priesthood was restored, I knew then that if it were not for the Israelites (The American Indians), the Gentiles might go to hell and be damned. The Lord would not take much pains with us anyhow, were it not for the promised seed (the American Indians). Instead of them being inferior to us in birthright, they are superior in birthright; and they stand first in many instances, with regard to the promises of God in particular.

Brigham Young stated that what the Mormons did for the Indians determined whether the Mormons went up or down.

The Mormon Doctrine and Covenants, Sec. 10:60-62 states that the Lord will bring to light to the American Indians the great works their forefathers did in the Book of Mormon and they will not deny the Mormon religion, but will build it up and bring to light the true points of God’s doctrines, which is the only doctrine in the Lord.

D & C 14:9-10 quote: "Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the son of the living God, who created the heavens and the earth, a light which cannot be hid in darkness: Wherefore, I must bring forth the fullness of my Gospel from the Gentiles unto the house of Israel (the American Indians)".

The Prophet Joseph Smith stated that if the Mormons would not serve God; the Lord would pass them by, and get a people who would, as God would have a people to serve him in these last days. But he feared that the Mormon Gentiles would seek to justify themselves from one step to another, until they were clear down to hell.

Brigham Young stated that when the Lord brought in the Indians to save the Mormon religion, we would be the servants and the Indians the masters.

Book of Mormon, Title page, quote; "Written to the Lamanites, who are a remnant of the House of Israel, and also to Jew and Gentile."

The writers of the Book of Mormon wrote for the benefit of their seed, the present day American Indians. 2nd Nephi, Chapter 25, Verse 8 quote; "...confine the words unto mine own people; for I know that they shall be of great worth unto them in the last days; for in that day shall they understand them.. ."

Chapter 30 states that the Lord calls on the gentiles of the last days to hear the words of Jesus Christ, the son of the living God, and turn from their wickedness and be numbered with God’s people who are of the house of Israel.

Book of Mormon, 2nd Nephi, Chapter 9, verse 41, quote "Behold the way for man is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and the keeper of the gate is the Holy One of Israel; and he employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it be by the gate; for he cannot be decieved, for the Lord God is his name".

Verse 42 quote "And whoso knocketh, to him will he open; and the wise, and the learned, and they that are rich, who are puffed up because of their learning, and their wisdom, and their riches—yea, they are they whom he despiseth; and save they shall cast these things away, and consider themselves fools before God, and come down in the depths of humility, he will not open unto them".

Verse 43 quote "But the things of the wise and the prudent shall be hid from them forever-yea, that happiness which is prepared for the saints".

Verse 53 quote "And behold how great the covenants of the Lord, and how great his condescensions unto the children of men; and because of his greatness, and his grace and mercy, he has promised unto us (the American Indian forefathers) that our seed(children) shall not utterly be destroyed, according to the flesh, but that he would preserve them; and in future generations they shall become a righteous branch unto the House of Israel". That future time that is promised to the American Indians is now. According to the covenants and promises God made to their fathers, the American Indians are to be brought to the knowledge of their fathers and covenants God made for their children, the American Indians of these last days.

The American Indians are to know that their choice birthright is of the house of Israel, and they are Gods covenant people numbered in the first covenant. There is a second great work to take place in the Mormon religion to convince the Lamanites(commonly called American Indians) of the Book of Mormon which has already gone forth among them. The field is ready to harvest, and the laborers are few.

God states whosoever would labor in the harvest, to do so with all his might. God tells us to be believing as in times of old. The American Indian forefathers in the Book of Mormon times, were believers in God, and had his power with them, and performed good works, and their hopes and prayers were for their children of these

last days, who are the American Indians. They foresaw the bondage of these times for their children, and tried hard to leave the message in the Book of Mormon for their children to know they are God’s covenant people of the House of Israel. If they will turn to God in the true religion their Fathers lived, and Joseph Smith, God’s servant restored again on the Earth, God’s power will be with them.

Book of Mormon, 3rd Nephi, Chapter 16, verse 12 quote "And I will show unto thee, 0 house of Israel, that the Gentiles shall not have power over you; but I will remember my covenant unto you, O house of Israel and ye shall come unto the knowledge of the fulness of my gospel".

Know the truth and the truth shall make you free. Know about the promises made to the American Indians forefathers in the Book of Mormon for their children of these latter days. Know how great the covenant God made with them for their children of this very time is.

3rd Nephi, chapter 29, verse 9 quote "ye need not suppose that ye can turn the right hand of the Lord unto the left (stop the hand of the Lord), that he may not execute judgement unto the fulfilling of the covenent which he hath made unto the house of Israel(the American Indians)".

Book of Mormon 2nd Nephi, Chapter 29, verse 13 states the Jews shall have the words of the American Indians (Book of Mormon), and the American Indians shall have the words of the Jews (the Bible), and also the words of the lost tribes of Israel.

Verse 14 quote "And it shall come to pass that my people (American Indians, Jews and the lost tribes of Israel), which are of the house of Israel, shall be gathered home unto the lands of their possessions; and by my word also shall be gathered in one. And I will show unto them that fight against my word and my people who are of the house of Israel, that I am God, and that I covenanted with Abraham that I would remember his seed forever."

Chapter 30, verses 1 and 2 states the Gentiles will not utterly be destroyed, and that as many as repent will be numbered with the covenant people of the Lord, the American Indians.

Verse 5 quote "And the gospel of Jesus Christ shall be declared among them; wherefore, they shall be restored unto the knowledge of their fathers, and also to the knowledge of Jesus Christ, which was had among their fathers.

Verse 7 quote "And it shall come to pass that the Jews which are scattered also shall begin to believe in Christ, and they shall begin to gather in upon the face of the land; and as many as shall believe in Christ shall also become a delightsome people."

Verse 18 quote "Wherefore, all things which have been revealed unto the children of men shall at that day be revealed; and Satan shall have power over the hearts of the children of men no more, for a long time."

The prophet Ezekiel was commanded to write upon two sticks, one for Judah, and one for Joseph; after which he was commanded to join them together into one. When the children of Israel shou1d make inquiry of what these two united writings of Judah and Joseph meant, he was to say unto them, that the Lord God would join the writings of Joseph with those of Judah. Immediately after, He would take the children of Israel and gather them on every side and bring them into their own land. The writings of Judah refers to the Bible. The Book of Mormon is a brief, but faithful history of a branch of the tribe of Joseph (the Lamanites).

We learn from the Bible that Jacob confers on Joseph a greater land than the land promised to the Jews (Genesis 49:26). According to the Book of Mormon all of the great western continent was given to the remnant of Joseph as their land of promise.

Mormon Apostle Parley P. Pratt in an 1851 address to the American Indians said; "You are a branch of the house of Israel. You are descended from the Jews, or rather more generally, from the tribe of Joseph, which Joseph was a great prophet and ruler in Egypt.’ Early church leaders were anxious for the opportunity to convert the. Indians, and stressed that the American Indians had to be converted before the foretold gathering of Israel.

Isaiah, Chapter 60, foretells of the wealth, beauty and magnificence of the cities of Zion and Jerusalem: "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee..they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation; I the Lord will hasten it in his time.

Mormon apostle Orson Pratt stated "We [meaning the Mormons] have forgotten the forlorn condition of the sons of Joseph, the American Indians. We have forgotten the predictions of the Holy Prophets among their fathers, who so earnestly prayed to the Most High for themselves, and their children to the latest generation, Whose prayers have been recorded in eternity, and preserved in the archives of Heaven, to be answered upon the head of their posterity in the last days. We have forgotten these things and are dwelling at ease in Zion, and neglecting the great redemption of Israel [the Lamanites].

We have learned something, we are in possession of knowledge concerning these sons of the forest. Shall we therefore dwell at ease and allow the Indians to remain in ignorance of the great truths that we are in possession of concerning them? If so, woe be to these people [meaning the Mormons], or any other people that are entrusted with the sacred things committed to our charge, and who do not use them, for the redemption of those that are unacquainted with this knowledge. How do you think their fathers would feel to see their descendants, without knowledge of God and their ancestors? And then turn and see a people in their midst in possession of the sacred records and prophecies of their fathers, and yet that people, so careless and so much at ease that they used scarcely any exertion to impart the heavenly knowledge to them [the Lamanites].

And if we do not accomplish this work of bringing this knowledge to the Israelites, we shall be accounted as salt that has lost its savor, and therefore is no longer good for any thing but to be trodden under the feet of Israel, or our enemies. Who so will not extend the hand of mercy to help the Indians, will go down and lose their influence with God and all good men."

Mormon Church apostle Orson Pratt in 1855 stated if the Mormons didn’t make an all out effort to take the knowledge of the Book of Mormon to the Indians, and help them as much as they possibly could, the Mormons would be guilty of being at ease in Zion, as foretold by Isaiah, and in the Book of Mormon. 2nd Nephi verse 21 states that the devil would lead a people in these last days, carefully down to hell, which he has lulled away into carnal security, saying "all is well in Zion; yea, Zion prospereth, all is well." Verse 24 states "Woe be unto him that is at ease in Zion! woe be unto him that crieth: All is well" In Ether Chapter 8 verse 24, the Lord commands us in the last days to awake to our awful situation, the opposite of being at ease in Zion.

The Book of Mormon ETHER, 4 - 14

Come unto me, 0 ye house of Israel, and it shall be made manifest unto you how great things the Father hath laid up for you, from the foundation of the world;

D & C 88 — 87—93

For not many days hence and the earth shall tremble and reel to and fro as a drunken man; and the sun shall hide his face, and shall refuse to give light; and the moon shall be bathed in blood; and the stars shall become exceedingly angry, and shall cast themselves down as a fig that falleth from off a fig-tree....

Then cometh the testimony of earthquakes, that shall cause groanings in the midst of her, and men shall fall upon the ground and shall not be able to stand. And also cometh the testimony of the voice of thunderings, and the voice of lightnings, and the voice of tempests, and the voice of the waves of the sea heaving themselves beyond their bounds. And all things shall be in commotion; and surely, men’s hearts shall fail them; for fear shall come upon all people. And angels shall fly through the midst of heaven, crying with a loud voice, sounding the trump of God,, saying: Prepare ye, prepare ye, 0 inhabitants of the earth; for the judgement of our God is come.... And immediately there shall appear a great sign in heaven, and all people shall see it together.

Pearl of Great Price MOSES 7 61

and great tribulation shall be among the children of men, but my people will I preserve;

ETHER 13, 8

Wherefore, the remnant of the house of Joseph shall be built upon this land; and it shall be a land of their inheritance; and they (Lamanites) shall build up a holy city unto the Lord, like unto the Jerusalem of old;...

Pearl of Great Price MOSES 7 62, 64-65

....an Holy City, that my people may gird up their loins, and be looking for the time of my coming; for there shall be my tabernacle, and it shall be called Zion, a New Jerusalem. And there shall be mine abode, and it shall be Zion, which shall come forth out of all the creations which I have made; and for the space of a thousand years the earth shall rest. And it came to pass that Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, in the last days, to dwell on the earth in righteousness for the space of a thousand years;.

Book of Mormon, Mormon, Chapter 8, verse 21 - 22 quote "And he that shall breathe out wrath and strifes against the work of the Lord, and against the covenant people of the Lord who are the house of Israel (meaning the Lamanites of this day), and shall say: We will destroy the work of the Lord, and the Lord will not remember his covenant which he hath made unto the house of Israel - the same is in danger to be hewn down and cast into the fire;

"For the eternal purposes of the Lord shall roll on, until all his promises shall be fulfilled’".

Verse 23 "Yea, behold I say unto you, that those saints who have gone before me, who have possessed this land (America), shall cry, yea, even from the dust will they cry unto the Lord; and as the Lord liveth he will remember the covenant which he hath made with them".

Verse 24 "And he knoweth their prayers, that they were in behalf of their brethren (the Lamanites of these latter days)".

God made a covenant with the American Indians fathers for their children of these latter days, and he will fulfill his promises to them.

The Gentiles would do well to heed the warnings to them in the Book of Mormon, and repent and make amends to the Indians for wronging them, while they have any time left to do so.

It is very necessary that the American Indians become convinced of the book of Mormon which has already gone forth among them. For as it is foretold in the book of Mormon, the American Indians will be the principle actors in the restoration of the Mormon Religion as practiced by their forefathers. And in the end, there will be only a small number of Gentiles, who must number themselves with the American Indian nations in accomplishing this great work.

The Book of Mormon states very plainly that this land is promised to the Indians for their inheritance, for they are the covenant people of the house of Israel.

The work of the Lord would fail if there were no people that didn’t have a fervent testimony to accept and be convinced with God’s spirit in all its beauty of the Book of Mormon.

There is a spiritual crisis affecting the whole earth because the Mormon religion was given to salt the earth with the enlightenment of God’s spirit. The Mormons are warned in the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Book of Mormon that they were given a mission to salt the earth; but if the salt were to lose its flavor, it is good for nothing but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

The forefathers of the American Indians in the Book of Mormon times were eloquent speakers, able to speak with much power and the spirit of God, which has been handed down to their children - the American Indians of this day; and as is promised in the Book of Mormon, their children of this latter day would understand and accept the book of Mormon.

If the Mormons believed the book of Mormon and had the

intelligence to read and accept what it says, they would have the desire to do their duty towards the American Indians who are Gods covenant people of the house of Israel, and his promises are extended to the Lamanites of these latter times.

The Mormon Church has put out many millions of Books of Mormon, worldwide and will yet put out millions more books of Mormon to the American Indians, who are foretold to be gradually grafted in to save the Lord’s vineyard, the Mormon Church. There are now 700,000 Mormons in Mexico, and very soon millions of Indians in Mexico, and South America will be convinced of the Book of Mormon, which will go forth among them.

God has promised in the Book of Mormon, that no one can keep him from fulfilling his covenant with the house of Israel, the American Indians.

this people (the American Indians) will I establish in this land, unto the fulfilling of the covenant which I made with your father Jacob; and it shall be a New Jerusalem. And the powers of heaven shall be in the midst of this people; yea, even I will be in the midst of you."

Verse 25 quote "And behold, ye are the children of the prophets; and ye are of the house of Israel; and ye are of the covenant which the Father made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed."

Ether, Chapter 13, verse 8 quote "Wherefore, the remnant of the house of Joseph (the American Indians) shall be built upon this land; and it shall be a land of their inheritance; and they (the American Indians) shall build up a holy city unto the Lord, like unto Jerusalem of old; they shall no more be confounded, until the end come when the earth shall pass away."

Verse 10 quote "And then cometh the New Jerusalem; and blessed are they who dwell Therein,. . . and they who are numbered among the remnant of the seed of Joseph (the latter day Lamanites), who were of the house of Israel":

3rd Nephi, Chapter .21, verse, 22 states if the gentiles will repent and hearken unto Christ’s words and harden not their hearts, they shall come in unto the covenant, and be numbered among the remnant of Jacob (the American Indians) of these last days, unto whom the Lord has given this land for their inheritance. ,

Verse 23 quote "And they (the gentiles) shall assist My people, the remnant of Jacob, and also as many of the house of Israel as shall come, that they may build a city, which shall be called the New Jerusalem"

In the Mormon Doctrine and Covenants, section 84, a revelation given on September 22, and 23, 1832: to Joseph Smith states that the New Jerusalem would be built on this continent before that generation of 1832 shall completely pass away. Which means real soon now, the American Indians will build. the predicted New Jerusalem."

About 1600 years ago a forefather of the American Indians spoke in the Book of Mormon, to their children, the American Indians of this latter day.

Mormon, Chapter7, verses 1 - 3 quote "And now, behold, I Would Speak somewhat unto the remnant of this people who are spared, if jt so be that God may give unto them my words, that they may know of the things of their fathers; yea, I speak unto you, (the Lamanites of this latter day) ye remnant of the house of Israel and these are the words which I speak:

"Know ye that ye are of’ the house of Israel.

"Know ye that ye must come unto repentance, or ye cannot be saved.

Verses 5-10 quote "Know ye that ye must come to the knowledge of your fathers, and repent of all your sins and iniquities, and believe in Jesus Christ, that he is the Son of God, and that he was slain by the Jews, and by the power of the Father he hath risen again, whereby he hath gained the victory over the grave; and also in him is the sting of death swallowed up.

"And he bringeth to pass the resurrection of the dead, whereby man must be raised to stand before his judgment-seat.

"And he hath brought to pass the redemption of the world, whereby he that is found guiltless before him at the judgment day hath it given unto him to dwell in the presence of God in his kingdom, to sing ceaseless praises with the choirs above, unto the Father, and unto the Son, and unto the Holy Ghost, which are one God, in a state of happiness which hath no end.

"Therefore repent, and be baptized in the name of Jesus, and lay hold upon the Gospel of Christ, which shall be set before you, not only in this record but also in the record which shall come unto the Gentiles from the Jews, which record shall come from the Gentile unto you.

"For behold, this is written for the intent that ye may believe that; and if ye believe that ye will believe this also and if ye believe this ye will know concerning your fathers, and also the marvelous works which were wrought by the power of God among them.

"And ye will also know that ye (the American Indians) are a remnant of the seed of Jacob, therefore ye are numbered among the people of the first covenant; and if it so be that ye believe in Christ, and are baptized, first with water, then with fire and with the Holy Ghost, following the example of our Savior, according to that which he hath commanded us it shall be well with you in the day of judgment. Amen".

scriptures, and records, preserved for their descendants. They had exactly the same true religion as revealed

by God to Joseph Smith in this latter day,

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Wherefore, the’fruit of thy loins (the forefathers of the American Indians) shall write(The Book of Mormon); and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write(The Bible); and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins, and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah, shall grow together, unto the confounding of false doctrines and laying down of contentions, and establishing peace among the fruit

of thy loins (the American Indians), and bringing them to the knowledge of their fathers in the latter days,.

and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord. 2 Nephi. 3, 12.

The ancient Prophet Mormon, the father of Moróni, had been entrusted with all of the sacred records of his forefathers engraved on metallic plates. New plates were made by Mormon, on which he wrote, from the more ancient books, an abridged history of the nation, incorporating therewith many revelations, prophecies, the gospel, etc. These new plates were given to his son Moroni to finish the history. And all the ancient plates Mormon deposited in the hill Cumorah, about 384 years A.D..When Moroni about 36 years after, made the deposit of the book entrusted to him, he was without a doubt, inspired to select a department of the hill separate from the great sacred depository of the numerous volumes hid up by his father. The particular place in the hill, where Moroni secreted, the book, was revealed by the angel, to the Prophet Joseph Smith, to whom It was delivered in sept, of 1827. But the grand repository of all the numerous records of the Ancient Nations of the western continent was Located in another department of the hill Cumorah, and its contents under the charge of holy Angels, until the day should come, for them to be transferred. This written history, of this people(the American Indians), is but a small part of the legacy and promises that they are to inherit.

Brigham Young related the following in 1877 that after Joseph Smith had translated the plates Into the Book of Mormon he and Oliver Cowdery returned them to the hill Cumorah. When Joseph Smith got the plates the Angel instructed him to carry them back to the hill Cumorah which he did. Oliver Cowdery said that when Joseph and himself went there, the hill opened, and ‘they walked into a cave) in which there was a large and

spacious room, He said he did not think, at the time, whether they had the light of the sun or artificial light but that it was just as light as day. They laid the plates on a table; it was a large table that stood in the room. Under this table there was a pile of plates as much as two feet high, and there were altogether in this room more plates than probably many wagon loads; they were piled up in the corners and along the walls."

This SACRED WRITTEN HISTORY of the American Indians is the most complete, and comprehensive of any peoples ‘on the earth, and is yet ‘to come forth from God, and be translated!

Joseph Smith said a man can get closer to God, and obtain more knowledge necessary for salvation, from reading the Book of Mormon, than reading any other book.

Every word in the Book of Mormon was written by Indians, the blood fathers of the present day American Indians.

The Book of Mormon is the true and only religion of the American Indians fathers, and through their faith and prayers it is handed down to the present day American Indians, that they might know of the truths of God.

Anything that conflicts with what is written in the Book of Mormon is not of God.

The Indians of this last day are predicted both in the Book of Mormon, and the Mormon Doctrine and Covenants to accept, and build up the Mormon religion as revealed to Joseph Smith, and they shall not deny that which he had received, but they shall build it up, and shall bring to light the true points of my doctrine, yea, and the only doctrine which is in me." D&C 10:62

And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.

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