I am lately informed of another tribe of Lamanites, who have abundance of flocks of the best kinds of sheep and cattle; and they manufacture blankets of a superior quality. The tribe is very numerous; they live three hundred miles west of Santa Fe, and are called Navashoes. [10] Why I mention this tribe is because I feel under obligations to communicate to my brethren any information concerning the Lamanites that I meet with in my labors and travels, believing, as I do, that much is expected from me in the cause of our Lord; and doubting not that I am daily remembered before the throne of the Most High by all my brethren, as well by those who have not seen my face in the flesh as by those who have. We begin to expect our brother Parley P. Pratt soon; we have heard from him only when he was at St. Louis. We are all well, bless the Lord; {183} and preach the Gospel we will, if earth and hell oppose our way--for we dwell in the midst of scorpions--and in Jesus we trust. Grace be with you all. Amen. Oliver Cowdery. P. S.--I beseech Brother Whitney to remember and write, and direct to me, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. [11] {184} About the middle of June, while we were preparing for our journey to Missouri, William W. Phelps and {185} his family arrived among us--"to do the will of the Lord," he said: so I inquired of the Lord concerning him and received the following: _Revelation given June, 1831._ [12] 1. Behold, thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant William, yea, even the Lord of the whole earth, thou art called and chosen, and after thou hast been baptized by water, which, if you do with an eye single to my glory, you shall have a remission of your sins and a reception of the Holy Spirit by the laying on of hands; 2. And then thou shalt be ordained by the hand of my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., to be an Elder unto this Church, to preach repentance and remission of sins by way of baptism in the name of Jesus Christ the Son of the living God; 3. And on whomsoever you shall lay your hands, if they are contrite before me, you shall have power to give the Holy Spirit. 4. And again, you shall be ordained to assist my servant Oliver Cowdery to do the work of printing, and of selecting, and writing books for schools in this Church, that little children also may receive instruction before me as is pleasing unto me. {186} 5. And again, verily I say unto you, for this cause ye shall take your journey with my servants Joseph Smith, Jun., and Sidney Rigdon, that you may be planted in the land of your inheritance to do this work. 6. And again, let my servant Joseph Coe also take his journey with them. The residue shall be made known hereafter, even as I will. Amen. [13] [Sidenote: Marsh and Thayre Separated as Missionary Companions.]