Excerpt from The Spirit of Missions: October, 1860 In selecting Fort Smith as a residence, my choice was determined by its centrality to the Missionary district. My home is within a stone's cast of the Indian line, and we have reason to expect that Santa Fe will, in the fall, be accessible by stage in fifteen days. Fort Smith is the great trading point with the Indians. Every large store has its interpreter. Daily we see the red men coming in on their little ponies, and may hear their strange discourse: This place is also the point Of departure for the far West. We see officers of the army, Indian agents, and traders, from whom much valuable information may be gained. The wonderful enterprise which these men exhibit, the carelessness with which they speak of hardships and perils, are very instructive to the missionary of the Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.