| 71 "crossed the Amli [Rio del Norte] and entered into the land of our inheritance."
He writes:-
"In my address to the church written at Albuquerque, in November, 1850, I informed the readers of the Olive Branch that it was our intention to make a settlement on this river, not far from Socorro. I am now happy to be able to inform them that we have purchased a large tract of land, and that the settlement has already been commenced."-Olive Branch, vol. 3, p. 147.
They named this new settlement Colonia, a name taken from the Writings of Esdras.
As late as September 20, 1851, J. C. Brewster was at Colonia and we have seen no account of his company going farther west, but a part of the company through some disagreement left him near Santa Fe, New Mexico, and they, after much suffering, reached the valleys of Colorado and Gila. We have but little information of what was accomplished there by either settlement. A second company followed the first in 1851, but we cannot say how they prospered.
Things did not seem to work smoothly among the leading authorities. Hazen Aldrich, who remained at Kirtland, Ohio, to publish the Olive Branch, says in his issue for August, 1851: "We believe J. C. Brewster has misconstrued the Writings of Esdras to his own liking."-Vol. 4, p. 13.
A revelation to Elder Brewster says of Elder Aldrich:-
"Moreover, the advice that thou hast given to the first elder of the church, concerning the council of the Presidency of my church, is right, and in rejecting it he has rejected that which is good, and caused confusion and disorder by acting contrary to the order of the church, in taking upon himself the duties and privileges that belong to the council of three.
"Let him take heed lest he be found preventing the prosperity of the church."-Olive Branch, vol. 4, p. 65.
Jackson Goodale, the other member of the Presidency, also fell under the displeasure of his associates, and after
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