Left Salt Lake City 12th Dec. 1869 on a mission to South East Africa went on a mission to see his friends, passed through Toronto and Ottawa in Canada from there to New York and from N.Y. to cape of Good Hope on the sea 64 days stayed in town one week found several there that was in the church preached to them what best I thought and they were glad to see me Come there I went to see my folks found them well one of my brothers died while I was there I preached to him faithfully before he died, he seemed to have doubts in his mind on certin points in our religion. When he came in contact with his friends he preached faithfully to them also blessed and named many children, and, babtized one man by the name of Cook. Stayed three years in Queenstown and neighborhood, preached to them & when I came back I came by the Diamond field to cape town stayed there two months and visited all that was enquiring after the gospel what few faithful brethurn that are there are too poor to come out some of them have been there 20 years. Left cape Town for home March 11th 1873 crossed the water which took 62 day’s to Boston arived from Boston to Salt Lake 26th of May, 73. Absent about 3 years and one half Eli Wiggill Dec. 1873 Account of Eli Wiggills mission to South Africa