Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-11-25
WH1rMAx's VALLEY, W. T. Sept. Z, SO.

WHITMAN VALLEY, ". sept. q, %.
DEAR SISTER =
1 have but short time to write, as 1
am working twenty hands and doing the
cooking myself. w has taken con-
tract for making two hundred thousand
brick, and / am attending to that Him
self snd H-&are living on his ranche,
which is ten tniles from the one l am now
occupying. H has taken a rancho
Joining W-s. Ny rancho has about
so acres uuder'fence, and avery comforts
BILE log house on it, and a stream of splen-
did water about three rods in width run
ming through the. center of the farm.
was at W--'s on last Sunday, and had
all the melons I could eat; and he has ev-
cry thing in the shape eatables that can
be raised, and have never HFed better in
my life Than this summer. This is indeed
a beautiful place 10 live in, and equally so
to make money. We are paving from $75
to sl35 per month with board, to hands in
the brick ward, and as there is nothing to
spend money for, a person can hardly help
accumulating. The crops turned ou' very
well, W---'s crops will bring him be-
tween six and seven thousand dollars this
year, witba good chance TO double it next,
with very little expense, as grain has to
be sown here, only once in two years, ma
king one volunteer crop. Il have picked
heads Of oats in such crop measuring
23a inches in length. We have had some
very hot weather during the summer, but
it has generally been very pleasant, and the
nights are always cool. There has been
but little rain, as there seldom is during
the summer season; and there is no trou-
BILE about grain getting spoiled; you can
go into two hundred acre field of oats,
and cut it all down, and let it lie as long
as you please, and it will not hurt in the
least. Last Sounday night we had quite
heavy frost, which killed our tomatoes,
and that did not please me much. There
has been much trouble with the Indians
during the summer, very strong tribe
called the Spokans have caused it. There
are at present over one thousand troops
fighting them, and they have had several
fights within the last three weeks. It was
these Indians who drove Col. Steptoe and
two hundred soldiers out of their country
just before we arrived, killing three officers,
nine men, and wounding nine or ten more,
but they are giving them "its" this time.
Their country lies between here and Fort
Colyille. l think they will be taught to
behave themselves. g
l suppose you have heard before this of
the Frazer river god mines. They are
creating great excitement both here and in
California: hundreds are going there, and
from all accounts they are very rich. One
thing goes to show this, as every one who
has gone has stayed so far, and if they
were poor some would be coming back
ere this. a" -'aat -ti -lo.f iasa
W sold his store last week, and in
tends to attend wholly to farming the
coming year; and if we do not make our
"pile" in the next three years, it will be
our own fault. He says that, after his
debts are paid, he will have twelve thou
sand dollars left, the product Of one year
and halrs labor. .i = 49, - i r
We have Clone push pesh; Locket
kamm; Moos Moos halo; Man Moos Toll
lum pc sootken, lie pole klone Tolilum,
Kushaw mox; Kuiter pahat; Mica kum-
tucks nica-Englshed thus: cats, dogs,
cows none, oxen Is, chicken 80, hogs 2,
horses 5. Do you uhdstand mea -Ta}aa
GHa} -iree 10 Yours, &c, lf4 C.M. ai