The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-05-13
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tFrom the Milwaukee tlyi,) Newil
A Rich letter from Pixies Peak.
We give below letter written from
Pixies Peak by a woll-known citizen Of.
Horizon, now at Pixies Peak. Every
word can be relied on as true, as the wri-
ter is well known in Wisconsin as man
who has the greatest regard for truth
There is evidently gold there:
pmK's PEAK, March ], 1859.
MY DEAR DRorHKR;-I promised TO
write you a good, long letter as soon as
arrived here; aud take my pen in hand
to let You know that We are all well, and
hope that these few lines will find you
enjoying the same blessing. You know
we left Horizon for the land ofgold about
the lst of February, and we arrived here
yesterday. My wife stood the journey
first-rate, but my FIVE oldest boys were
nearly tired out when they reached here.
Jane, the little sis, is happy as lark, and
says, "Tiss Uncle George for me-" God
bless her sweet heart.
We had all the hnrdships in tho world
before we got here. We lost our horseslat
Dubuque--they were stolen from aus. We
got some oxen, and lost them one hum
dred miles from Omaha. We then tried
wheel-barrows, my wife and / wheeling
by turns, till the Indians stole our bnrrows
Then we walked, till the Indians stole
our provisions, and my family got sick, 80
had to carry them al on my back. Our
money gave out long before, and for two
weeks we travelled through a wilderness
where the foot Of human being had nov-
er trod; in this condition, seeing no living
Ibeing,and without money to purchase even
cracker at any of the groceries along
the line, we lived on roots till my children
all looked like pigs, from roofing so long,
and have carried my family on my back
till am 80 round-shoudered that | can
only see the blue sky and the bright sun
by looking between my legs and up to
heavens canopy that way. ! lost two
hundred pounds of Hosh--horse meat
when l started from Dubuque, or we
; should have got along better.
. read in tho Milwaukee Neios that
Pixies Peak was humbug. But it isn't
and the Mems knows il as well as / do
We got here in the morning, after walk
I'M. an night, ana though we arc now.
twenty-Gour hours in the country we are
not well of, but have good prospect
There is gold here-lots of it. The
gophors dig it out Of the ground by the
bushcl, and in the moonlight the whole
earth for miles around looks like heaven
with its myriad stars, or like pretty girl
with yellow freckles. The woodchucks
dig out bushels and bushels Of it, and the
snakes in this country look like solid gold
h ones, from crawling among gold-chunks,
h II is found in all sized pieces, from the
. size of hens egg up to the bigness of q
y I9rsG 'y'o''-',. md of the finest quality
We have raked together what 10y Iopss
= on an acre of ground, and have twenty
{ two piles about as large as a good-sized
hOy-stOok. Last night two hundred In
dians came TO rob us of a set Of silver
spoons and fine comb that my wife had
: to use on the children, and we barrcaded
d our house with rocks of gold until they
could not gain admittOnco, and were fore.
cd to beg to make friends with us. The
= chief laid down his weapons and came in.
= to our camp, when my wife used the fine
d comb on his head till his gratitude was al
|, lively as his head was, and he was &c
n tickled that he offered to marry my wife
/" and show me where gold was in plenty
Is | loved my wife--you know that George
h but thinking that | might die before 60
d rich, and feeling that must make somI
property TO leave my children, consent
cd TO the match, and she has gone oifwitl
u the Indian, who is great chief, and Ia
!, ken the fine comb with her. Come ou
{, with your wife, and bring a fine coml
y brother George.
1 nm, fsoiur, 20 loovra 4haao dfors.fua 60
y better one. 1t is too much trouble I,
? tug and pry up the great big chunks o
II gold that weigh half ton or so, and arr
! so thick that you can not get them on
:, without danger of breaking your legs, ant
VI | am going up to a ravine, where all
10 have to do is to go 10 the top Of higl
h mountain aud roll il down to the river.
The country here is fine, but the wind
are awful. My boys got so light will
d eating roots, that can only keep then
i by me, or together, by piling Jumps o
!, gold about as big mallets, on their shirt
10 tails, as the little innocents sit down OF
e the grass TO play. Every thing grow
=, here. can raise twenty bushels o
II wheat TO the acre. Oranges, lemons ant
d all such colored fruits grows well here
IS while melons, pears, apples, peaches anI
/ aPple-dumplings are SO plenty that thel
. find no market.
Sell Of what stuff you have in Wiscon
(, sin, and come out here. You can ge
!, rich in a little while, and 60 back in sucl
- style that il will astonish the natives
Give my love TO all the folks arOunl
the corners, and put a notice on the sohoo
a house that they can get an outfit in Chi
j. cago for 5000. Come out here, dea
/. brother, by all means.
Yours aiIectionately, JOHN SMITH.