The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-04-27
From the Milwaukee, (Wis.) News.1
Letter From Pixies Peak.

i've give below letter written from
Pixies Peak, by a we'll known citizen of
,Hofican, now at Pixies Peak. Every
word can be relied one as true, as the wri-
ter is well known in Wisconsin as man
who has great regard for the truth
There is evidently gold there.
ia as "a, Pixies PEAK, March l., 80.
My DEAR BRoTHER:--
Ipromised to write you a good long
Letter as soon as arrived here, and take
my pen in hand to let you know that we
are all well, and to hope that these few
lines will ind you enjoying the same bles-
sing. You know we left Horizon for the
land of gold about the st of February,
and we arrived here yesterday. My wife
ttood 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.
y We had all the hardships in the world,
before we got here. We lost our horsel
at Dubuque-they were stolen from u.s.
Wegot some oxen, and lost them one hun
hundred miles from Omaha. We then
,ied wheelbarrows, my wife and I wheel
ing by turns, till the Indians stole our
batfows. Then we. walked, till the Indi-
ans stole our provisions, aud my family
got sick, SO had to carry them all on
my back. Our money gave ont long be-
fore, and for two weeks we travelled thro'
. wilderness where the foot of human be-
ing had never trod, in this condition, see-
ing, no living being, and without money
70 purchase even q cracker at any of the
groceries along the line. We lived on
roots till my children all look like pigs,
from roofing SO long and have carried
my family on my back, till I an so round
shouldered that can only see the blue
sky and the bright sun, by looking between
my legs and up to Heavens panoply that
way. / lost two hundred pounds of flesh
horse meat--when 1 started from Du-
buque, or we should have got along bet
ter i4r
nj read in the Milwaukee Ne,cs that
Pixies Peak was a humbug. But it amt
and the Ne0s knows it as we'll as do
We got here in the morning, after walk
ing all night, and though we are now
twenty four hours in the country, are not
weft of, but have good prospect.
jlThere lis gold here--lots of it. The
gophers dig out of the ground by the
bushel, and in the moonlight the whole
earth for miles around looks like heaven
~ithits ryriad stars, or like pretty girl
with yellow freckles. The woodchucks
dig out bushels and bushels of it, and the
saakese in this country look like solid
gpfd ones, from crawling among gold
chunks. It is found in all sized pieces
from the size ofa hens egg up to the big
nes& fofsa large stone, and of the finest
quality. We have raked together what
lay loose on an acre of ground, and have
twenty-five piles about as big rs large
sized hay stack. Last night two hundred
Indians came to rob US of set of silver
spoons and fine comb that my wife hao
to use on the children, and we barricadei
our house with rocks of gold till the,
could not gain admittance, and were fore
ed to beg to make friends with u.s. Th,
chief lay down his weapons and came in
to- bur camp, when my wife used the fin
comb on his head till his gratitude was a
lively as his head was, and he was s.
tickled that he offered to marry my wife
and show mo where gold was in plenty. :
love my wife, you know that George. bu
thinking, that I.might die before l go
rich. and feeling that l must make som
property to leave my children. consen
tedRto the match, and she has gone O
with the Indian, who is great chief, an
taken the 6ue comb with her. Come ou
with your wife, and bring fine comi
brother George.
Lam going TO leave these diggins for
better one. 1t is too much trouble to tn
and -prs up the great big chunks of gol
that weigh half a ton or SO, and are s
thick you can not get them out withol
danger Of breaking your legs, and Al
going up to q ravipe. where all 1 have
do is 10. go to the top of a.high mountai
uIVlA ~ uOWu w buC IItCI.
The country here is fine, but the wint
are awful. My boys got so light with ca
ing roots. that I can only keep them by n
or together by piling Jumps of gold abo,
sabig rs mallets, on their shirt tails, &
thesIinle' innocents sit down on the gras
to play, Everything grown here. 1 CO
raise twenty bushels of wheat to the acr
Oranges. Lemons and all such colort
fruits grow wild here. While melon
pears, apples, peaches. apple dumping
are'so plenty that they find no market.
Sell off what stuff you have in Wisco
sin, and come out here. You can G
rich ID q, little, while. and go back in sui
style that il viii astonish the natives.
Gi1epy love to all the folks around tt
corners, Ind put q notice on the seho
hdase, that they can get an outfit in CT
cagpfor$2oO. Come out here dear brot
eashy eli means.lss a eG
: ssHeurs atfectionately, JOHN sM1rl
saEX The keeper Of the Ross coun