Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-01-26

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70 b man Of truth ana vsrscity. re has
bean msmhsr ct lhe House af Reprssen-
takivss, and was an AsasEmaa 81. and Post |
Mastsr IN this ely, which oficss he re-
signsd, when he left last fall Tor the Ne.
beaaks Geld Afsnes. Yha letter VISA WRIT
tsa q hls wafa end nbs intended 1as pab-
lieatian, and hence II be were man who
wsuaa txy 10 masaaad others Il cannot be-
supposed that be- wSulA asssivv bin swn
family. vs. win rsnask tAas tbs rsraa
ara his. TIE itaiscs and capitals are sars,
wassh We alsvs nssA Cor The yurpOss u cab
link attention to that portion 81 bis letter,
that Is Of the must importance to the gold
sseking smigrsnt Hare 10 bis letter.
AUKaRs, n, 4, Dec, l. 1853.
DRAR Wfxz AAp DAuaarxns ri an nov
ssassa i my own Loo oshin, and Il !
only had you all AsEs ] would be traly
happy. haEe b nsx sanmss g hare
ygu hers. There il bat kwo whita wos
msa In this eoausry that know Of. We
have had large dspusasion Of Arapaho
Indians On whose lands We are, ThsY
aFs very srisndly, and appear 10 be pleas
cd thss we are here. 5sf
have bean about thirty miles south
Of here on Cherry Creek, prosp ceiling for
Gold, and paansd ouss FOaTE-EEYz cEsFs
wears II cxx Pan xpGh or p1RT. Isis
very ane. think with the right kind
Of tools : person can make from REYE 70
ywEsTg BoLLARs PEK DAY. = a
Wagssaas boys are about thirty miles
besow here; bat have NOT seen them.
| understood they brought latter for
nae which get Lost on she way, and am
sorry il get lost - have nOs heasd
word from the Bluffs siincs I left. I
hare Just completed Bedstead for Jim
and ma, and have allied the Bed.tiek ,wish
Prairie feathers. (Grass) It is nov
showing hard, and IT looks like We we're
a going 10 hare deep one. Jim has
just wrote to Wiley.
| In this letter | asnd you q little Gold
dust, II Is worth about aeYeuty.fve
cents. This got cut in Two Pass OF
DUR. Show it to DE-. Craig he can
tell whether it Is as good as California
Gold.
] know whore there is diggings that
the geld 10 larger than this. have seen
some about the size Of common White
Beans; bat ii Is impossible to do any
thing ike work in the winter; but as
soon as the spring opens we wiki be in
esrtain. Yoa will no dnaht ssa some
who hare returned from here dissstisf-
cd with the county and everything cat
here but sueh persons woald not be
satisfied Ia any place. This can assure
ali Of nay friends; thai aay one who will
work, can make money fast but there
is acme here that will not do we'll in any
place. Bat here sill thai 10 wanted is in
dustFy to insure q fortune.
* While / an writing to you half doz-
60 Arapahoos are sitting beside me talk
ing their language and calling me chief.
| have been elected Director Of the Town
Company and President Of the Claim
Company, and the Indians seeing wh ties
eoms 10 nae On business, think certain.
ly must be Chief aud have dubbed me
Chief accordingly. One thing I want
you 10 be sure and tell all cur friends !
THAI come eat in ths Spring, that old /
Californians have 40 advantage over the |
resk sg as, TroA taS Eaos s49s $50 sEsg
gings here beats thea out--thay are not |
confined to any particular location bat
are scattered eli over the sounEEy, for |
distance Of over two handred miles
The whole soantEy appears 10 be impreg- |
mated With gela- ..n ST.. . !
We have organised claim laws for
Turning and Mining, which / think are
very good and liberal. We have Preach |
ing every other Sunday by Methodist |
brother by the name of FishsF--a very
clever and good man tho a Fisher for |
Souls" he is here like the rest Of "a
6ahiag for she "althy luere." Those
who come out should start early in ths
Spring.
There is about eight hundred persons
in this country.
If the Girls could only be here to see
the Rocky Mountains in the morning or
evening, when the Sun is shining--they
would see enc Of the most beautiful
sights they ever bebsld. IL is about 8 |
miles to the Mountains. The first tier is
covered With Pine Timber, and looks as
black as Can be. The second tier is COW
cred with Snow the whole year round
and looking at both; with the Sun shin
ing upon the Peaks Of Snow, the erAggy
rocks, aud upon the Pines below, forms
the GFsndsst sight ever saw.
1t costs fifty cents 70 get letter from
here to Fl. Laramie, and she same 10 get |
one back from there, Il used to east
dollar.
We are going to have a train como in
in July, and bring out our families. II
any oBs comes ont soon, write me a letter
sad send il by thsm--if not send Jour
letters by Mail to Fort Laramie.
remain Yours AFectionately,
HENRY ALLEN.
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AarivaH EFOKEa fEse Mines.
Two men by the name Of BeenS. from
Dallas county, in this State, who vent
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