Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-04-17
Letter From washington Territory

[The writer of the following letter is 4
native Of this place, and his numerous rel
atives and friends will no doubt be pleas
ed to hear from him.
SNAKE RIVER, Washington Terri
tory, Jan. Dist, 1861.
Mr.. O. j. WEIGH
Dear cousin IT is with great
pleasure ! take this opportunity TO pen
few lines, and ut the same time ask to be
excused for not doing 50 loIg ago. be
lieye it Is the first have written to you
since left Cleariield. ! am confident that
] have yet the first to receive from you. 1t
is great wrong that friends-cspeciolly
relatives do not correspond more fre-
quently,
Travel is very slack here, times dull,
and am very lonesome, being alone in an
Indian country. | suppose you would
like to know where am, what am do
ing, and what brought mo here. | will
give you short sketch Of my wanderings.
Though old to me, it may be new to you.
When left Clearlield intended to visit
some OF the Western States and cities,
and then 20 down the Mississippi to New
,ioa's' ""u al;o." ;Sn ~ 500 $40 ,Lo ELL
au s'eIV ,'io''','tio'i ~ ~ SF0 1gi5
isa. GleH ilo'T ~; ~ I[o RVanio - N;aaara FoIis
" li..sDui s, i.t'o, pT', %am"T, nst~oit .rd
Chicago and many other places, and ut
last reached the Missi, sppi river at Rock
Island. But, alas. the great Father Of
waters was co'elo" nom ollo'o ~ 9i'Ilo ".
with ice ior mics "lH n''Ie5 "OU'e "nu DC,
low. MS put me al "pach' N'ie" no.
%hat 20 90, bU' my business neio w.
ihock isiahu was 10 lVoh Up "'' u'l''e, 80!
la'ners DroIhef' Husn ulo, To", ,;..a l',, nn
quirea Sl many, o"I ,'o onio" V,,J oSSant -
my nloIil'vIoHi r,Ld ~, ,',,"6 ,n q tbo riycr
reneveuiy Ilnu .o'0nvo W - ~ Noyornort
ana cohSiuuoot W S'eP ,o, UovI st,,io, or ca
IN s'oPp,"e "e 70 ,'Iaoo yhora oaseon gors
- 49, ,a,, Esta,, in and loovo their
"no ene ianrnnJ ,Lo, NV nncIa lived
quareere'J Ae"i "oc ''-''S in' paI. G,ia,,1
~ MA: iian,peon' 'or' naanhod an, nort dov and re-
',,a;sad " ,horo in snring-civinp nm NV
- T,rn ,,a6rs Ietor left Harn,
s ri, oa''O,', nn tLn o,rivol Of INV
SA.I n " s,or,,od IN OcIo and
D'osro, o+'nSu1. oi.o,, ,u.o ,,aors vhan
De Aaio coInties SlIn9s' 'Wo year, k.ni,a wnen
tne fakes teak uq1n 'eAci'eliiottV oioNI
out. Like th0usan9s OF o'helS' s'"ltee
tor the new Elooraoo. l can on,y give
you, a. present, a very snort sketch I OF my
slas:,' Vi uie i.So t ho,, ,oolS lave ~
day IA april iGo', Wnen l tooN ie"S . y.
my irienus III ogle county (, spenU = weeN ,o,,
IN nanpvon' MN h'y p"os%.' noods ,naro a ha3
'on arr'seo, lnous" ,I"oroh fne rO" ~ ~ Cornc moi
we Men %ade oIi h Ny W;s.our; ri0 rsnr in three
blun on thc mtsSouti ',t, iyea, i,i nr,, Y
week. neIe We oousu ,nalod SaN ,I0I- ounr r,
Py ol pIo'iSiTn, W. 1 '',% niovn "019 1arr woIl nnt
Nep,Sh"' mo sVTI 10 "'om5 a.o,;on ,;; rnurinc
Iesali W mV~o 'vo, ,AU v,iih ibesa haant fnil,
gauA .ue T'noi t,oos "oy ,,oirtod mon thei
@ m.uss."'e" - % "p;i,o,s Pol, hnmbnc ,
son ..nss 'ono, ot boa,aH
o'no, '"oo' N0'Ao' ~
lIS T nome you ousn' s " O0-
In TI" vouI own uyStya, corptry,S
90 A. TL;, IL ia...,ol o,,r so;Is
i;s,ia hr, ,o iS.'tGi 'o"o.o'' I o soa Co
omrselves % we aS Eout mS ,Io W 81 rortb %i of of tb