The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-02-25

The following interesting C?) letter was found
on Moore's Creek, and handed to us tor publca-
ton by gentleman living on Buena Vista Far
We will give it Uerbatim ethtcrat'n for the "et
feation of miscegenationists who pity the ig-
norant white folks of the South =
LEE COUNTY IowAY November the 9th 1864
DEAR BRorHER-it is with plesure seat
nv self in mas parer CHER to rite few Inns
to you which will tell you of our good luck
and health and the increse of cur famley and
stock
first we are all well and doing we'll you now
General Curtis is a great man and nifty hard
on Rebles he told pa that be made targets of
the foe but the best of it is he takes all Their
propert, and thos DER American citizens Of
afferacan Decent Oh Brother How love them
General Curtis took "a young men and
young wimen IA months since and Jacob
forsith married one of the girls and sister
Mary one of the young gentlemen John OAR
ling married mother of the girls and Ben
Himen other and thomas Dulin the other
all in less than 3 months after they came
here to live now they all live here and all
have CHILDREN sister Sail don Bad she loved
one so hard that thay got to sleeping IN each
others: aarms and then lay to gether and she
has a young one also and he sails he wont
marie her unless she will go Back to dixey
with him be says he hats poor white focks
he says he loves niger that is an Afferacan
bettern aEyfwbte women he sails he lives
with General Pillow be is his niger he wont
call himself aney thing but a niger all the
collared peple is niger and out TO Belong
to good masters and mistersis he wont call
your Little nece and nefew aney thing but
little wench and little ngar and says that
davis will take them ali back before he is
done with Abe He wont call Mr. Lincoln
sney thing but old Abe Abe is all he will
say he sails a democrat told him that thay
would join Master Davis and clene the Abits
out and send every American of aferacan
Decent down south to ther former owners
now Brother woundnot this almost kill US to
see thes der children taken from us and pat
in Bondge l no more than 100 that is white
that has married people that was Black and
SO that has Children by them that once was
slaves the girls don't think it much harme to
lie with Oakley as the democrats call them
they all stick up their noses at as union
foaks for Asosiating with thos OF darke
collier but they wont do it long Mr.. LincOn
sails he intends to draft every one that refuses
to treat them In aney other way then their
eouels and as soon as he is elected ne will
put down the democrats or make them marie
in the collered famley and do their shir OF
washing Their Blood in ther vains and maken
them white must close by giving you a
sketch of the Children they have large black
eys with agoodel of white hare vary soft
and curley and inclined to be read Their nose
is some wat flatter than chllds that is all
white their lips is the purtiest of all thay are
theeker or wat you mite call dobe lipt and
vary read and as sweet as honey Oh Brother
how | love them and when marcy will dc
nv part to wash Their blood wish you here
there is such purity one at our hous visiting
| told her of you do Rite to me whether you
would come Back and marie her if she is al
! l describe her to be you must send her some
gold rings she sails please Excuse this cors'
hand as no you hate to see a lady Rite Sc
/ corse. LoUIzEA JoEPINE HANOVER
GORGE ADAMS HANOVER.