The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-02-18
4irf,u,und Nispatfh,
rp1n.v FEBRUARY IS, 1870.
er- Correspondence of the Richmond D.sps.o.,;
From the Far Wcst--Frfenas, s0A'O
= = The weather. DC, &c.
SANTEE AGENCY, NEBRASKA !
February 8, 1870. }

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49,, s sAsrEE AGENCY, NEBRASKA,
February s, 1870. J
We have received q portion OF the app
nronriation for which we asked some time
arof and now have saw-miliin operation.
We exuect to put UP fouring-miit IN she
snr;np and will soon have constant use ~ .or
tbc saw in getting timber ready for 1t. Inc
ina;aps are in fine spirits. We hope to get
one hundred and fifty families settled on
;tbn;r 60 rms in the next twelve months, and
f,,rn;sbcd with oxen, cows, sheep, Nc. They
ara 70 bsve GOOD houses, with shingle roots
and nlank floors, and each to have cook
;ng-stoye. The funds to carry out this plan
have been asked for, and as the President,
Commissioner, and Congress, seem willing
10 do all they can for us, We arc saheutne
that it will be given to US.
FRIENDS SCHOOL.
One of the ladies who is teaching school
is very much interested in the work.
She has about dozen large boys and as
many girls, who come to her at 8 O'Clock in
morning and stay until II, when they 20
ur to the Presbyterian mission school,
and che sends down her little boys and
girls to the Friends school. At IL o'clock
The boys are dismissed, but the little girls
remain and the large ones come back, and
they all sew until o'clock, when they are
let of for the day. The great aim. in this
school is to teach the scholars to speak Eng
.ish. To do this the large boys are required
10 write down short sentences-such as
'Nthe hats are on the nails" etc., Illus
trating each sentence. They are very much
Interested, and are getting along quite well.
The girls have not progressed far enough
to write sentences. The large BOYS read,
write, cypher, and study geography under-
StqiediRgly. The girls also read and write,
but | think that more pains have hereto
fore been taken with the boys. We hope
to have a manual labor school started next
fall.
~. THE WEATHER.
We have thus far gotten along very com
~ this winter, and never suffered
Iorta... ." the cold at this season of the
rs little Wilt 'lry has been very low
year. The mer.> below zero-but xe
often several degrees :te comfortable
have managed to keep qp.:: IN 49, 49,
Our water, which is brought ur osI
rel. has to be kept in the house good Par,
ri the time to prevent freezing. Our Toou
is also under shelter; and so we have to oe
cut Of doors very Iittle.--Now, the weather
is more pleasant, the mercury , ranging m ing
from So to so degrees in the middle OF the
lav. We have had no rain and but little |
snow, except the snow-storm which oc,
Cured on the 10th of last month. MOST
nersons think we will have not much more
cold weather, but the boats will not be able
to run until May, in consequence OF the
ice which comes down the river from
above. We have our ice-house filed with
thick, hard ice.
Our friends have sent us large quantity
of scraps of silk, velvet, ribbons &C., LOT
seleable articles. We have also received
lot Of clothing, and sum Of money,
which was raised to relieve the immediate
wants of the sick and infrm, to whom We
cxpcnd it in the shape of tea, sugar, rlce'
crackers, SC. -