The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-12-15
Letter fram Utah.

Monday NOV. %, 81,
To DR. |. ID. CoNRAD-My Dear Sir
You will please excuse the liberty
take I'm writing you-.But as you al
ways wish to be remembered In let
ters written me from home--I thought
II not out Of place to write you giving
you hasty and rough outline of Yves
tern Camp life-T morrow TUESDAY
Nov. 2s, we move camp 10 miles Eas,
crossing the Utah line, into Colorado.
about the centre of the western boun-
dry-then | am in u STAT. once
more.
Our camp consists Of IA men, mules
D horses, . wagons. tents and all the
necessary cnmp equipments
In the officer tent tn ASS. Enc
Transitinan, (your humble servant)
Lovelinan and Rodinan sleep-the
tent Is the best IN the camp, furnished
with tables, boxes, stove, drawing pa.
per, ink, candles, MkDICAL CHEST.
and all kind of official papers on which
to send In our weekly and uonthy re.
besides we have n chest of l3
SHARP's RIFLES and 500 rounds of
arnuDition-ut the foot of INV bed
stands loaded rifles and the chest by
the side of the centre table are 2 revol-
vers q shooters) now this is not be
cause there is any danyer-but when
al
prepared for It. The men have A
sleeping tent with n stove in it-so
they do not trouble us much--you see
we are kept very busy in the Office tent
work hard all day in the field and in
the evening plot our worll-the men
all know about the rifles and amuni-
tion and could rush right to them In
case OF any surprise fact any man
has II right TO claim "a rifle and Is
rounds of ammunition which is charged
to his account until he returns same
In good condition. Since here | have
seen no Indians, but we see plenty of
signs Of their being in this vicinity
We see moccasin tracks in the sand
ana fresh pictures on therocks (a few
of which have copied) we are at
present on an old Reservation Of the
UrES they having been moved by
the u. >. Troops to their new Resnr-
vation about 30 miles to our North
yet they come down this far to hunt
From our present camp W. can SEQ
where two fights with the Indians
have occurred within the year-but il
is winter aud now seem confident
that there will be no trouble-I hay.
been in camp now for two months and
besides our own party and another
Engineer party which is following us.
have seen but 3 EIen-one a Cow
Boy from Arizona, took supper with
hs' chattered around our Camp fire
slept in one of our wagons and in tn,
morning when We got up--wAs GONE.
lie was II wise fellow-u native OF
educated, but was
'rodghing it"-and like all Cow
Boys was armed with good revoivers |
tiLa good pair of spurs broad /
Drihed hat AMI leather breeches the |
other two men saw last Sunday
hey were also Cow Boys" hunting
'attle; they passed onr camp just rs
We were going TO dinner but did not
top for dinner; were in II In ~ to
make Grand River. Our camp woul.. /
ike to see II little fresh meat-we
nave had nothing but bacon most of
he time for -four weeks and "A little
resh meat would taste quite well -
he men have been out the last two
for deer aud although the
country Is full of then--thay were
Unable to get any. We are living i'm
hopes that the next team from Green
liver-which we expect about Dec.
to 10, will bring us some. You
an talk about "roughing il" and
amp life but to realize it and get the
uil benellt-you want TO be there
ma very often you would wish you
ver e elsewhere. (Dr. there's no place
ike penns.)
The class of men ! am thrown in
within the o.lics tent are generally
Eastern nen-well educated-many of
hem College men-so we have very
lice times talking on Eastern topics
'ut the laboring men are generally
ioRMoNs and that means that they
re ignorant, bigoted, and supersti-
generally stay in one party
bout to6 weeks and then try an
ther party-and now as Winter sets
n they return to their homes in the :
ettlements-content to live on their
cant summer earnings. You know
hat the Mormans have the bee
live" as their Goat of Arms" and | !
hought better type" for the char $
cter OF the people could not have {
cen taken-they resemble the Bee I
1 this respect-they (the Mornans'
'ork all summer and rest all Winter.
he II. X. will have n great tendency
D destroy MorInonisn, AS ii Is bring
ig so many Eastern men and Eastern
apital into the country. Marsh. is .
a the Territory, but | cannot say G
hen ! will see him. We have about Z
to weeks work out here and then
is rumored we will be sent into
rizona or California-as the winter
IN Ia to savara In tI,a ,a.tin,, % tha