The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-10-24
An Interesting letter.
San Leuis Obispo California
Sunday Sept %, l90o

MY Qe2T uAIu6 huQ papa. =, Al. -
sun 10 cleaning brightly once more for
another Sunday uut guess there Will oe oay
that it WIN cease 10 pour soGp nS o 10 reosiVe
its reward tor its earthly doing, ana then
everybody will sing that song Every day VIII VIII
be Sunday by and by and tomorrow VIII
never come and to think what will become ol
some of these people out here, l Say some
might as we'll say all OF them.
IT is estimated that seven out OF ten are lnE'
del and tney think there Ia no hereafter.
California is noted 10 have more different
nationalties In IL than any other state 10 toe
union, and the majority OF them are foreign
ers. and so they say when any one dies tnere
goes a poor soul 10 his final sleep never 10
wake sgain never TO cast bis eyes on this
green land again, gone and forgotten, NOW 10
prove to you about 1t / will make II little
The city OF San Leuis Obispo has q popula.
tion OF ten thousand people consisting o.
Americans. Jews, Spanish. Chinese, Japanese
Danes, Sweeds nnd every other nation
they are here now they have seven chnrches
but that's all they got, they haven't got tne
congregation. They say here that there is no,
each pastor salary Of five hundred dollar
per year guess you see what kind OF peopl!
that is still living in the wooiy wild west
l will tell you why there Is sa;y go many
different nations representing California
Well you know California Is on the Pao nc
Coast and from San Francisco 1t is strait
line to South America, Europe. Asia, Africa,
foreign countries and 80 when they land IN
this country from the old country why
Californis is the first state they hit, ana IN
majority Of them hear what q nne s'ate
is SO they don't 60 in further but settle down
and live and die in old California. SO that
accounts for II all.
We'll win change to another subject.
have something else TO add TO the adven-
lures OF my western life. 1 don't know
whether have ever told you all or not, oni
there are Six mountains here all IN line, ana
they are called the San Usasian Range, and
each mountain has its own name. They are
San Luis Obispo named after this place, Hell
en- Home named for an Indian girl, whose
sweetheart went back on her and she went
up there and stayed two days and nlRht ano
no one could get her down for she had two
pistols and said she would kill who ever
came after her, but after Two days she came
down, but she never did see her sweetheart
any more for he left while She was on the
mountain, but she died hot long aiter that'
broken hearted and now down IN the iittie
cemetary is q grassy grave and beneatn "
sleeps an Indian girl who died OF brokt n
heart, and this mountain Is her monument.
All this happened fifty years ago when int
Indians owned this country and on the very
top OF this mountain IS big rock and on II
is Inscribed these words.
This mobutaln stands to the memory oi
Helen Home who died OF broken heart and
who's love never changed, and may II always
be TO the memory OF true hearted lnolan
girl. oo
View because you can see the Ocean elgt en-
miles away well can ab,s see on Ie Ss1e
very funny names don't know how to " oil
them they were nam, after Indians Chiefs.
Well what was going TO tell 5ou abont the
boys here at the hotel and myself decided 10
20 up on one OF the mountains 30 we got np
about seven O'Clock and started on 10 the
mountain we reached them about eight
Now this may sound like love story or
one of Robert Barr's great novels but IT Is
true we bad decided as We went along 10 GO
up the mountain named after Helen Home
and Just as we started np there was two
girls also were about 10 take the journey and
10 my friend and 1 made things asieeabl.
with them and got acquainted before we had
gone very far and 50 up the mountain VT
The mountain is seven thousand feet high
or about three and half miles. We started
top at fifteen minutes after eleven, go you
can Judge how high II was, just about four
times as high as Little Mountain at Aobe.
Now this girl that helped climb the steep
mountain was the one that told me all about
Helen Holmes and her trouble She would
Jump and climb some places that was afraid
10. but we finally reached the top, all iour OF
us, and it looks funny to tell you and some
people wouldn't believe It but II Is as true as
The mountain stand.
I0Cy W9[6 bleItI6 duu hd INV
this may read like some novel and how
everything turns around at the end OF the
story but II Is true.
Now to think seven ,ihousaud feet in the
air. YOU could see the whole conntry snd the
ocean was as air q II You 20 l1ght on 1t
but We were eighteen miles from ~. hDd II
was cry cold up there. II you would 20 up
there at night you would freeze TO death.
While we were up there We had the pleas
ure of sesing q condor, you know they are 81
large as an eagle and this one was certsinly
big one. think 1t must have had nest
some where around. for 1t just kept flying
around and around.
The North America condor is different
from that OF South America, they don't
such as calves and lambs and such as that
Well, now. have tod you all about going
up In which IL took us three hours and fifteen
minutes, but We came down in about hity
IL was q fine trip and am sure II the other
thtee enjoyed 1t as much as did they were
well pleased. and 1 am quite sure my friend
and myself would not have epjoytd d II near a
much if we hadn't had the two little 1udian
girls to accompany as. Now the joke Ia, we
down from the mountain, but they wouldn't
let us, They said their mother didn't allow
them to 60 with the boys and then they
turned away and ran like rabbits as hard ss
they could and never said any more. !
could tell very plainly that they were In
dians, the way they jumped and ran going
up and down the mountain, wasn't AFRAID OF
One Of them said she would 60 out every
afternoon and kill enough game for supper.
but they would never tell uB their names. II
ever see them any more nm going TO max Q
them tell me their names, or be caught try
Ing. / forgot TO tell You they were two as
pretty girls as l ever saw, black hair, black
eyes, dark complexion and rosy checks,
and had ON the prettiest beads ever saw.
tried TO buy the beads but she wouldn't sell
them, and ask ed her TO give hem TO me and
she wouldn't do that, and l tried to take
the m but failed In that. She was as strong
as an oxen. She told me upon the noun
tain II / gave her any sass she would pick
me up and see how far she could III row me.
but told her would do anything she would
say, Tor have already come In contact with
they will do. They will knock you down
aud then turn around and say come here and
will pick you up.
Well, know have tired you all out 80
will come TO q close for this time. 1 only
wish could get sixteen wide pages like this
fr m home.
wrote Nellie q short letter but didn't tell
her anything about my trip TO the mountain
for knew II I got started do like this one
couldn't stop.
I received nam mas and Mary's letters
last night and l am going now TO the post
Office 10 see II there is any today. Hope
mamma will get her money order alright,
and glad TO hear every body is we'll and hap
py, for am and enjoying life you bet.
Love 10 all and everybody.
Frank Sign.