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A PIONEER LETTER.
NEBRASKA CITY , May 12 , 1855.
My Dear Sister You will thiiik from
the heading of this letter that I am get
ting to bo quite a traveler " transient
customer" which I own to bo the case ,
but I hope , after spending a month or
two in Detroit , to settle down in a com
fortable , cosy , little domicile of our
own and devote the next two or three
years if life and health are given us
in improving the grounds about it and
making it outside , as well as inside , a per
fect little paradise. This. is the hand
somest spot I have visited in Nebraska.
It is unlike other towns in the territory.
It is situated right on the bank of the
river , a high , bold bluff that commands
a view for miles around. There are
little groves of forest trees to be seen
along the creeks in every direction.
Indians.
Nature has contributed largely to
beautify our city There is one thing
and only one thing I see to dislike here
that is the great number of Indians ,
roaming about. They are Otoes and
neater I think than the Omahas , but I
do not like their dark , greasy , broad
faces. Yet , they are very comical , some
times.
A Dandy.
Yesterday I was much amused at an
Indian across the street. He had just
purchased an umbrella evidently the
first one ho had ever laid eyes on. He
came out from the store , carefully
opened it , gazed at it wonderiugly , raised
it over his head and promenaded back
and forth , quite delighted. The last I
saw of him he was strutting off with
his umbrella under his : arm with a look
as proud and triumphant as the rooster
that generally heads the column of a
political newspaper after a victorious
election.
The Mails.
I cannot imagine why we do not get
letters. I have received one from you
since I have from home and answered
it. I have written to mother three
times , since I have received a line from
her. I presume wo shall get several at
once when they do arrive. I hope so for
I am quite anxious to hear from you all.
S g has been quite sick again.
He came up to the bluffs after me and
had no sooner reached the house than he
sent for Dr. Malcolm and went im
mediately to bed. He looked very pale
and sick. The doctor bled-him and
gave him two doses of calomel , which
relieved him almost immediately. By
the next afternoon he was about. The
doctor said ho was troubled with a rush
of blood to the head. If he has another
attack or is at all sick , you will not see
me in Detroit this summer. I trust he
will continue better after this. He says
he never felt better and had rather I
would go home. He is doing remark
ably well here owns five shares and
twenty-two lots , making in all seventy-
two lots in the city. I presume yon
have received the paper and pronounced
it good. Wo have had but one boat up
this , spring I am mistaken ; another
boat passed hero , but sank before it ar
rived at Omaha City. We received a box-
by the "Clara" it was one of S g's
boxes of books , the eighth box , and was1
lost last fall when our goods came up to
Weston , but has been found and arrived
here before those that have been so near
us all winter. It came safe and sound ,
although it was sunk on the "Clara"
when she made her first trip from
St. Louis and was obliged to put back
again before reaching even St. Joe.
We had a slight shower yesterday and ,
all prayed that it might continue
long enough to raise the river a few
inches but it was useless. It has cleared'
off , and there are no signs of rain at
present. I do not know when we shall
see a boat again. I expect we shall go *
down on the first one , whether it comes
sooner or later.
You would hardly know me I am so
tanned. We rode down here from the
bluffs in an open wagon and I burnt and
tanned my face more than you can well
imagine. I am quite copper-colored
and have resorted to all the remedies
that lay in my power to remove this
fashionable tint from my face , but tone
no effect ; it seems buried in so deep
that nothing but time and patience can
efface it. O. M.
ViYiiYiYiY/ry
Commercial National Bank I
CHICAGO , ILLINOIS.
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CAPITAL , $1,000,000
SURPLUS , 1,000,000
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JAMES H. ECKELS , D. VEBNON ,
President. 2d Vice-President.
JOHN O. MoKEON , JOSEPH T. TALBERT ,
Vice-President. Cashier.
N. R. LOSOH ,
Assistant Cashier.
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FRANKLIN MOVEAGH , JESSE SPALDINQ ,
WM. J. CHALMERS , N. K. FAZRBANK ,
ROBERT T. LINCOLN , JAMES H. ECKELS ,
JOHN O. MoKEON.
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