Original Letter
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Letter, original spelling retained.
Meredian Bosque County Texas
January the 22d~ AD 1858
Mr Robert C Hamer
Dear Uncle your kind letter of Dec the 17th has Been Received
and I take this Oppertunity of writing you a few lines to inform
you that myself and family are in Tolerable health and the
health of our settlement is very good at this time we have had a
good chance of rain hear this winter and very little coald and
Weather the People are generaly Buisy planting Spring Wheat &
prepearing their land for early crop. the old Settlers think we
will have a good Crop year. I have some Frontier News the
Indians are Doing mischief 30 or 40 miles West & North of me
they have stolen too thousand horses from the Leon Bosque &
Pecon Byou Country they made there last drive that I haveve
heard of about the Light of the Last Moon they killed four White
men & one Negro & shot arrows into another Negro. the Indians
stole a Little Bay when they killed one of the men they kept the
Little bay 3 or four Days & turned him loose & he made his way
Back to the Stevans Ville wheare he is now under the Care of the
Dons, the Bay was was about 10 years old. ther is a gooDeal of
uneasness eaven through hear about & Horses some are going Back
and some are Still going west Regardless of the Indians. There
was a man By the Name of Walker taken into Custody & comited to
Jail in Waco for Horse stealing & a Mexican from Leon taken up
by the Rangers who I expect they will hang with out a regular
trial.
I have not heard From Mr Curtis & sister Jane for some time
but I am Looking for a letter from them. When I write to them
again I will comply with your Request. there is 125 Rangers in
small Companies along on the frontier from Gaits Ville & to
Steavens ville and Pecon Byou and more a expected to come on. I
am glad to learn that you have som Distant plen of coming to
Texas I would be glad to see you on this side of the Missippi
River. I have never see a Hamer in Texas that I kow of ~ times
seams to Be improving a little corn is worth $1 & 25cts
Per Bushel in the neighborhood Wheat $1.50 per bush Pork 8cts
per llb. Give my love to Auint Sarah & Cousen Betsy
I am you affectionate Nephew
John H. Robertson
Location Notes:
Gaits Ville = Gatesville, Coryell County
Leon = De Leon, Comanche County
Leon Bosque Country = Leon River, Bosque River area.
Meredian = Meridian, Bosque County
Pecon Byou = Pecan Bayou (waterway)
Pecon Byou Country = Pecan Bayou Area
Steavens ville = Stephenville, Erath County
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