They Were Originally Intended For The Contract Surgeon.
We Will Have Our Own Little Porch And Entrance Hall And A Nice Yard
Back Of The Kitchen.
It will all be so much more private and
comfortable in every way than it could possibly have been in quarters
with another family.
It is delightful to be in a nicely furnished, well-regulated house
once more. The buildings are all made of adobe, and the officers'
quarters have low, broad porches in front, and remind me a little of
the houses at Fort Lyon, only of course these are larger and have more
rooms. There are nice front yards, and on either side of the officers'
walk is a row of beautiful cottonwood trees that form a complete arch.
They are watered by an acequia that brings water from Sun River
several miles above the post. The post is built along the banks of
that river but I do not see from what it derived its name, for the
water is muddy all the time. The country about here is rather rolling,
but there are two large buttes - one called Square Butte that is really
grand, and the other is Crown Butte. The drives up and down the river
are lovely, and I think that Bettie and I will soon have many pleasant
mornings together on these roads. After the slow dignified drives I am
taking almost every day, I wonder how her skittish, affected ways will
seem to me!
I am so glad to be with the regiment again - that is, with old friends,
although seeing them in a garrison up in the Rocky Mountains is very
different from the life in a large city in the far South!
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