Army Letters From An Officer's Wife, 1871-1888, By Frances M.A. Roe

















































































































































 -  Two thirds of the tents were flat on the ground, others were
badly torn, and the unfinished log quarters only - Page 286
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Two Thirds Of The Tents Were Flat On The Ground, Others Were Badly Torn, And The Unfinished Log Quarters Only Added To The Desolation.

Snow was over everything ten or twelve inches deep.

But the wind had gone down and the atmosphere was wonderfully clear, and sparkling, and full of frost.

Dinner the evening before had not been a success, so we were very prompt to the nice hot breakfast Charlie gave us. That Chinaman has certainly been a great comfort on this trip. The doctor came over looking cross and sick. He said at once that we had been wise in remaining in our comfortable tents, that everybody in the log houses was sneezing and complaining of stiff joints. The logs have not been chinked yet, and, as might have been expected, wind and snow swept through them. The stoves have not been set up, so even one fire was impossible. Two or three of their tents did go down, however, the doctor's included, and perhaps they were safer in a breezy house, after all.

The mail has been held back, and will start with us. The time of going was determined at Department Headquarters, and we will have to leave here on the first - day after to-morrow - if such a thing is possible. We return by the way of Benton. It is perfectly exasperating to see prairie chicken all around us on the snow. Early this morning there was a large covey up in a tree just across the creek from our tent, looking over at us in a most insolent manner.

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