60 January 2002 La Posta
Map 1 Routes of
travel circa 1879
from Fort Klamath
(Arrow upper left)
to Fort Bidwell
(arrow lower
center)
the paper entitled The Hunchback or Fall of some duty that will take me East or near home
Pemberton Mill by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps . . . somewhere & then take a leave so as to get my
is this the piece that Helen did? If so, I think she transportation paid.
must have read splendidly to take the prize in a The papers you sent were received. I received
piece like that. a letter from Horace Tomlinson the other day.
It has been snowing all day and is quite chilly. He is keeping books for Hall, Patterson & Co
Being surrounded by mountains we get worse Live Stock & Grain Com. Merchants Chicago
than our share of stormy weather. I don’t expect Ill. He likes it very well & hopes for something
to go on a campaign this year as I do not think better in time. One of our “L” Co men acciden-
there will be any. tally shot himself through the foot this morning
I return the slip taken from the St. Peter Tri-
bune. It’s quite a puff. Glad to see it. Don’t know
when I can get
home on leave
as I am now
only entitled to
th
two & the 30
of Sept to three
months leave on
full pay and
whatever exten-
sion I might get
would be on half
pay and then it is
very expensive
travelling in this
Western Coun-
try. I think the
best plan would
be to watch my
chances for
Figure 2-2 This cover, while not part of the Brown Correspondence, was mailed from Fort
Bidwell at approximately the same time as Lieutenant Brown made his visit in March 1878.
Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82