Mary G Hall
		mailed Sept 27 1862
		received Oct 8 1862

	Sept 24th    1862.

     Dear Sister
		I see Horace has delayd
Sending his letter, waiting for me to
write, as I promised when he wrote
next. we are all well once more
Horace is not at home he started
out yesterday morning to hunt up
our colts they had not been scene
in four or five days, it is so verry
dry that I suppose they wander off
for f better [feede?], there is quite
a hurde they run with, and all
have to take a look after them,
so you see I am all alone, I dont
think he will return untill he finds
them, I hear today, that the seasesh
are not far off on the south of us, 
but I have [illegible in original] heard so many such storys
I am not [illegible in original] at all frightend, I did not

once think I should dare to stay
alone, but it makes no diference
now whether it is night or day.
we have a great many familys of
Niggers in town every little hovel
and [preempting?] shanty is filled
but this story that the south men
are coming through Kansas seems
to frighten some so they are about
leaveing for further north, we have
the most of Rosses niggers here
I presume you have hurd of them
the papers are full of it; my brothers
were in the rigement which went
down to the Cherokee Nation, and
took the Rosses prisenors, they were
Sesesh then, one was the Indian Chief. they
distroyed there property and liberated
his slaves, they were verry welthy and
lived in splended stile one would
not think there was any Indian blood
in them, this was not far from fort
Gibson Ark; they are now in

washington claiming to be good
union men and the gover ment
I supose will make this all up to
them, Charles is now at home from
the war, his company are at Fort
Scott Kansas, he has been very sick
and he hired a young man that
had gon there to see a brother of his
to stay in his place for a month,
William is married and lives at
home, he has a verry pretty wife and
as smart as can be, I believe you
enquired about our youngest child
she was one year old the third of
April last we call her Grace again
for she lookes so much lik the one
we lost, the middle naim we have
not desided on but I think it will
be Ida, she is very small for her age
Mother is Suffering from a verry bad
hand She has not been able to do any
thing for about four weekes, it is called
here a Cattarrh, I never saw such a thing

before they come from a [bruise?].
we have lately hurd of the deth of 
my Grandfather in New york who was
86 years old was taken to Stockbridge
and buryed his was wife ded last
winter about the same age. It is verry
dry we have no fruit and no vegetables
of any Kind whatsoever you may mention
it is the hardest kind of work to get
up a meale of victuals teas and Coffey
are so high we have to go with out
them, and as for clothes why we ware
patched ones as long as they will hold
then go with out but one suit I
have not had any thing higher than
a calico dress and shaker bonnet
since I have been in Kansas nor
do I want it. if we can get what we
want to eat, it is about all we think
for, it is geting night and I must
be doing the chores, so no more this
time, write again, yours off  M.G. Hall