Letters Conveyed To Fort Smith

Fort Smith, Arkansas

A little before sunset we arrived at a settlement on the stream called Short Mountain Bayou. The little cabin we found occupied by two soldiers belonging to the garrison who were on their return from the settlement at Cadron whither they had been sent with letters on our arrival at Fort Smith, Cadron being the nearest post-town. We had expected letters from our friends by the return of the express but were disappointed. The soldiers informed us, that the house in which they had quartered themselves for the night had been for a week or two deserted, since its proprietor had died, and his wife, who was sick, had been removed to the nearest settlement.The place is called the Short Mountain Settlement.

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