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to Frances B. Shiras

Notes that her son, Allie, is at school. Explains that she visited Flandreau, Dakota, for the fall. Comments positively on a pretty clock she received.

GLC02429.49

to Frances B. Shiras

Comments on the new spring and the difficult past winter. Discusses her garden. Also discusses her growing children and her older son's school. Informs Shiras she is getting re-married and is worried how she will react. Describes it as a financial...

GLC02429.50

to Alexander Shiras

Explains that she did not intend to alienate her friends in the east by re-marrying and justifies the re-marriage. Discusses the children, her two and her sister's three, who also live with them, the four oldest of which are in school. Thanks an...

GLC02429.51

to Alexander Shiras and Frances B. Shiras

Thanks them for Allie's saddle. Discusses going eight miles with her son to "hunt up something" good to eat for her younger son, who had been sick with dysentery and vomiting. On that trip, her son was thrown from his horse, which made her reflect on...

GLC02429.52

Extract from a letter from the Reverend Samuel D. Hinman

Discusses missionary work with the Indians along the Sioux River who renounced tribal claims and took plots of land in accordance with the Homestead Act.

GLC02429.56

Mission of the Church to the Yankton Sioux Indians

Apparently a section extracted from a book.

GLC02429.57

to Frances B. Shiras

Asks Mrs. Shiras to purchase and send the listed silverware, if she has not yet send him the money from Mr. Brown.

GLC02429.59

Lower Falls on Lake Fork

Lower Falls on Lake Fork, attributed to number 243. Photo of waterfall in forest. Another copy of the same photo in GLC02436.01. With gilded edges.

GLC02436.02

A Successful Hunter.

A Successful Hunter, attributed to number 500. A photo of three talking while surrounded by the dead bodies of five deer. With gilded edges.

GLC02436.10

[A photo of 5 or 6 people next to a large rock structure at a high height]

[A photo of 5 or 6 people next to a large rock structure at a high height]. The large rock structure appears to be an ancient city or town. With gilded edges.

GLC02436.16