Letter from Abraham Owen Smoot, 22 May 1848
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Dear Bro Woodruff in Great hast I set me
Down this morning to address you a few Lines
to & forward them with the teames that I send
to you. I am sorry to have to say to you
that your emetiate friends hear are not
circumstanced to send you more teames at
present than we do, not having finished
our spring work. Myself & brother Turnbow
sends you a yoak each & wish you to take
charge of them when they meet you If you
donnt need them your self you will please
put them into trusty hands where they are
most needed if Samuel Smith H. Peck R. C.
or A Petty is along & kneed them help them it
you please after your teames are, made st surfishernt-
ly strong. Bevins declines sending his catle back at
present Your father wd thinks of sending back
one ox & brother Sheets which will make 3 yoak
You prehaps will inquire why your we do not
send back more of your catle the reasons are these
Neather Old Bill Nor his mate is concidard surfishent
for the trip one of the stages & one of the whitefesed oxen
your father has Beefed—the Smallest Brindle stag the
indions drove off in the winter & killed. The other
whitefased or Grover Killed through mistake
& replaced for him the one we shall send you
if we send eny of yours atale Father Woodruff &
Bevin has some 5 acres of fall wheat & rye in
But it does not Look as promising as some other
crops of fall grain They have some 8 acres of
Spring crop in which was coming on line untill
it was attacttied on yesterday by an army of crickits
that is hay oats Buck wheat & corn desolate not by
Eny means refuse the garden vegatables
