Dear Mammy:
King Freser came by our claim yesterday and stayed all night with us. He brought us beet and onion seed and gave me a needle and some flax seed. We came here because Tolliver hired Sam to live on the Bell land and hold it. One of our horses died at Cumberland Gap. Sam sold the other one to a man for some ammunition and some food and we made a boat and came down the river in the night and laid by in the day and we walked three or four nights pretty near all night. We hear Mr. Tolliver is going to send more people out here, and I wish he would as it is lonesome when Sam is gone. We have about two or three acres cleared and planted in corn and pumpkins and we have enough venison dried to do a year. My yellow linsey dress is nearly worn out, but cottonade is not. Sam made me a coonskin apron. There are folks about twelve miles from us on Big Barren River and a Mr. McFadden who was hunting stray horses stayed all night about a month ago. He begged us to come up where he lives and said it was not safe for us to live here, but we don't feel afraid, if it was not so lonesome. King said he was going to meet some surveyors and hunt for some military land. Some times I cry about losing Bounce, but Sam says he knows the Ingine that stuck his tomahawk in Bounce won't kill another dog, for he put a bullet in his hide. They were here about one whole day whooping and hollowing about, but they were great cowards. Sam says if Tolliver comes out here next year we will go back on a visit. Tell everybody howdy and if you see any one coming here write to me and send me some things. I can get them at McFadden's.
Your affectionate daughter,
Daphne
Note: The McFadden mentioned lived about three (3) miles from what was Bowling Green. As of now Mt. Victor is the location being a suburb of Bowling Green. (1968)
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