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I live way off in Washington Territory, and thought I would tell
you something about this distant country. We live near the Simcoe
Mountains. They are covered with evergreen pines. We can see the
snow-capped mountains every day in the year--Mounts Jefferson,
Hood, St. Helen's, and Adams. It snows here sometimes in winter,
but the wind comes up from the sea, and takes it away in a few
days. I do not live near any school, but I study and recite my
lessons at home. Six miles away, at the new town of Goldendale,
there is an academy, and they are teaching in it now. I am ten
years old, and was born in this country. Sometimes troops of
Indians come riding past on their spotted ponies. They bring salmon
from the Columbia River, huckleberries from the mountains, and now
and then ponies to sell. I am very fond of reading, and am
delighted with YOUNG PEOPLE. I read every word in it.