It is true, I want a great many things I haven’t got, but I don’t want them enough to be discontented and not enjoy the many blessings that are mine. I have my home among the blue mountains, my healthy, well-formed children, my clean, honest husband, my kind, gentle milk cows, my garden which I make myself. I have loads and loads of flowers which I tend myself. There are lots of chickens, turkeys, and pigs which are my own special care. I have some slow old gentle horses and an old wagon. I can load up the kiddies and go where I please any time. I have the best, kindest neighbors and I have my dear absent friends. Do you wonder I am so happy?
Elinore shares some of the personal joys and sorrows that she has experienced since moving to Wyoming. I appreciate Elinore’s attitude about it all. Even in the midst of heartbreak, there are always things for which we can be grateful.
Rupert’s letters are in the Public Domain.
“Is it a disgrace to be born a Chinese?” (Chinese Immigration, Part 3)
“I thought I was his wife.” (Chinese Immigration, Part 2)
“The Chinese were in a pitiable condition …” (Chinese Immigration, Part 1)
“We were all of us children of polygamous parents.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 13)
“Your pork and beans must be out of a can.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 12)
“…She gave him a dose of morphine and whiskey.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 11)
“They told us the Indian ways were bad.” (US Indian Policy: Violence, Displacement, and Assimilation)
“Horse-thieves and desperate men seemed too remote…” (Elinore Rupert, Part 9)
“See that shack over yonder?” (Women Homesteaders)
“… We were almost starved.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 8)
“A very angry Aggie strode in.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 7)
“The wind was shrieking, howling, and roaring.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 6)
“The ‘rheumatiz’ would get all the money …” (Elinore Rupert, Part 5)
“I had a confession to make …” (Elinore Rupert, Part 4)
“I am making a wedding dress.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 3)
“Such a snowstorm I never saw!” (Elinore Rupert, Part 2)
“Everything is just lovely for me.” (Elinore Rupert, Part 1)
“They’re going to bomb us!” (Mine Wars, Part 3)
“They hit me and threw me down.” (Mine Wars, Part 2)
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