CHAPTER III.
WARS AND THEIR CAUSES.
I will now stop writing about myself and family and tribe customs, and tell about the wars, and the causes of the wars. I will jump over about six years. My sister and I were living at this time in Genoa with Major Ormsbey’s family, who took us as playmates for their little girl. While with them we learned the English language very fast, for they were very kind to us. This was in the year 1858, I think; I am not sure.[1] In that year our white brothers had
their houses all along Carson River. There were twenty-one houses there in our country. I know all the names of
the people that lived in them. One man who was on the
upper part of Carson River was Mr. Olds; the next man by
the name of Palmer had a family. The third one, by the
name of Job, also had a family. Another family was named
Walters; another man, whose name was Dr. Daggett, had
no family; nor had the next one, whose name was Van
Sickle. The next one had more than one family; he had
two wives, and his name was Thornton. The man who
lived in the next house had still more wives. There were
two brothers; one had three wives, and the other five.
Their name was Reuse. The next man was named Nott,
and had no family. The next house had three brothers,
- ↑ Per transcriber, the year was 1859, as Major Ormsby lived in Carson City in 1858. (Wikisource contributor note)
