Thanks to the Homestead act of 1862 so many union soldiers came out west looking for free land. Men like Jonathan and his brothers were excluded from it because he fought for what he believed in.
It was horseshit! Jonathan had to save up for five years to buy the land for his ranch. While other men just waltzed out and took whatever they wanted. It was the cruel fate of the Smith family, nothing came to them for free. Or easy. They had to fight tooth and nail for everything they had. That’s why he wasn’t taking this threat lightly.
Jonathan looked at the letters and they didn’t reveal much. However, Sarah seemed to be communicating with a man named Elias Johnson. The letters seemed to be love letters, but that woman didn’t have an ounce of love in her, so Jonathan was going to look into
