To RH Milroy From Ella Milroy Nov 8 1864

              Rensselaer Ind. 		Nov. 8th 1864 
 
 
 
 
			You wish me to give you an  
account of what I read. I will make my first 
effort-I am studying S. G. Goodrich history of France it  
give an account as far back as 2500 years ago the first 
inhabitants of this fine country probably came from Germany 
they had no alphabet or written letters and of course no 
books, all we know about them is from the Romans 
with whom they were continually at war until they 
were finally subdued by Julius Caesar, a Roman general 
about sixty years before the birth of our Savior. 
 
 
 
Caesar being a skillful general and good scholar made a 
history of all he saw in the countries he conquered. What is 
now called France was called by the Romans Gallic or Gaul, 
they were cheerful light-hearted in manners and habits-they 
were little better than our own Indians. They lived by hunting 
and fishing, there armies consisted of bows and arrows and 
battle ax. Their dress consisted of tight-trousers with 
a manlet thrown over their shoulders. The Gaul’s treated 
the woman with the greatest honor and respect-they 
in consequence were much superior in their character to 
the woman of most savage nations. The Gaul’s had no 
churches but in the midst of thick forest were erected 
huge circles of unknown stones placed upright many of 
which are now to be seen. At these the people assembled 
and the priests called Druids clothed in white dresses and 
crowned with oak leaves offered sacrifices to the one god