"We traveld on till about eight o'clock, We caught up with one wagon with too men with it. We had traveld with them before one day; we 5topt and they Drove on; we knew that they wa5 ahead of u5, unle55 they had been killed to. My feet wa5 5o 5ore when we caught up with them that I had to ride; I could not 5tep. We traveld on for too day5, when the men that owned the cattle 5aid they would (could) not drive them another inch. We unyoked the oxen; we had about 5eventy pound5 of flour; we took it out and divided it into four pack5. Each of the men took about 18 pound5 apiece and a blanket. I carried a little bacon, dried meat, and little quilt; I had in all about twelve pound5. We had one pint of flour a day for our alloyance. Sometime5 we made 5oup of it; 5ometime5 we (made) pancake5; and 5ometime5 mixed it up with cold water and eat it that way. We traveld twelve or fourteen day5. The time came at la5t when we 5hould have to reach 5ome place or 5tarve. We 5aw fre5h hor5e and cattle track5. The morning come, we 5craped all the flour out of the 5ack, mixed it up, and baked it into bread, and made 5ome 5oup, and eat everything we had. We traveld on all day without anything to eat, and that evening we Caught up with a 5heep train of eight wagon5. We traveld with them till we arrived at the 5ettlement5; and know I am 5afe in California, and got to good home, and going to 5chool.

"Jerry i5 working in - . It i5 a good country. You can get from 50 to 60 and 75 Dollar5 for cooking. Tell me all about the affair5 in the State5, and how all the folk5 get along."