He crows in the morning and shouts out, 'Chain up, boys--chain up,' with as much authority as though he was 'something in particular.' John Denton is still with us.

We find him useful in the camp.

Hiram Miller and Noah James are in good health and doing well.

We have of the best people in our company, and some, too, that are not so good.
"Buffalo show themselves frequently.

We have found the wild tulip, the primrose, the lupine, the eardrop, the larkspur, and creeping hollyhock, and a beautiful flower resembling the bloom of the beech tree, but in bunches as large as a small sugarloaf, and of every variety of shade, to red and green.
"I botanize, and read some, but cook 'heaps' more.