I reached Lancaster on July 28, 1858, and found all the family well.

I was then perfectly unhampered, but the serious and greater question remained, what was I to do to support my family, consisting of a wife and four children, all accustomed to more than the average comforts of life?
I remained at Lancaster all of August, 1858, during which time I was discussing with Mr.Ewing and others what to do next.

Major Turner and Mr.Lucas, in St.Louis, were willing to do any thing to aid me, but I thought best to keep independent.

Mr.Ewing had property at Chauncey, consisting of salt-wells and coal-mines, but for that part of Ohio I had no fancy.

Two of his sons, Hugh and T.
E., Jr., had established themselves at Leavenworth, Kansas, where they and their father had bought a good deal of land, some near the town, and some back in the country.