Soon a man came in, better dressed than ourselves, and much to our surprise it was one of the old Death Valley travelers, the Rev.J.W.Brier whom I last saw in his lone camp in the desert, discoursing to his young sons on the benefits of an early education.

I know the situation struck me very strangely, with death staring them in the face and he preaching! We had a long talk about the hard journey we had each experienced.

As his party had not waited they had come through ahead of us.

He said himself and Mr.Granger had started a boarding house when they arrived, and had been doing a good business.

He said that as long as the emigrants continued to come he could get along very well.