It was gone in half a minute.

Moody said:--"How do you like California now ?" I said I thought this part of it was a pretty good place for there was plenty of wood, water and grass, and that was better than we had seen in some places.
He then went on to say that he had heard Mr.Bennett's story of their sufferings and narrow escape from death, and it was the most wonderful story he had ever heard.

He said the idea of Mrs.Bennett walking over such a country for twenty-two days was almost beyond belief, for he would not have thought her able to walk one-third the distance.

He never knew before how much women could do when they were called to do it, and they proved in emergencies to be as tough as any body.

He said if he ever got back home he should move to give them all the rights and privileges of men for sure.
One day I mounted my mule for a ride to the eastern foothills, and sat down on a little incline and overlooked the valley, a beautiful landscape, while my mule cropped the rich grasses in a circle described by the rope which confined him.