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Sabbath Eve Apr. 15 I promised to put in another message before our letter goes - our little Henry is gone - today we laid him in his little grave, where the prairie meets the woods we have made his resting place, and there we have left him alone, He passed away without a struggle yesterday morning about 7 o'clock. He has suffered very little during his sickness. He was not very well during our journey, in consequence of changing his food, and had lost some flesh when we got here and seemed weaker than when we left, and paler but we felt no alarm till the third day after we got here (thursday) when he seemed to be taken down much weaker. The first two days he sat alone and played a little each day, but after that he commenced failing and ran with a dysentery and we could not bring him up, he had a severe cough all the time since we left till he was taken down with this relax*, when it ceased entirely, I do not know that he coughed once after that commenced. Mr. Adair a Congregational Clergyman in this place performed the services - his discourse - was from Mark 10:14 "Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not-" we have met much sympathy and kindness from our neighbors, Little Frank does not miss his brother at all, but seems rejoicing to have him out of his way. He has required as much care since we have been here as he did when he was a little baby. He is pretty smart, now, John does not feel well yet since his journey, but thinks he is better than when he got here. We are anxious to hear from you, we have heard nothing except the letter we had in Columbus. Do not neglect us now, John will write next time, (Direct to us at Ossawatomie Kansas P.O. Mo.) Sarah

• [[transcriber's note: the word that seems to go here is "flux", for the diarrhea of the dysentery just mentioned, but there is no way to force the letter "f" into this writing. What seems to be written is "relax", although it might be "relux", a slight misspelling for "reflux" which usually refers to spitting up or vomiting. I think we have to forgive this bereaved mother for slight spelling irregularites under the circumstances. RMR M.D.]]