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shaved, washed, and Dressed him for the Grave the same night the next day we lay by, made a Box of his, and out waggon decks and partitions and Buried him in it in the middle of the Road at one o clock, we put all his old clothes on top of the Box, every thing else belonging to him Horrace brought through, and we shall see that they are disposed of to the best advantage, and Horrace will become accountable for the amount they bring I made a little sketch of the road in my Journal while others were digging the Grave, and took the distances from the Spring and ledge of Rock and sutch notes, that I can describe the place so a stranger can find it, We come on to the main road, from salt Lake behind every pioneer Team but out Teams had so well recruited that we soon passed them, and but one of the company got to the mines in advance of us, and he came by salt Lake Only about one half the Oxen and waggons of our company got through, some left their waggons and doubled Teams, others were oblieged to leave their all except what they could pack on their backs and yet ours is considered a fortunate company in comparrison to the most of them We traded two Yoke? of Oxen for one at the Lake, we got a splendid Yoke? of cattle, but the dust and heat killed one of them in three weeks, we bought another for $ 20 and got through with 4 woke in verry good condition We left Marys River 230 miles down and took uncertain? how soon smudge send another Letter down to the City