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and 'ere two days more had passed we had buried underlined_five_ deck passengers I fear some of them victims of cholera no doubt aggravated or induced by filthiness, exposure, fatigue & improper diet. - At Keokuk we received on board M.E. Butler of New York who accompanied Miss Lynch the authoress, whose acquaintance I made & with whom I led off a Virginia reel in the cabin to a good old fashioned fiddle. I shall recall with pleasure my fellow passengers on this trip -- a Mr Richmond of Boston, residing in St. Louis, was a happy combination of the Eastern & western man & a gentleman who I hope to meet again. Tom Jackson, an open hearted, good-natured Anglo-American, Mr Schultz, the clerk of the boat an intelligent German - Mr Sexton Mr Banning of Phila, Henry Thompson of Balt & my friend in the army "old stockin" I shall not