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direction thro' the woods and praries Her mind is clear & solid, free from the rubbish of crowded seminaries & her heart is alive to the least want of another - she'll make a woman if she withstand these cities - [[crossed out - Leaving the farm? in]] Taking leave of Geo. Fletcher & Ned Burness? who will find themselves lonely after this & bidding farewell to Mr Lucas' family we travelled over desperate roads or rather over the untracked praries for the whole day in hopes of reaching "La Grange" the nearest landing for steamboats, at present? accessible from the back-country - but as we were toiling over an uneven & rutted prarie we were hailed by the homes & voices of Fletcher, who without further "to-do" pulled down the fence & insisted in the name of Mr Eagan, an our stopping the night under his roof. We were received with Virginian hospitality & witnessed a solemn sunset over the prarie - its vast extent being