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glad to get a good supper if we would, but all we could get was some five tea crackers and rank butter. We started to night about 10 and arrived in Buffalo about 4 in the morning of the 31st Mr H and Papa went off to see about getting passages in steamboats unknown the locks. We all took breakfast on board when Mr Holmes bid us good by as he was going to take the boat which going that day for Detroit. We all felt sorry to have him go for he seemed almost like one of the family he had been with us so long, he told us "we must send him some unknown and let him know where we lived, and if he ever traveled that way which very likely he should he would certainly come and see us. he would like to cross the locks with us but Papa told him he thought he should stay in Buffalo for a few days." We saw him on board the canal boat where we staid most of the forenoon after he had started for Detroit as he passed he waved his handkerchief to which we answered. It seemed very lonesome now for Papa was gone all the forenoon and we were left entirely alone. About noon Papa came on board and said that he had engaged a stearage passage on board the Missouri for us and one for our things on board of a ship, so the canal boat pushed up to the vessel and put our goods on board and then up to the steamboat and put our bagage and selves on board of that. After we had secured every thing in our little state room, which contained 3 berths a stool + window and just room enough to turn round Papa and I went over to the ship and took out our bedding some small chairs dishes and other necessaries and then on to the steamboat. Mama and I then went to making our beds while Papa drove nails all round the room, we soon had up our looking glass a curtain to the window and the curtain suspended from the top also a carpet on the floor and things arranged quite comfortably. outside, on each side of the door stood one of our chests one of which was on Papa's trunk which