Our New England Climate Is Mild And

We Were In All Four Men With Eight Animals; For Besides The Spare Horses Led By Shaw And Myself, An Additional Mule Was Driven Along With Us As A Reserve In Case Of Accident.

Versailles Was A Gulf Into Which The Labor Of France Poured Its Earnings; And It Was Never Full.

Four Men Are Missing; R., Sorel And Two Emigrants. They Set Out This Morning After Buffalo, And Have Not Yet Made Their Appearance; Whether Killed Or Lost, We Cannot Tell.

Early On The Next Morning We Reached Kansas, About Five Hundred Miles From The Mouth Of The Missouri.

Many Of The Iroquois And Huron Houses Were Of Similar Construction, The Partitions Being At The Sides Only, Leaving A Wide Passage Down The Middle Of The House.