BROOM HOTEL John Broom, Prop. Ogden, Utah. March, 1890 Dear Brother, I will give you a little account of my travels, and experience that I passed through forty years ago, while emigrating to this country. In the first place we had a very unpleasant voyage across the sea, we were three weeks in the Irish Channel making no headway, we were twelve weeks on the sea, having such a long voyage on the sea wo ran out of provisions. When the tugboat met us we bought from then sufficient provisions to last us to New Orleans. In the channel approaching this city we had the misfortune of having one of the boilers burst on the tugboat, so we had to stay in the channel until another tugboat could come to our assistance. Finally we landed at New Orleans. After staying a few days in this place, we were transferred to a steamboat, bound to St. Louis, in this steamboat troubles commenced, we were taken down with that terrible disease - the Cholera - which caused the death of a great many in our company, one of the unfortunate deaths being that of your dear sister, who died at three o'clock in. the morning, just as we entered the habor of St. Louis. In thio city your dear sister was buried also a little boy who died at the sane time that she did. These two were the only ones that had a burial in a graveyard, all others who died were buried on the shores of the mighty Missouri river and the Mississippi river. We remained several days in St. Louis. The Cholera was raging at the time in the city, hero we wore transferred to another steamboat on which we rode up the Missouri river and it was a terrible voyage owing to the cholera which caused many deaths on board, among the deaths being many members of the Woods family. My dear brother you can hardly imagine what my feelings wore on board of that boat, I was in a strange country bereaved of my dear wife, left with 205