will see that she was well acquainted with all the troubles and afflictions we passed through. The Cholera made sad havoc among those near and dear to her, her Father and four others of her family and relatives gave way to the terrible scourge. Her mothor was already dead in her early childhood. She had four sisters and a little brother with her. Now all were orphans, in a strange land surrounded by suffering and death, so you will see she had a world full of troubles like myself. Now dear brother, I can truly say that she was a Mother to those two children, up to the day they were both married, in this place - Ogden. I was two years as already stated at winter Quarters, and all the means we had to start life with was the clothing we had to spare, for in this backswood country clothing was very scarce, with our spare clothing I was bale to buy a snail farm in this place, as cultivating the soil was the only way any one could earn a living in this country, with some more clothing I bought a wagon and two yoke of oxen, two Hiloh cows, a pig, come chickens and farming implemonts. Thus I bought and stooked a farm, by which I supported myself and family for two years, besides saving up enough to "outfit" us for our journey across the plains and desserts to the Salt Lake Valley. All the emigrants who went forward to the Valley in these early days had to procure their own "outfits" of wagons, teams, food clothing etc, they did not got any assistance from the "Church" like tboBe did who followed at a later period. By moans of the perpetual emigration fund, which the Church established to assist all who were in need of help to reach Zion. So in these earlier days everyone had to depend upon their own resources to cross the plains, and all remained at Winter Quarters until they had the means to travel. The Church people who came to those Valleys in these days of easy riding in comfortable cars, in a few days pleasant riding know nothing of the hardships endured by the early emigrant over the plains. I will give you a little history of our journey across the plains. We travelled in companion in order for mutual protection against the 207