Letter to Lucy Emily Woodruff, 29 June 1887
Salt Lake City, Utah,
Miss Lucy Woodruff
My Dear Grand Daughter
I received
your vary kind Letter of June 10 some time ago
but have not answerd untill now I have
been in the Mountains now for two weeks
seeing I staid 5 days the first time & 4 this
Last I went to get some cold water to drink
& to ketch some trout & take Exercise Well
I drank a good Deal of cold water caught
100 trout and had all the Exercise I wanted
in crawling through thick brush & crevaches
to get to the creek (I caught 2 things more than
I wanted I caught a fish hook half through the Ball
of my thumb and in one of my fingers had to cut
them out with a Jack knife I took no pleasure in that
But my thumb and finger is all right Now I
heard your Father buried a little daughter 18 months
old Last Week I suppose it was the youngest I
was sorry to hear it I feel to sympathize with
them in the Loss of their children I am sorry
that you have poor health I would be glad
to do sumthing for you more than I do I have
had so many Familes to provide for and so
many channels to pay out means in that I have not
