Camp Look Out Sept 10 [18]85 My Dear Lucy I receved your letter of Aug 17, which I received with much pleasure, but I was sorry to have you sick but trust that you are all right again. I got over my cold and am in good health at present, I kept myself to close a part of the time without Exercise which did not agree with me vary well. On the other hand I find Fatigue is handard Exercise soon tires me. I spent a week in the mountains lately ...

the Pine Vally canyon fishing. I spent half of the time climing over Rocks trees & thick brush one quarter of the time untangling my fish line, & one quarter of the time fishing. I caught 42 trout all the rest of my company 12 they were small pan fish, none weighed over 1/2 a lb but they were good to Eat I would liked to have given you half of them to Dress & Eat. I spent the Sunday at Br Holts ranch on the Edge of the ...

meat I sat in the waggon while travelling & shot a gun 8 times, & got 6 Rabbits, 1 quail & 1 [shide polk]. I did not miss once in the 8 shots. we got home at 10 oclock drove 3 hours in the dark, all of us was weary Our Conference commences on Saturday We Expect Marshals Greenman from S. L. C. & Armstrong from Beaver and some others after ther Pray. I dont think I shall Attend. They call Fish Lake ...

The Brethren had not finished their purchases of Land up to last writing, but I hope they soon will for it is Needed Remember me kindly to Grand Pa and Grand Ma Smith, & to all the family please Ask Grand Pa Smith if he would sit down & dictate to you a letter and you write to me for him, and save him the trouble & tell me how he is, & the News of the day with him and what the spirit of the Elements are in ...