Ashley's Fork May 24th Dear Father I received your letter some time ago but we were think- ing of taking a trip to Green River so I thought I would wait and tell you about it thare was just Mr & Mrs Lyon's and ourselves we started bright and early got thare before noon called at a Ranch where they k keep goats to milk ran about thirty young kids. we camped about a while below Ashley. Oh the River was just ...

the grass and the hole country was like a charm we slept on the ground in the open air in the morning the men went to a house got a large bucket of fresh milk we did not cattch a fish set seven hooks at mouth of Ashleys and two more beautiful days you never saw the sun shone warm and pleas ant with a cool breeze from the river started home about three oclock arrived save and well. Henry will finish putting in his ...

is Bell Moses going to stay? tell her she had better come to Ashley it cant be beat if money is a scarce artical my body has some kind of cloths though shoes are getting to be quite a novelty the roads have been unpassable for so long the Mail company brought in a few papers last week for the first time since febuary we have not been able to get lumber to finish our house as the saw mill is still under ...

Dear Mother I want to ask another favor and not only one but I expect I will always be bothering you with something will you please see if Julia or A Aunt Tishia has got a little coat and knee pant ^[patries]^ that you can cant and send as send ^me^ as convienent & if you do can ont let me know so I can send for a few things which you could bring me I could get them throu- ...