June 15 1878
Lake City wandering about the streets in all parts of the
city and on the door of every house I found a badge
of mourning, and I could not find a house but what
was in mourning. I passed by my own house and
saw the same sigm there, and asked "Is that me
that is dead" Sumthing gave me answer "No
youll live through it all" It seemed strange to
me that I saw no person [on] the street in my wandering
about through the City, they seemed to be in their houses
with their sick and Dead. I saw no funeral possess-
ion, or any thing of that kind, but the city looked
vary still and quiet as though the people were praying
and had controll of the desease what ever it was
I then looked in all directions over the Territory, East
West North and South, and I found the same mourn-
ing in every place throughout the Land. The next
I knew I was Just this side of Omaha. It seemed
as though I was above the Earth, looking down to it
as I passed along on my way East and I saw the
roads full of people principally women with just
what they could carry in bundles on therir backs
travelling to the mountains on foot, and I wond-
ered how they could get there, with nothing but
a small pack upon their backs. It was remarkable
to me that there were so few men among them, it
did not seem as though the cars were running
the rails looked rusty, and the road abandoned, And
I have no conception how I travelled myself

June 15 1878 Lake City wandering about the streets in all parts of the city and on the door of every house I found a badge of mourning, and I could not find a house but what was in mourning. I passed by my own house and saw the same sigm there, and asked "Is that me that is dead" Sumthing gave me answer "No youll live through it all" It seemed strange to me that I saw no person on the street in my wandering about through the City, they seemed to be in their houses with their sick and Dead. I saw no funeral possession, or any thing of that kind, but the city looked vary still and quiet as though the people were praying and had controll of the desease what ever it was I then looked in all directions over the Territory, East West North and South, and I found the same mourning in every place throughout the Land. The next I knew I was Just this side of Omaha. It seemed as though I was above the Earth, looking down to it as I passed along on my way East and I saw the roads full of people principally women with just what they could carry in bundles on their backs travelling to the mountains on foot, and I wondered how they could get there, with nothing but a small pack upon their backs. It was remarkable to me that there were so few men among them, it did not seem as though the cars were running the rails looked rusty, and the road abandoned, And I have no conception how I travelled myself