Early history of Thurston County, Washington : together with biographies and reminiscences of those identified with pioneer days . lympia. My parents objected at first tomj^ going, but later acquiesced and assisted me in preparingfor the trip. Accordingly, arrangements w^ere made withSamuel Holmes for me to travel with his family as they wereleaving that Spring for the same part of the country to whichI wished to go. A horse was also provided for me to ride andon the 9th of April, 1853, w^e left South Port and traveledabout nine miles that day, and on the next daj^ Sunday, myfather and mother,
Early history of Thurston County, Washington : together with biographies and reminiscences of those identified with pioneer days . lympia. My parents objected at first tomj^ going, but later acquiesced and assisted me in preparingfor the trip. Accordingly, arrangements w^ere made withSamuel Holmes for me to travel with his family as they wereleaving that Spring for the same part of the country to whichI wished to go. A horse was also provided for me to ride andon the 9th of April, 1853, w^e left South Port and traveledabout nine miles that day, and on the next daj^ Sunday, myfather and mother, with my sister Eliza, drove out with ahorse and buggy and overtook our slower moving ox took dinner with us there at the beginning of our longjourney. They then returned home while we once more turnedour faces to the setting sun. The trail across Iowa was a slow and tiresome one onaccount of the soft condition of the roads, the wagons oftengoing down to the hubs in the mud. There were plenty ofothers, however, like ourselves, making for Council Bluffs, andthere would often be quite a train of us. We were generally. WM. H. MITCHELL
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