Covered Wagon Women, Volume 10 by Kenneth L. Holmes

Author:Kenneth L. Holmes [Holmes, Kenneth L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780803274792
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 2014-09-15T05:00:00+00:00

THE DIARY OF LUCY J. ALLEN

Monday, August 1, 1881. All the fournoon we packed all the goods we are to take with us. In the afternoon, quite a number of our friends come to see us off, on our journey and say goodbye, among whom were Mrs Duvall, her 3 daughters & son, Mrs. Pray & Sister, and a number of others. At half past 3 in the afternoon we started from fargo D. T. [Dakota Territory] on our journey towards Helena M. T. [Montana Territory] (hope we may have a safe and pleasant journey). After 5 in the evening we came to Shianee [Sheyenne] River crossed over on a long bridge and camped for the night near a cornfield. cooked our first meal which was supper, on the camp fire. looks something like a storm. this will be our first experience in sleeping in our canvass covered wagons. Well they all seem to enjoy it. there are quite a family of us My husband myself, 4 girls 4 boys, and a young fellow we will call dick, he has worked for Allison all the spring and wanted to go with us to Montana, he is quite handy, drives one wagon. We go with 2 teams one carried the family and the other luggage. There was an old bachelor who intended going with us, but when we started he was no where to be seen although his wagon was there. perhaps he will overtake us.

August 2. Started from camp on Shianee river. they tell us we will cross it again at Vallie City. last evening after supper the bach[elor] came driving into camp he was greatly troubled as some one had stolen his gun & revolver. did not say much but wondered who could have taken them. Allison tried to comfort him; well this fournoon we have passed some very nice farms and passed through a place called Mapleton, about 10 oclock. there saw the old Baches mules as he had driven ahead, but did not see him. We will call him Conner after this. we reached a place called castleton [Casselton] at 3 oclock did not stop sooner on account of scarcety of water. cooked our dinner on farm No. 1 on what is called the great Dalrymple farms the RR passes through them. were just breaking camp in order to go on a little further, and if possible find a better camping ground when 2 men accosted us, and asked to search our wagons, as Conner had had a search warrant gotten to search us for the missing gun & Revolver. Allison helped them to remove the things from the wagons, but of course they did not find the missing articles, but Dick owned a revolver looking something like the revolver discribed in the warrant so they requested us to go on to the village of Castletown, which was near, and wait there untill they could telegraph back so as to be sure about it. We passed up

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