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Reminiscence of C. (. Cow.
and her prayer was unanswered- this was one of Dr A's subjects.
In another family the mother & daughter were stricken with fever
and the daughter died under similar circumstances-the mother
burning with fever and thirst and when no friendly hand would
give her a drop of water she watched an opportunity & when her
stern sentinel was out, she beged her little child to bring her a
gourd of water- that saved her life. Alas What multitudes have
been sent to untimely graves from the use and abuse of mercury
and the ignorance of natural law....
I left Harrisburg in April 1849 in Company with Mr L B Har-
ris, & wife. Harris had a wagon fitted up specially for this expe-
dition, the bed or boddy of the wagon was built in the shape of a
scow boat-both ends turned up and constructed so as to be water
tight. Oars were carried on the sides and when we reached a River
too deep to ford-Our Boat was placed in the water and everything
ferried to the opposite shore.
Texas at that date was a vast desolate prairie from Fredricks-
burg to Elpasso-and from Elpasso to California. We encountered
but one settlement-the Mexjcan town of Sante Cruix, about 200
hundred miles from the Rio Grande, and also a small village of
friendly Indians on the Gila River. At the mouth of said River
there was stationed a company of U S troops. Now this was a
long stretch of country to pass over and we consumed nearly six
months in making the trip. I will not dwell upon the many inter-
esting incidents of this journey across the plains-for the reason
that I have heretofore written of this expedition, and given 'the
particulars of my California trip. Suffice it to say that my com-
panions were congenial in every way, our outfit perfect in its
appointments-and though our route lay through a wild waste of
country more than 1200 miles in extent, the travel tedious, and
many difficulties and dangers encountered-still we enjoyed the
life and the varying scenes & incidents by the way-and altogether
had a jolly time while making this overland trip [.]
We arrived at Los Angeles California California about the first
of Sept 1849. In January I reached Stockton and thence went to
Woods Creek, near Sonoro in what was called the Southern mines.
Now Stockton was the entrepot, emporium, or source of supply for
all that country lying south of the Calevaras River-and which
comprised the mining regions of the Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and131
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