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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: APPEARANCE OF THE COUNTRY 19 CHAPTER II. Appearance of the country Vexatious difficulties of starting First camp Violent thunder storm Four footed tragedian First view of the prairies Soil Flowers Emigrant camp Frontier family Thunder storm on the prairie Lodgings on the frontier More of the Mormons Rainbow on the prairies Indian Creek Place of organization Straying of cattle and homes Election ou the prairies Shawnee Indians. Mat 5. The beauties and glories of spring are now unfolding themselves, and arth and sky seem to vie with each other in presenting the most pleasing influences to the eye and upon the sensibilities. Vegetable nature in this region has arrayed herself in a gorgeous garniture, and every object that raises itself above the surface of the ground, is so adorned with verdure and all the variegated and sparkling array of floral coloring, as to challenge the admiration of the most unobservant eye. Our wagon, which has been in the hands of the smith several days for the purpose of adapting it in all respects to our journey, we expected would be ready early this morning; but when I went to the shop to ascertain if the alterations and fixtures were completed, I found but little done. The smith made his excuses as usual in such cases, but promised to go about the work and finish it immediately. I had learned how to value his promises, and determined not to leave the spot until I saw the work finished. This was done about three o'clock, p. M. Our ox team, which hud been kept in readiness for several hours, was immediately attached to the wagon, and our luggage placed in it with all dispatch, and at four o'clock the wagon and team, under the guidance of Brownell the driver, left the town. Business detaining me a short time, I did not overtake the wagon, unt...
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