“Fort Hall is a busy fort! The wide stretches of meadow grass here are just what our tired animals need. As for me, I’ll fix up the wagon leaks. Amanda’s real anxious to wash all the clothes and linens in one of those clear streams.”
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“Hear there’s mountain sheep around here. Enough water too, but hardly a stick of wood. Thank heaven for Fort Hall! But I’m real sorry to be saying goodbye to cousin Miles and all the folks heading for California.”
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“Well, friend, this is where we part. I’m bound for California with an imposing desert to cross. And you -- you’ve got the Snake River to cross, which I hear is no picnic! Write us, you or the Missus, just as soon as you reach Oregon!”
