Show SOUTHERN kisst kissi oli oll from elder win C asmont A smoot to elder wilford woodrum woodruff los vegas july 10 isa at I 1 lam iam am well at present and at our place of destination I 1 had bad somewhat hat bat a tedious journey journeys for my team with those of the ret of my brotherly bro brother thersy was heavily loaded and the wa was bad after I 1 crossed the rim of the it was one continual desert from there to the los vega with very verv little exception but I 1 can truly say that the hand of the lord was over oven ovin over us for cor good good for there was no accident of any not happenie happeny happ enid d to us on the journe 3 and peace and good order prevailed throughout our camp the indians said they were too ig ee tic a acoy aco or very friendly I 1 we have lava gat cat some grain in and it looks finst first rat rate we will not get muoi in Ws ft 4 seaon sela sea on f ti r tha thu land was very slackly covered with mesquite and other under hrush guarded on all ades s des with thorns and difficult to remove we have bare lsd la lad d out a fort of loa ioa feet square upon a little rise of ground tut let have bare not done any thing towards it yet but intend to commence it as soon as circumstances wili dill III lil urmit permit we W organized a company of infantry caled called the vegas guards and celebrated the fourth of july by firing three salutes a daybreak we took tooh the largest mesquite that we av could find that nob not noting being overs over 8 feet long iong and a rale fale wagon wagen tongues with a long willow and spliced them together torether and made us a liberty pole and then run up the stars and annid amid the he of our artill artillery erys showed that we were true born sons of liberty we then repaired to our bowery boive boire ry bad some good speeches I 1 and toasts and In libed the bulun 3 of trie the dary daby da sim siv 9 gome borne good bangs bungs we antii antie iddle celebrating tiie the n Y 4 liuni liec this la Is rather a peculiar country countr the a ar perfecta bare and not a living throb fo jo b 6 he vegas I 1 it a tn aw ut of at abut loul youl mint 1 i at mirnd e nd the water waltr is goti golf tit rii we kag vp ot found any timber aa as 3 jet et bat hat iha usi indians arl a arS b litWa a plenty vest west of 0 u in on the sow W w ic IV d to be from 39 to 40 us om we calculate clate W pr orett orent s goon soon as w mn ct gt through aur ern this mountain the fay par fay it is a I cupi fj with oc f at very veri warm varni her hen are bat bot hot 0 11 w in U t if are wry vry ihry fedi feli a 1 attla a h W I 1 I 1 I 1 ruru furu turna lurna acil cp we M e have gee wee 44 on s una and dite cite asi on r day ai w we ta ilire tur burnat nat nal bik uki and aad ai try ry lo 10 prove au that we B cap c n I 1 am the anh ian ant guadie guage 1 I feel 11 that I 1 am dependent on n 6 the tte t lard jan lan landham of myself I 1 aadi aai uit wit apak ak arid and eble elle |