We had to take her down into the valley where her health began to improve, soon she was well. We were six months crossing the plains and mountains. After reaching the Plains Valley we began to look for a home. We traveled very slow and stopped often to look. We traveled this way over a hundered miles, till we crossed the Calapooya River and on the Calapooya we found a claim for which we paid four yoke of oxen.
Claims are scarse to take up but there are plenty to buy.
They are selling from one hundered to one thousand dollars. We have a good prairie claim. I dont believe it can be beat in Oregon or any other country for production or for beauty. The prarie and parts of the mountains are covered with grass from eight to ten inches long and as fine quality as your blue grass in the states. The balance of the country is covered with good timber.