The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1894-03-21

/ me III Jllc rear. lub Iodu wan hiiiiCuli
and nothing but rocks. could not see
| the path i'm the dark. so | just gave my
mule the rein and let it follow after the
others.
Distance travelled, twenty-five miles.
August 1l.-Our road has been better
today. We met up with and have been
travelling with another party of emf
grants to-day. This party consists of
two men, two ladies and several chill
dren. They, like us, have left their
wagon behind and are packing"
We camp at Lake Springs, where there
is good water and good grass.
Distance travelled, nineteen miles.
August 14.--I had the toothache so
bad again to-day that | could take no
interest in anything.
We passed some very large and tall
pine and spruce trees, and are in camp
in heavy timber.
Distance travelled, twenty-eight miles.
August l5.-We are over now to
stopped at an eating place, and the boys
took the mules off the road to get water.
One of them got mired and the packs
got turned on the others.
We came to Placerville to- day about
noon. On our arrival it was discovered
that our dog had been left behind some
where, and Mr.. Sawyer had to go back
twelve miles before he found him. We
had very dusty road to-day, and 1 tell
you am glad to be in California at last
This is quite lively place. There are
numbers OF miners here, and gold mines
are near the town; some families have
settled here, too. | am stopping all
night at boarding house with very
nice lady. The boys are camping out in
our tent, which we all have been sleep
ing in since we have been packing"
and the mules were taken to hay yard.
Distance travelled, twenty miles.
August l6-This morning Ben Lamar
and Buke Hall concluded that they
would stop here and see the mines.
Ben is not stout enough to work in the
mines, though his health has improved
during the trip. However he is ambi-
tious and wants to dig gold. l hated to
leave him very much, but | thought
that he could do as we'll here as any
place.
Mr.. Sawyer and l left Placervile at s
o'clock a. m, intending to 90 TO Sacra-
mento City, and we are in camp near a
ranch house on the prairie.
Distance Travelled, thirty miles.
August live reached Sacramento
City at noon to-day. | went in with the
pack mules in a cloud of dust, NJ. Saw
yer having to whip my mule up with the
others.
We have been out three months and
eight days from st. Joseph.
We are stopping at the American
House, and glad we are that we are, at
last, at the end of our journey safe and
well, though we are tired and need rest
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Mr.. Sawyer made three trips, in all,
to California. He went overland in 40
and came back in the fall OF 1850. He
could not content himself to stay in
Kentucky, hoEever, and concluded to
60 back again. So in the spring OF 1851
he, in company with my brother, B. b.
Lamar and George Bruner, all of Han
cock county, went out by water, by the
way OF New Orleans and the Isthmus.
He soon got homesick again and came
back in the fall OF 81, thinking that he
would either settle here in Kentucky or
move with his wife to California. He
chose the latter course, hence our over
land trip in 1852.
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l thank the kind editors OF the Brock
ENRIDGE News for bearing with me thus
lengthily, and l hope that the narrative
of my tedious trip has not proved tedious
to the many dear readers OF our favorite
paper. FRANCIS II. SAWYER.