The record-union., 1894-08-25
ON SQUAW CREEK
Sacramentans About to Abandon Their
Camp Life.
place.
CAMP DEFIANCE,
MOUTH OF SQUAw CREEK,
AuOuat ~. 1904


MOUTH OF SQUAw CREEK,
August ~, 1894.
EDS. REooRD-UNIoN I think that for
a change I shall mention some of the dis
comforts of camp life. In the first place,
we do not find our RECoRD-UNIoN on
our doorstep, and have not even the salts
faction Of saying that someone else stole
it. but have to wait till the news is cold
before we devour it. Again. we have to
keep the vaseline, soap and candles in
our kitchen closet, but that does not
necessitate our eating them.
Another drawback is that we have to
repress our naturally wide smile and
gathsr our lips into q becoming pout
when we wish to laugh, or suffer the con-
sequences. ] have often heard that in
farts are naturally hardy. can assure
you s'infanps breath is, for We find it
growing in the middle of the road. In
spite of the stages and hot sun, it thrives
without water.
on last Sunday we curled our hair, put
on o clean apron, made the children and
dog behave and kept out of mischief our
selves, and at night had potatoes roasted
in our bonfire. IL was dark when we
went to bed. and we were not aware that
we all had mustaches until we got up in
the morning.
we ought all to be very intellectual.
for we have q very liberal fish diet. l
only wish the mosquitoes would eat some;
then they might have sense enough to
know they were not wanted and keep
away. / have secured as souvenirs q few
specin1ens IN my crochet, for they must
be different species from those of the
valley. They don't hum when they are
about to attack you, which is something
to be- thankful for. ! think that Is al
most as bad as waiting in dentists chair
for him to begin his torture.
You will perhaps be astonished to hear
that bald head Che calls it high fore
head) saved q mans life. He was pull
ing down a large limb of tree. 1t came
before he was ready, and we all think
that if it had come down on heavy head
of hair the weight OF both would have
killed him. That scar will keep, | think,
till we come back home, and you will
then know who it was, without my ad-
yertising him as the man of no hair.
have become a second Mrs. Jellaby,
but il does not signify with me as much
as with her, for I can ses to my whole
household without moving off the ground
door.
/ expect this letter will about wind up
our camping experiences, for We shall
soon have to fold up our tents like the
Arabs, etc., but I think some one Will
miss us. The good-patured six-hcrse
stage driver. whom we have held up
several times, points Us out on every
trip-we hope for the credit OF Saora-
mentol with pride, as an acquisition to
very beautiful though dusty drive.
Monday night 1t rained little, and
"Apache George got up, for be was
afraid his arm Il mean his tishsng-rod)
would get wet, and the next morning the
modest request Of buffalo Billp 70
| "Arapahoe Charlie wss 10 Push Dem
Clouds Away but they pushed tpsnp-
selves away. and the men went cut TO
hunt tfos--gEasshoppsrs
Through the medium OF your paper
you have saved me some STAMPS, and
much talking, and if any one wants TO
| hnd out a few items about camping,
lShall say. buy the RRcaaDsHxIoN q