Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-22
IN THE WOMAN'S WORLD

came to a creek that was large enough
We would unhitch the horses and do a
days washing. We often stopped
overnight, but often too. were forced
to move on because of the neaFness
CT the Indians. We were fortunate In
that our party was not attacked, Tor
many an immigrant train has oeen
wiped out of existence by the savages.
There were many massacres 1T that
time and tie Indians were among the
great peril that cpnfron IA the praBie
travellers. -
Cupid was there too, dearie, an1 he
did good bit of work. During those
months many youth and maid be-
came attached to one another thea
and were married when they reached
Oregon, the travellers Mecca. One
rretty lass found very soft spot in
tie heart Of one of the finest men that
was with us, and they were engaged
10y the time We had been out three
months. Then he was taken by the
cholera and within few days died.
This just broke the girls heart and she
too died before we had gone much
farther. She did not have the cholera
but just pinned away Tho narrators
dear old eyes had a misty far away
look and did not question her farth
er. For several minutes silence pre-
vailed and she was buried deep In
thought. Finally she spoke up again
One of the interesting experiences
We had was. the meetiag az man who
was very i'll and who was left nv his
friends to die on the prairie. He was
lying in a tent and when questioned
sid that he knew that he could not
live and had made his companions go
ahead. Well, we nursed him for two
days and at the end of that time he
was able to help drive the team with
mother. can tell you he was CRATE,
full to my father and worked for him
fol years and years after We he'd set
tied in Oregon. -.s
Parting OF The Ways.
When we came to the crossing
where the road branched OF to Cal
fornia the majority of the schooners
Ia our train left US, and went there
la search OF the gold that was calling
the people away from tie east. Father
however thought it best to go norths
TO our wagons proceeded on the tire
some journey. The older people who
were with us were greatly troubled
for my mother had not recovered
from her attack of cholera, and was in
such serious condition that she Vas
unable to do no work. With very
small sum of money father and moth
er started to make our new home.
There we're many struggles, but father
came out victorious and is today one
of the best remembered men in the
north west.
The change in the country i re-
crossed a year ago was wonderful. In
stead of seeing great waste land, /
saw wonderful cultivation. To me the
greatest joy was travelling in Pull
man sleeper. There were great black
porters there to do my bidding, and
delicious meals were served three |
Ing the way in which those delicacies
ing the way in which those delicaies
were served with the way in which |
the meals were put before us when |
we first crossed those, plains. They |
ere no longer plains my dear but beau
tiful little cities, as well as great big |
cres have been built ali the way
across the continent, and progress Is |
written in every one of them. AS we |
stopped at the different stations l |
could not help wondering if my little
trother were buried there. The tears |
come to my eyes even now as l think |
of the little one, who as my mother |
said, was left beneath the wild rose |
hushes." The little lady was sweet |
In these sad moments when she |
brought back to memory the scenes |
OF her childhood. She has seen many |
wonderful changes in the growth of |
America, particularly the great North |
west that is still sending its call to
the other parts of the country. She |
lived there when all of Washington |
and Oregon were known as Oregon.
She saw the law come into the l1nd |
and help guide the people. who at first |
were a law unto themselves. She saw |
the great railroads come into the |
and watched the country !
grow Il am thankful she SAID that |
Ii was my lot to experience all OF |
these things and though have had |
many hard experiences with the pleas |
ant ones, would not give many OF |
them up, for they only made the sweet |
things sweeter. If all of my children |
could have been spared, l should to- |
cay be supremely happy"