H^'^'^w^ w^NJ Digitized by the Internet Arcinive in 2008 witin funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation littp://www.archive.org/details/daysonroadGrossiOOIiern DAYS ON THE «ROAD Crossing the Plains in 1865 BY RAYMOND HERNDONSARAH New York BURR PRINTING HOUSE 1902 '"f^Fivfw Copyright, 1902, By Sarah Raymond Herndon. DEDICATED TO THE PIONEERS OF MONTANA AND THE "GREAT WEST," Who Crossed the Plains in Wagons. "HE WEVV V-jRjc PUBLIC U8RARV AilTOR. LENOX AND PREFACE. I do not expect to gain fame or fortune by the publication of this Httle book. I have prepared it for pubHcation, because a num- ber of pioneersthe who read my journal intwenty years ago, when published The Husbandman, have asked me to. wife, motherAt that time I was a busy and could only write whenand housekeeper, my baby boy was taking his daily nap, to supply the copy for each week. No one knows better than I how very imperfect it was, yet many seemed to enjoy it, and the kindlypress that noticed it at all spoke very of it. S. R. H. REMINISCENCES OF THE PLAINS DR. HOWARD.BY —Through yourEditor Husbandman. Mrs. Howard, we are a readerkindness to journal. Hence a fewof your excellent eyes fell upon ''Reminis-months ago our Pilgrimage Across the Plains inences of H., and at once recognized1865," by S. R. "lady who rode the gallantthe writer as the humblenow, sir, as we were anbay.
H^'^'^w^ w^NJDigitized by the Internet Arcinive in 2008 witin funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation littp://www.archive.org/details/daysonroadGrossiOOIiernDAYS ON THE «ROAD Crossing the Plains in 1865 BY RAYMOND HERNDONSARAH New York BURR PRINTING HOUSE 1902'"f^Fivfw Copyright, 1902, By Sarah Raymond Herndon.DEDICATED TO THE PIONEERS OF MONTANA AND THE "GREAT WEST," Who Crossed the Plains in Wagons."HE WEVV V-jRjc PUBLIC U8RARV AilTOR. LENOX AND