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Got glimpses /ro opengs n o Druner Lake - a pretty blue among / mts. /is s below Summit (where snow fall f dinner) & near Truckee "hardest place n U.S" walkd along nder roofs & saw men sittg every where. such sad manner - desperate faces & some [[insertion]] horribly [[/insertion]] hard & disaifectd. Gamble fr night 2 mg & mg 2 night. Indians doing same. Women wi papooses one n dark green [[image]] Calico hkf as sq hung ovr babys face wi 25 [[cent symbol]] pieces fastend 2 corners.
Lay side trackd & came on /is mg over desert - 25 mis o it we [[/r?]]. /re dreary sage brush hills & sage & bare sand desert - hot - bleak, horrible. What trouble & sorrow must h b behind emigrants 2 drive /em /o /is. At way stations li Woodward we see groups o [[superscript]] [32] [[/superscript]]