Kansas  Ft  riley  July th 7 –65 

                                Dear Friends
it is with the Best
of pleasure  that i am
purmited to pen you
a fiew lines to let you
know that i my self and
Wiley and James Cassady all thre
of us is well and i hope
when these fiew  lines to let
you know that may reach
you that they may find
you all well and in good
Spirits we have not
gave up the race we can
go as long as the
cursed officers on of the
Col  that started a cross
the plains was Buried on
them he was put out of the

way By his own men
only a Bout 3 weeks
a  go and  if they try
to take us it will Be
the same way is my Opinion
and i hope it will come to
pass i don’t want to Be Sole
and let the Col have the
money they say that we
are going to fight the
indians   But i don’t Beliveit
i think they are going to
take us to mexico to sell
us to the mexicans to
help them to whip the [frenc^h ?]
well they Say that we are
going to get Some pay
and then i am going to
desert it is a Big thing
to under take we are
only a Bout 650 miles
from terre haute we are on