June ^the 13--1[8]65

    Camp            Near rolly Mo
                                 Dear  friends
I Seat my Self with the
greatest of pleasure to let
you know that we are
tollerable well  and i
truly hope when these
few lines may come to hand
that they may find you
all well i received a letter
from home the evening
of the 11 of June it
was rote the [5?] and mailed
on the 6 it Come to hand
at St James mo 10 miles
from rolly which tells us
that you was well and i
was glad to hear that you
was well and that you
had not sent that box
if you had sent it we

would not have got it
So it is the Best the
way it is we left St louis
[on] the 6 and got to
our journys end on the 12
this has been a tollerable
hard trip on me  i had
been not well for 4 days
before we Started I [felt?]
very sleepy and drowsy
the first days ride [pretty?] near
tired me to death and i
got as yellow as you ever
seen any one i did not
fell like going  but i went
on the 9  i had a
hot fever all day and at
night i had a chill
and the next day i felt
mi much better and the
sun poured the heat down
and i thought if i Could
get some Butter milk