Such friendly, human acts shown to us strangers, were evidences of the kindest disposition.

I shall never forget the kindness of those original Californians.

When in Walker's camp and finding he was friendly to Mormonism we could claim that we were also Mormons, but the good people though well known Catholics, did not so much as mention the fact nor inquire whether we favored that sect or not.

We were human beings in distress and we represented others who were worse even than we, and those kind acts and great good will, were given freely because we were fellow human beings.
The provisions we prepared were, a sack of small yellow beans; a small sack of wheat, a quantity of good dried meat, and some of the coarse, unbolted flour we had made at the mills.

They showed us how to properly pack the horse, which was a kind of work we had not been use to, and we were soon ready for a start.