In haying and harvest I got some work at fifty cents to one dollar per day, and as I had no clothes to buy, I spent no money, saving up about fifty dollars by fall.

I then got a letter from Henry saying that I could get work with him for the winter and I thought I would go back there again.
Before thinking of going west again I had to go to Southport on the lake and get our clothes we had left in our box when we passed in the spring.
So I started one morning at break of day, with a long cane in each hand to help me along, for I had nothing to carry, not even wearing a coat.
This was a new road, thinly settled, and a few log houses building.

I got a bowl of bread and milk at noon and then hurried on again.

The last twenty miles was clear prairie, and houses were very far apart, but little more thickly settled as I neared Lake Michigan.

I arrived at the town just after dark, and went to a tavern and inquired about the things.