We crossed the River at Iowa Point.

About nine miles northeast of Savannah, in Gentry county, Missouri, father was taken very sick, and we were obliged to stop at the nearest house.

The man at whose house we happened to stop was a Mr.Brown, from Maine; and he and his family were very kind to us.

There, for four weeks, father lay sick of a fever.

One day, while mother was in father's room, Mrs.Brown questioned me about living in Kansas, and whether the Border Ruffians ever troubled us.