Jewels from Jane, April 21

Thursday, April 21, 1870 On to Omaha

"We were kindly welcomed by our good Sisters, and had the pleasure of meeting there [in Kansas City] Mother Agatha [Guthrie], who had been sick, but was better then. We spent the day quite pleasantly. It again became our duty to say goodbye; but we were much encouraged on hearing that Rev. Mother St. John [Facemaz] had concluded to accompany us as far as Omaha, Nebraska. We took the cars at 7:00 p.m. and were comfortably seated, as the cars were new and clean, and but moderately filled. We changed cars during the night -- it was, indeed, a change in every respect, as the cars were filled with emigrants, crying children, etc. To conclude from the offensive atmosphere in the cars, they must have had any amount of spoiled chickens, eggs, cigars, etc. In this motley crowd we spent the remainder of our second night."

From Sister Monica Corrigan's diary - "Trek of the Seven Sisters"