Jewels from Jane, April 26

Tuesday, April 26, 1870 Obtained a Second Bed

"Breakfast at Elko, 1,037 miles from Omaha; the morning was warm and pleasant. There were a great many Indians at the depot; we threw them candy and it was really amusing to see these poor old creatures grabbing for it in the dust. Mr. Deobeck occasionally sent us apples, oranges, candy, etc. At noon we stopped at Battle Mountain, where we met Rev. F. Kelly, pastor of Austin, Nev. He invited us to dinner, which, indeed we needed badly, but Mother was afraid to leave the carpetbags, etc., so he had dinner sent in. At supper Sister Martha [Peters - lay sister] was rather indisposed, and the good priest brought her supper to the car. He was extremely kind. That night a lady offered us her bed; we then had two, which enabled us to get a little rest. When we retired at night, the heat was as oppressive as that of a St. Louis July; the mornings as cold as a Canadian March. In several places the railroad is protected by sheds to prevent snow from blocking up the tracks."

From "Trek of the Seven Sisters" – Sister Monica Corrigan’s diary