July 5, 1855
Dear Diary,
Our wagon train has been though so much together. We have had some hard times, but we have also had a lot of great ones. We have made it safely to the Hacker's Valley, West. Together. Now it has all come to an end. When we got to Hacker's Valley, we were so happy that we had gotten there in such a short time. We did not seetle down before we got to the west because we knew that the winter was fast approaching, and we wanted to get there before we got snowed in for the whole winter. Our wagon train will now go our seprate ways. We have not seen nate Page and his soon sence we left them, I hope that they are alright. I have heard that they have reached the west, but then I have also heard that they have died on the Burial grounds trail. I do hope that everyone on my wagon train will survive the winter without worries. My family are all here with me, but my daughter has gotten sick with Yellow fever and she is dying. I will try my best to save her, and keep the rest of my family well too.
If I could do this whole journey again I would make sure that all of the people on my wagon train were safe, and never got injured. That would be amazing, but it cannot happen. I have just gotten the news that Nate Page has died on the Burial Grounds trail. My whole family is very sad. We wished that he would have came with us on the much safer path. Luckly, his son had survived and he is living in the West trying to get a job. I will try to go see him often. I would also hope that we all get a new job, and I also hope that we all keep the rest of our families safe, and well. I would defiantly pick the same wagon train as I had gotten before, because they were the best wagon train in my opinion. When our wagon train split up it was very sad, I hope to see them all again very soon.
Our journey has finally ended. We have enjoyed our journey, but in some ways we wish we had never gone. We would all like to see each other again I think, and we will miss Nate Page very much as well. For now we will go our separate ways, maybe start to settle down and stay in the West for 5 years to get a piece of land. That would be lovely. I hope that will happen to all of us. We have all said good bye to each other, but that was 2 hours ago. My daughter had much fun with all of the children on the wagon train, and will miss them very much. My wife made friends with a lot of the wives on the trail. I made a lot of friends with the men, and husbands on the trail. All of the people were very kind to all of us. Now it has ended, and the journey will start again someday with new families on the journey to the West.
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