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Journal of Western Travel
by John McTurk Gibson
edited by Weldon Hoppe
May 4th, 1859 -- Today I parted with two hundred-weight of flour in order to lighten our load, the roads ahead being very hilly. We killed a great many rattlesnakes and snakes of all descriptions, and near night just passed Lewis, county seat of Cass County, and camped on the creek immediately beyond the town, which numbers, I believe, somewhere near 300 inhabitants and can boast of a courthouse nearly as good as Marengo.Powell
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