Indianapolis Aug '30th 67 Dear friend Mrs Carr We are safely in Ind' I am not going to write a letter, I only want to
thank you the Dr. all of the boys for the enjoyments of the pleasant botanical week we spent with you We saw as the team hurried
us on that the grand harvest of composition would be no fail- ure this year. It is rapidly re- ceiving us purple gold in gen-
erous measure from the precious light of these days. I could not but notice how well appearances in the vicinity of Chicago
agreed with Lesquerr illegible 's theory of the formation of prairies