Yosemite Valley Jan 29th 70 Dear friend Emily I send you a hearty New Years greeting from the depths of the Sierra Mountains
none the less cordial for its tardiness You have a great many friends East West, doubtless you have gathered a bountiful harvest
of friendships gold in these happy days of the New Year. But Alas None of the holiday meetings greetings for me. New Year
found me very painfully far from home friends. in this rock girt hidden temple of the Mountain securely locked snow bound
amid the winter grandeur of the Lords ever glorious Yosemite in margin: Remember me to Mr. illegible the illegible illegible
please write as soon as you get this. An indian comes over the now with our mail once a month. Farewell Address Yosemite Valley
via Big Oak Flat care J M Hutchings