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1 letterhead Aug. 17 or 18 1895 Dear Louie, I reached this cool calm nest in the sugar pines last evening. I think
you will remember the the place. It is not far from the Tuolumne Sequoia grove where we had lunch on the way to the Valley
10 years ago. I sent a pencil note to Wanda from the Tuolumne meadows at the head of the great canon by Mr Howard which I
suppose was received. I had taken two of the Howard boys (Spring Valley Howards) to the top of Conness left them at the meadows,
they to return to Yosemite, I to go down the canon to Hetch Hetchy where I had ordered horses to meet me about the 20th. Well
I had a hard time a good time anyhow by this you see I got through safely. I started with provisions for three weeks but after
breaking my way for a few miles through the rocks brush I found it was too heavy bulky so had to throw half of it away somehow
I couldn't eat much--only a handful of conkers bite of chocolate no matter 02013