March 1st very Pleasant and warm let all the horses loose. I cut out a wrapper for myself children got their lessons had the door open nearly all day it was so pleasant Collie and I went to the timber claim for the horses March 2 Pleasant- let- all the horses loose Mr Grigsby came here and wanted Father to go to Larned for him but after he went home we had a small snow storm and it all disappeared the next day Mar 3 Father and I got a load of wood at Mr Whitmans then I went form the hill to the office but got no mail I called at Duncans and Grigsbys Mr G[rigsby] thought he would go to L[arned] Monday Mar 4th Father and Julia went about 9 miles to Mr Mudges father collected $7 owed us The air was cold and raw Julia saw Mr Mack in regard to a school Mar 5 Father and Etoile went to Weares Julia and I washed got a sack of flour and 2 bush corn for horses and a little millet from Grigsbys. Mar 6 It has snowed all day and tonight it is a wet rain All staid at home we are almost out of cane stocks How are we to get a long in our destitution but-the Lord has had mercy upon us thus far and I don't think he will forsake us. The children take turns in reading the bible at- prayer time which I think is very nice hope God will take us through our trials and perplexities Our timber claims are to be seeded this month and I cannot see how we are going to accomplish all this without - God help no I am thankful for all our blessings but we all feel sad Mar. 7th Father and I went to Duncans for some millet - but we had no money and he talked as if he had none to sell It has snowed some but is clear and nice tonight Tomorrow we expect to go to the sugar mill about 5 miles to get some cane we left there in the fall [PAGE BREAK] as our last resource we came home and the dear little boys had out and brought in a large load of wood How much I think of those precious little men only six and nine years old The girls had did what I told them had supper going and tonight I bless the Lord for the darlings he has given me and excellent father I feel like saying All's well Julia wrote to Mr Mack in regard to a school Father a postal to bro Hand last night I wrote a postal to Lawrence for seed I feel as if I could not be as happy in any place as with father and the children at home. 8th Father and I went to Simpsons and got some corn we found a poor load the children sent off our mail thawing nearly all day 9th Pleasant and thawing all day very wet underfoot Father let all the horses out loose except Prince I mended all day we had a chicken for supper Julia examined the children C[ollie] and E[toile] in Arithmetic Geography and spelling their average was nearly the same She is a good girl to help her brothers and sisters 10th very windy all at home I cut out the undergraments for the girls out of bags mail carrier from the Marena office 11 still very windy mail carrier stoped here and fed his horse we ripped and washed an old coat that had been left year one years ago to make Collie one as he has none fit to wear the mail carrier brought a pension letter from OK Clarke nothing satisfactory in it 12 very windy and cold but Father Etoile and I went down to cases for wood called at Mr Sanborns