Thoreau writes in his journal:
P.M. to prairie pond (Thoreau’s Minnesota Journey, 18).
Horace Mann Jr. writes to his mother Mary:
I did not write till to-night because I have not been into town since Monday morning [10 June]; I shall go in tomorrow morning and then take his letter. I have not done much but walk around since Monday, except to collect some of those shells I spoke of in my last letter and to get a few birds and a red squirrel, the only kind of squirrel that they have here. It has been very warm weather here but there has been a wind most of the time so we could bear it pretty well.
We shall leave this place on Saturday morning [15 June] and go to St. Anthony and on Sunday morning we shall go down to St. Paul and I think we may go up to St Peters, or Minnesota, river to the lower Sioux agency where the indians are going to be paid off on the 18th and subsequent days. We shall not go however if we can not get good accommodations or if the fair is too high. If we do not go there we shall go to Redwing I suppose but I will write you again on Sunday and tell you if we go up there. I want you to direct to Redwing however as I asked Ed Neally to tell you to do some time ago. We are and have been having a very good time here. Mr. Thoreau is pretty well, and I am very well . . .
I expect to be at home before the middle of July, I may say more before I put this in the post office. Good night.
Your loving son
Horace Mann
