We Were In All Four Men With

Versailles Was A Gulf Into Which The Labor Of France Poured Its Earnings; And It Was Never Full.

We Were Now, As I Before Mentioned, Upon This St. Joseph's Trail. It Was Evident, By The Traces, That Large Parties Were A Few Days In Advance Of Us; And As We Too Supposed Them To Be Mormons, We Had Some Apprehension Of Interruption.

Not A Breath Of Air Stirred Over The Free And Open Prairie; The Clouds Were Like Light Piles Of Cotton; And Where The Blue Sky Was Visible, It Wore A Hazy And Languid Aspect.

The Most Momentous And Far-reaching Question Ever Brought To Issue On This Continent Was: Shall France Remain Here, Or Shall She Not?

France Built Its Best Colony On A Principle Of Exclusion, And Failed; England Reversed The System, And Succeeded.