Took a day off and went off
hunting with Hosea. He really
seems to be getting his strength
back a bunch although he
was lucky not to die as this
big bear he'd been after turned
on us.

I thought when we was stuck up in the mountains that the cold and the misery would kill him, and we'd bury him like we buried Jenny t. and Davey t.

But he pulled through and he'll live a while yet.

Came across a traveler on the r

World’s getting smaller, I think. Less room for folks like us.

Shot a deer not long after. Clean kill. Still… don’t feel much good about it today.

Found a horse I might keep. Calm. Doesn’t spook easy.

Better company than most men I know.

Been thinking more lately. About how all this ends.

Dutch says we just need time. I ain’t so sure anymore.