able feeling, which is friendly for the colonel in the country. 



My present labors are as in the l^past something new and are 

 well received.. It is however very desirable, that new expeditions 

 will come along and give me the opportunity to bring my collected 

 strength and experience to the market Grey, dear friend is all 

 theory and green life's golden tree. For that reason alone, I 

 would like to go to the Indians as civilization away fron my fa- 

 mily does not off er much desirable.- The nost ßrlorious feeling for 

 me is the reading of godly thouprhts, which have been inscribed 

 indelibly on the physiognoray of the Earth, and that no place in 

 a more pronounced way than in the interior of North America. - 

 Therefor be „silent, disquietinjr soul, listen again to the sound 

 of youth y..p... Soon Comtess will adjourn, on the 28th of August 

 and until then my fortune has been decided for a long time. Of 

 my family I can give you only the best news. My wife asks to be 

 remembered to your lady by letter, to which last request I I ask 

 to be included. Write to me a few lines. May-be developing condi- 

 tions will bring you soon here, where you will be received most 

 cordially. 



Yours 



F.W.Egloff stein 



( tr^nslated from German scri-pt by Edgar Denison, 

 St, Louis, Ho. Cctober 1987 ) 



