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iiie Sumoier Collecting 3:rip^ July^ iliigust, 1920. 

 By David C* Qrabam* 



Preparation for this trip really began two or three months a^-o, at least. I 

 sent Oxien u-ixi Uen^ tne netter, into the Yachow district to work over the territory 

 as much as possible. He xms been to i^foupin* Bottles and other tidiu^s, including 

 absorbant cotton, liave iiad to be sent for* Oilcloths have been remended and re- 

 oiled* A good imny letters have nad to be written and enquiries mde. 



itumors about Oivil bkr have been immerons ana distnrbim^* In fact, civil war 

 act-aally be£:an. If civil war should come to Snifu I would mve to reiaain tnere this 

 suimer to protect, or try to protect, mission property and the Chinese church. It 

 XL r.rjortCs^ tiaat the nationalist movement or povernment in i^ist China ordered the 

 factions in Ssechuan to refrain from li^pxting, 



A little over a mnth apo a friend, L^r. O^onsiia\/, ^xnt to hju^in* l:he natter, 

 Chen din U'en, iias been there. But very re cent i; a state of aur h£ s developed be- 

 tween Chinese and aborigines and the bridges hav"- bc-en cut, a;.d t..e hills fortified. 

 Meanwhile lingyeunfu is open and the Mission hci^. jffi^roa to pay .a::;0.00 Mexican 

 towards the expenses of the trip if I will o th-rc. birr yu^nfu ic a place that I 

 certainly ought to cover, 1 therefore ex^-ect to ,.o .r^. 



ihe days before ^uly 4th I was kept very busy finishing u|) work in 3uifu 

 and getiiing packed for the trip. Several nights I v/as up till twelve or one o*clock 

 and July third I stayed up till three-f if teen on tiie morning of July fourtji before 

 I wenu to bed* 



On Jiuy fourti. we started out* Tnere are eleven loads, including the load 

 carried on the back of a coolie iiaving things I may need any i;ime du.rin: ^ the day. 



It viBB terribly nOu, ^-^nf u:)..'lie ~:z% 1.1111.. jr..cc l^. i-^ .;ait '.iiu return to 

 Siiifii» Another coolie -ub enraged in .he pl^c-" . -:*t ' ii: o.dii x-den \'e visitea Zno 

 luilitia captain who contr.^l;:^ t-.c. rivr^r a,„0V'- duifij ji < nc add^".. tru^t^ ..in to ztie 

 escort \'e nave secured a-c ijuifu. be re .cia a ^ao fc-n « or "i h Jo^-ix, '..ere we r<^- 

 iTiainevi for night* Jl.e to\.n io on i;i.e top- of j.ili, S'j 11 cjlled jiigh* I co- 

 cured a fc';^ insects. 



July 5. --ravelled 100 li to Lo Chi« On the va.y m passed through a robber 

 resort, mich ms quite peaceful uoday becciuse the militia imd imde a raid and 

 executed one of uhe robbers, ha saw the dead robber being "'carried home, escorted 

 .by his wife ana others, to be buried after tiie priest Ims pei^formed the long cere- 

 mony of opening the way to Hades. His blood had sprinkaea the roadvmy for at least 



a half mile. We s.a,; .aere he was enecuted and there was a pool of blood anu ... ^ 



of ashes of money paper that iiad been 'burnt. Killed two birds and secured a few 

 insects* v.^e were caught in a downpour of rain in the afternoon. 



July 6. 'Ooday was a very hot aay» Several of the coolies were pr' ; ^ ' -'ially 

 fagged out. . One coolie fainted av^ay said was revived with cold mter, af^er mdch 

 he carried Ms load to the end of the. day *s journey, b'e crossed the river five 



