Sat. April 17, 1897 Wea. nice

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Thinking it was best to get my contract at once, I asked for a rig. The horse I was to have was out on the prairie so papa saddled up a cayuse and away I went. I rode for about ten miles but could not find them. Rested a while at Sheldon’s and got home about 2 o’clock and felt tired. Saw Miss Edberg and Fleda Sandy – both school marms and both freckled & I will soon be ditto.
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NOTE:
1. Per Encyclopaedia Britannica, a cayuse is a "North American wild or Indian-tamed horse, descended from horses taken to the New World by the Spanish in the 16th century. The name comes from that of an Indian tribe of eastern Washington and Oregon that was known for the small horses it bred."

2. To see a copy of Hilda's temporary teaching permit, visit this entry in Betsy's Boxes.
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