Before our departure, Mr. McGlashan asked Keseberg to step aside and show my husband the scars left by the wound which had prevented his going to the settlement with the earlier refugees.  There was a mark of a fearful gash which had almost severed the heel from the foot and left a troublesome deformity.  One could easily realize how slow and tedious its healing must have been, and Keseberg assured us that walking caused excruciating pain even at the time the Third Relief Corps left camp.

His clothing was threadbare, but neat and clean.  One could not but feel that he was poor, yet he courteously but positively declined the assistance which, privately, I offered him.  In bidding him good-bye, I remarked that we might not see one another again on earth, and he replied pathetically, “Don’t say that, for I hope this may not be our last meeting.”

I did not see Keseberg again.  Years later, I learned that he had passed away; and in answer to inquiries I received the following personal note from Dr. G.A.  White, Medical Superintendent of the Sacramento County Hospital: 

    Lewis Keseberg died here on September 3, 1895; aged 81 years.  He
    left no special message to any one.  His death was peaceful.

THE END

INDEX

Academy of Pacific Coast History
Altemera, Padre
American Fur Company
American Tract Society
Arguello, Dona Concepcion

Bartlett, Washington A.
Benton, Rev. J.A. 
Benton, Thomas H.
Boggs, ex-Governor of Missouri
Bond, Frances
Boone, Alphonso
Breen, Patrick
  diary of
Brenheim, Adolph
Brunner, Christian
Brunner, “Grandma”
  and Napoleon
Bryant, Edwin

Cady, Charles
California Star
Camp of Death
Chamberlain, Charlotte (Mrs. Wm. E.)
Chamberlain, William E.
Church, Mission service
Civil War
Clark, Nicholas,
Cody, Bill
Coffemeir, Edward
Coon, William
Curtis, James

Del, John
Denison, Eliza
“Diary of Patrick Breen, One of the Donner Party”
Dofar, Matthew
Dolan, Patrick
Donner, Elitha
Donner, Frances
Donner, George
Donner, Mrs. George
  letters
Donner, Georgia
Donner, Jacob
Donner, Leanna
Donner, Mary
Donner Party
Dozier, Tamsen Eustis
  see Donner, Mrs. George.

Eddy, William

Fallon, Thomas
  diary
Fitch, Capt. 
“Forlorn Hope” Party
Fortune, Padre
Fosdick, Jay
Foster, John
Foster, William
Francis, Allen
Fremont, John C.
Frisbie, Capt.
  marriage of
Fuller, John

Glover, Aguilla
Gold, discovery
  early minings
  seekers

Graves, W.F. 
Grayson, Mrs. Andrew J.
Great Overland Caravan
Greenwood, “Old Trapper”

Halloran, Luke
Hardcoop, ——­
Hastings, Lansford W.
Herron, Walter
Hook, Solomon
Hooker, Capt.  Joe
Houghton, S.O.