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 Diary of Rev. George Gary — III 329 the nations concerning this territory is settled; so fears of war may pass away. This news is good to us. 50 We probably have no letters from the states by this arrival. Friday, 6. This day I visit Mrs. McCarver, 51 sick with the consumption ; in great distress of mind ; after giving her the best advice I could, we had prayers ; she objected to my leaving yet; after some further conversation, we had prayers again; while praying, the second time, she clapped her hands for joy; light broke in upon her gloomy path, and she exulted in the mercy of God. Sunday, 8. These Sabbaths are much alike. Say thirty hearers; the preacher tries to do his duty; dark and rainy weather. Saturday, 21. This day I performed the solemn funer- al services for the remains of Mrs. McCarver; I believe she died in peace. Sunday, 22. Our services on the Sabbath are about the same; say thirty hearers on an average; I hope to discharge my duties to this people. Monday, 23. Dark, Dark, Dark weather. Rain, Rain. Rain. The weather is truly rather gloomy. Tuesday, 24. This morning, I was invited to attend a wedding in the evening and unite Mr. Brooks and Mrs. Smith in wedlock. I did not accept the invitation — and why not? 52 A little more than a year ago, Mrs. Smith and her husband, Mr. Smith, reached this place, and spent the winter together as man and wife. In the spring he started back for the states, talking as though he meant to return in a year or two, (but probably he meant to leave his wife). She applied to the court early in October for a 50 See News of the Treaty of 1846; How It Reached Oregon, by B. Wistar Morris, D.D., an address before Oregon Pioneer Ass'n, 1896. 51 Mrs. M. M. McCarver. 52 Mrs. Mary Ann Smith was divorced from Samuel F. Smith by the Circuit Court in Clackamas County, November 9, 1847. On November 24, 1847, she was married to John P. Brooks by Rev. Hezekiah Johnson under the name Mary Ann Thomas (Oregon Spectator, November 26, 1847). Brooks taught the first school in Clackamas County in the winter of 1843-44.