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Buchanan, of Lexington, Ky., joined us at this place. And, on July 18th, “Messrs. Curry and Holder left us to-day,having determined to go to Oregon instead of California.”CHAPTER II(9) Ref: Wikipedia – the Free Encyclopedia: “Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BCE -27 November 8BCE), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time ofAugustus”(10) Ref: Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia: Thomas Creech, translator, was born in 1659 at Blandford Forum,Dorset, educated at Sherborne and Oxford, became Head Master of Sherborne School. He translated Lucretius inverse (1682), for which he received a Fellowship at Oxford, and also Manilus, Horace, Theocritus, and otherclassics. Thomas Creech was found dead July 19, 1700. It has been long thought that Mr. Creech hanged himselfdue to a disappointment in love; however, it is more likely that the suicide was caused by pecuniary difficulties andthe culmination of life-long recurring depression.(11) Ref: Salubrious – Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster….: Etymology: Latin “salubris”; akinto “salvus”: means healthy and invigorating.(12) Richard Taylor Jacob and Robert Ewing sons of John J. Jacob and Dr. Ewing of Louisville, Ky., were entrustedto the care of Edwin Bryant, to ensure their safe passage to the western territory.Ref: A History of Kentucky & Kentuckians by E. Polk Johnson: R. T. Jacob was a son of John J. Jacob fromLouisville, by John Jacob’s 2nd marriage to Lucy Donald Robertson. Richard Taylor Jacob was born in 1825 anddied in 1905. He married (1) Eliza Benton, daughter of Thomas Hart Benton, and (2) Laura Wilson. Richard’smother was a grand- daughter of Comm. Richard Taylor & she was also related to President Zachary Taylor. In1863 Richard T. Jacob became Lt. Governor of Kentucky.(13) Ref: Wikipedia – the Free Encyclopedia: “The Thornton Affair (also called the Thornton Skirmish) was anincident between the militaries of the United States and Mexico. During the skirmish, some sixteen U.S. Dragoonswere killed, an unknown number of Mexicans were dead, and Thornton and many of his officers were takenprisoners and held at Matamoros, Tamaulipas, as prisoners of war. This motivated President Polk to ask for adeclaration of war before Congress and precipitated the war against Mexico in 1846.”(14) William Henry Kirkendall [Kuykendal] was the son of Isaac Kuykendall and Jane Calvin. Isaac Kuykendallwas b. July 03, 1766. Isaac married Jane Calvin. Children: Nathaniel b. Sept. 25, 1796, Jacob b. Dec. 22, 1799, Johnb. Oct 05, 1805, Luke b. Feb. 18, 1808, William b. Aug. 19, 1809, Sarah b. Sept. 25, 1813; (m. Alfred Taylor),James b. Oct 16, 1818, Susan b. Feb. 14, 1821.Ref: History of the Kuykendall Family by George Benson Kuykendall: “William Henry……was born August 19,1809. He moved to Oregon in 1845……He married Margaret J. Hines March 9, 1848. She started (across the plains)to Oregon in the spring of 1847. Her father died of cholera on Platte Riveron on the way, and Margaret took hisplace as teamster and drove the team all the rest of the way through to Polk County, Oregon. William H. andMargaret J. Kuykendall had only one child, William Henry Kuykendall, born in Polk County, Oregon, and namedfor his father. He married Miss Lucia Ellis June 13, 1875. They have four children, all living: names as follows:Clifford. M. born July 24, 1876; Charles A. born Aug.11, 1877; Ivy Maybell born July 26, 1879; William Roy born