Crossing the Peninsula: 1866-67 - Day By Day

January 7 Monday – In Key West the San Francisco stocked up on drugs and spare engine parts.
Sam stocked up on Havana cigars before the ship continued on.
“We bought 700 superb cigars at $4 a hundred—greenbacks—better cigars than could get in Cal for $25 a hundred in gold. Town is full of good cigars….21 passengers left the ship here, scared—among them the Jew, the Undertaker, & Goff…I am glad they are gone, d—n them” [MTNJ 1: 286-7; Sanborn 314].

January 8 Tuesday – From Sam’s notebook:
That dirty Dutchwoman & her 2 children—none of them washed or taken off clothes since left Sanf—belong in 2 d cabin—ought to be in hell—purser started them out of the smoking room to make room for card party—Dutchman brought them back soon & said she was sick & should stay there. Well, the woman is sick, & if they don’t take sanitary measures, she’ll stay so—she needs scraping & washing [MTNJ 1: 191].

January 9 Wednesday – From Sam’s notebook: “Belmayne died Jan. 8, & was buried at sea, abreast of Florida.”