And the sweetest butter and most delicate oil I ever tasted is not surpassed by the marrow taken from the thigh bones.īy July 13 some of the novelty seems to have worn off. I never eat its equal in the best hotels of N.Y. Such soup as we have made of the hump ribs, one of the most choice parts of the buffalo. The trip took the Magoffins due west, across the prairies of what is now the state of Kansas, where she observed many migrating buffaloes. She traveled with her servant Jane and her dog Ring, and also brought a cook and a coop of live chickens with her. She lived in a tent with a bed and mattress, a table, chairs and even carpeting. Life on the Santa Fe Trail could be harsh, but as the wife of the expedition leader, Magoffin brought many of the comforts of home on the journey.
War between the United States and Mexico was just beginning, making it a dangerous time to travel the Trail, but Susan was excited about the trip.įourteen big wagons with six yoke each, one baggage wagon with two yoke, one dearborn with two mules (this concern carries my maid), our own carriage with two more mules, and two men on mules driving the loose stock. Susan had been a new bride for only eight months when the Magoffins began to prepare for a trading expedition down the Santa Fe Trail. Samuel had been active in the Santa Fe trade since the 1820s, traveling widely in the United States and Mexico and gaining considerable wealth. Magoffin was the son of an Irish immigrant who had prospered in Kentucky. On November 25, 1845, at age eighteen, Susan Shelby married Samuel Magoffin, age 45, and they spent their honeymoon in New York. She grew up with servants and received a proper education. She was the granddaughter of Isaac Shelby, a hero of the American Revolution and the first governor of Kentucky. Susan Shelby was born into a wealthy family on Jon their plantation near Danville, Kentucky. Image: 7-foot tall statue sculpted by Ethan Houser
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