chapter 47 jaimy fletcher , frontiersman at the confluence of the ohio and mississippi rivers in the american wilderness miss jacky faber on the mississippi river on board her ship , the belle of the golden west dear jacky , i have collected my thoughts , my raging temper , and myself , after the events of the past few weeks , enough to continue these letters to you , letters that i compose in my head , having no paper or pen with which to write them down .