18th My left side was exeeding lame this
morning But Col rubed it thoroughly
with red pepper, lumborum, whiskey &c And it
was much better. I arose took breakfast And
examined And found it to be
A stream with a cut of 10 or 14 feet cut
banks about 15 feet wide from 1 to 10 feet
deep with a hard blue clay bottom well
supplyed with good fish. I saw A flock of
Ducks one Brother shot one I went fishing
And Br caught one white shad
I returned to the waggons. One company
of six men crossed the big pigeon to explore
the country And the Twelve returned
with myself to redemtion Hill. from there
in company with Mrs I rode to
the encampment near the ferry to see the
of 500 men who were
making preperations to start on there
Journey. President called the officers
of the company together And gave them
good teaching concerning there journey to
. After much interesting instruction
to the officers they dismissed. A consort was
also given to col in the Afternoon. We
returned home in the evening distance 30 mile
