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Oct 8, 1857

Journal Entry

October 08, 1857 ~ Thursday

8th I spent the day at home gringding out some of my sugar
cane for makeing Molasses it works well in this country
we got in an express saying that a company under Lot
Smith
burned up 50 waggons of the Government mostly
corn & while it was burning General Harney & his cavalry
came up & that the same company had gone East to burn
up what they could it was thought there would be some
desided action soon

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Smith, Lot
15 May 1830 - 21 Jun 1892
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Missionary

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