September 27, 1841 ~ Monday
27
th Monday left at 7 oclock
to try again to go to the wind soon
arose & we had a rough sea we stoped at
& left about 75 passengers & much
baggage upon a small sloop toating upon the
waves in a dredful manner no boat had been to
them for three days ie the hand on the boat
whether the passengers ever got to shore I know
not
September 28, 1841 ~ Tuesday
^28
th^ we passed by & arived in
at 1 oclock & truly rejoiced to get on
shore we put up for the night at the
Illinois
exchange by , recommend friends there
their was 50 teems in with wheat, we saw two
families from got two teams to carry
them to on the the
whole distance we came from to Chicago is
1047 miles
September 29, 1841 ~ Wednesday
29
th I hired Mr of
Princes Grove
Illinois to carry me & sister
& my family & 800 lbs of baggage to
for $21.00 or $2 dollars per
cwt Mr
engaged a man to carry him at the same rate
we loaded our baggage & left at 10 oclock
had a vary bad road first 12 miles rode 27 miles &
spent the night at Mr Gates = Inn. 27
m
September 30, 1841 ~ Thursday
30
th we rode 33 miles passed through
& & spent the night
at the Inn of 33
m
October 1, 1841 ~ Friday
Oct 1
st we crossed the Indian
creek passed by a 12 mile prairie
in Ogle County spent the night at Roth's Inn
distance of the day = 38
mile
fom we passed the
Brush Hill, east branch of the , west branch
