November 9, 1836 ~ Wednesday

NOV 9^th Walked to Mr Gustavus A Clements & Preached at his house distance of the day 5 mi[les]

November 10, 1836 ~ Thursday

10^th Rode to Mr Jacob Rasor's his wife & Sister Nancy Taylor ware own Sisters Preached at
his house I followed Elder Smoot Spent the night at Mr Rasor's and receiev'ed the
intelligence of the burning of the city of Louisville one half of which I understood was destroyed
on Sunday the 6^th Which accounts for the report We herd on Sunday as it was the blowing
up the Buildings with Powder to get them out of the way of the fire And not thunder 6 miles

November 11, 1836 ~ Friday

11^th Rode to Mr Reed Smoot's from thence to Col Joseph Rowletts Preached at his house 3 miles

November 12, 1836 ~ Saturday

12^th Spent the day at Col Rowletts. (The above account of the burning of Louisville is fals report)

November 13, 1836 ~ Sunday

13^th Preached at Col Rowlett on Sunday procured 2 subscribers for M[essenger] & Ad[vocate]

November 14, 1836 ~ Monday

14^th Rode to Owington Preached in the courthouse at night to a large congregation spent the
night at the inn of Williams Browns distance of the day 6 miles

November 15, 1836 ~ Tuesday

15^th Walked to Esq Hues 5 miles south of the big bone lick distance 25 miles

November 16, 1836 ~ Wednesday

16^th Visited the big bone lick Boone County, KY This is the place Whare those manmoth or
large bones of enormous size were dug from the earth & have been exhibited in many
Parts of Europe & America it is conjectured those animals while in the lick got mired &
Perished it is said by the measurment of the bones that those animals were about
36 feet in length & 15 in hight no record yet gives us any account of these animals
will not some record of the Nephites yet tell us. From thence we past through
Florence & spent the night with at Mr Sandford's distance 25 miles

November 17, 1836 ~ Thursday

17^th Went to Covington crossed the Ohio river into Cincinnati visited the city &
saw Conway & Webster Who informed me that Brother Asahel H Woodruff had
located himself in Terrehaute Indiania & trading in Books in company with Robert Smith
I saw the dead & wounded carried from aboard the Flora 3 dead 10 scalded by the Bursting
of the pipes Spent the night in Cincinnati on board the Robert Emmet distance 6 miles

November 9, 1836 ~ Wednesday

9th Walked to Mr Gustavus A Clements & Preached at his house distance of the day 5 mi

November 10, 1836 ~ Thursday

10th Rode to Mr Jacob Rasor's his wife & Sister Nancy Taylor ware own Sisters Preached at his house I followed Elder Smoot Spent the night at Mr Rasor's and receieved the intelligence of the burning of the city of Louisville one half of which I understood was desiroved on Sunday the 6th Which accounts for the report We herd on Sunday as it was the blowing Up the Buildings with Poder to get them out of the way of the fire And not thunder 6 miles

November 11, 1836 ~ Friday

11th Rode to Mr Reed Smoots from thence to Col Joseph Rowletts Preached at his house 3 miles

November 12, 1836 ~ Saturday

12th Spent the day at Col Rowletts (The above account of the burning of Louisville is fals report)

November 13, 1836 ~ Sunday

13th Preached at Col Rowlett on Sunday procured 2 subscribers for Messenger & Advocate.

November 14, 1836 ~ Monday

14th Rode to Owington Preached in the courthouse at night to a large congregation spent the night at the inn of Williams Browns distance of the day 6 miles

November 15, 1836 ~ Tuesday

15th Walker to Esq Hues 5 miles South of the big bone lick distance 25 miles

November 16, 1836 ~ Wednesday

16th Visited the big bone lick Boone County, KY This is the place Whare those nmoth or large bones of enormous size were dug from the earth & have been exhibited in many Parts of Europe & America it is conjectured those animals while in the lick got mired & Perished it is said by the measurment of the bones that those animals were about 36 feet in length & 15 in hight no record yet gives us any account of these animals will not some record of the Nephites yet tell us From thence we past through Florence & spent the night with at Mr Sandfords distance 25 miles

November 17, 1836 ~ Thursday

17th Went to Covington Crossed the Ohio river into Cincinnati visited the city & saw Conway & Webster Who informed me that Brother Asahel H Woodruff had located himself in Terrehaute Indiania & trading in Books in company with Robert Smith I saw the dead & wounded carried from aboard the Flora 3 dead 10 scalded by the Bursting of the pipes Spent the night in Cincinnati on board the Robert Emmet distance 6 miles