October 22, 1836 ~ Saturday
Oct 22 Preached at Br & 1 Mrs
October 23, 1836 ~ Sunday
23rd Sunday Preached at & Baptised 1 his
Also Ordained Brother James Beaty to the Office
of a Priest he had been a Preacher of the Christian
order for several years. Communed with the Sains
had a spiritual time & it was the last meeting that
I held in the South within the limits of the Tennesse
Conference of Latter Day Saints
October 24, 1836 ~ Monday
24th Took the parting hand with Priest &
his family & travled with Elder & Priest
to Mccracken County KY Spent
the night at distans of the day 25 miles
October 25, 1836 ~ Tuesday
25th For the first time in life I went aboard a Steam
Boat to Journey I took a birth with my colleagues
aboard the AID at 8 o'clock AM names of the Islands
we passed through the day are as follows Tennessee
Cumberland Three sisters & the Golconda island
Town past distance of the day 100 mile
October 26, 1836 ~ Wednesday
26th the Tempest past the Aid at 7 A.M. While
she was wooding we past the following Islands
Cincinnati toehead, Wabash, Dimonds, Towns
Shawney, Mount Vernon & Ivensville Remained
at over night abot 20 above the mouth
of the Wabash River which we past I purchased
a cloak of one of the dek hands on
board the Aid I paid him $5.00 dollars for the
same Paid on board the Aid $2.00 for passage {Distance} 100 m[iles]
October 27, 1836 ~ Thursday
27th Left the Aid at 7 A.M & went aboard
the HAVANA. We past Sprinkelsburg,
, & cast Anchor about
12 oclock at night in consequence of the fog Distance 100 miles
October 28, 1836 ~ Friday
28th Raised the steam at day light but soon run aground
but liberated without damage the fog cleared at 8 oclock
We soon past a steam boat that had sunk she
struck a snag stove her hull & went down. We
past many Boats through the day the Havana
broak her Wheel against a flat Bottom Boat Passed
New Albany at 2 P.M. entered the canal at the
