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 fryday 24th—we start early & turn out of the wagon Road to go acros the mountains to go by Danil Smiths we looe Driver Come to a turabel mountain that tired us all almost to death to git over it & we lodge this night on the Lawrel fork of holton under agrait mountain & Roat a fine fat turkey for our suppers & Eat it without aney Bread.

Satrd 25th—We start early travel over Some more very Bad mountains one that is caled Clinch mountain & we git this night to Danil Smiths on Clinch and there we staid till thurday morning on tueday night & wedneday morning it snowd Very hard and was very Coald & we hunted a good deal there while we staid in Rough mountains and kild three deer & one turkey Eanock Abram & I got lot tueday night & it a snowing & Should a lain in the mountains had not I a had a pocket compas By which I got in a littel in the night and fired guns and they heard them and caim in By the Repoart.

thursd 30th—We set out again & went down to Elk gardin and there suplid our Selves With Seed Corn & irish tators then