The Wilderness road to Kentucky : its location and features . urned my hors to drive afore me & he got ScardRan away threw Down the Saddel Bags & Broke three of our powdergoards & ABrams flask Burst open a walet of corn & lost a good Deal& made aturrabel flustration amongst the Reast of the horses Drakesmair ran against a sapling & noct it down we cacht them all again &went on & lodged at John Duncans fryd 31st we suplayed our Selves at Dunkans with a 108pounds of Bacon & went on again to Brileys mill & suployd ourSelves with meal & lodged this night at clinch By a large cainbrake &cuckt our S
The Wilderness road to Kentucky : its location and features . urned my hors to drive afore me & he got ScardRan away threw Down the Saddel Bags & Broke three of our powdergoards & ABrams flask Burst open a walet of corn & lost a good Deal& made aturrabel flustration amongst the Reast of the horses Drakesmair ran against a sapling & noct it down we cacht them all again &went on & lodged at John Duncans fryd 31st we suplayed our Selves at Dunkans with a 108pounds of Bacon & went on again to Brileys mill & suployd ourSelves with meal & lodged this night at clinch By a large cainbrake &cuckt our Suppers. Journals of theWilderness Road [4-3] This is vivid enough for anybody, and it tells the sort of trialsthat the travelers endured. April satd first this morning there is iee at our camp half inchthick we Start Early & travel this Day along a verey Bad hilley waycross one creek whear the horses almost got Mired Some fell in &all wet their loads we cross Clinch River & travell till late in the. Indian Creek Night & camp on cove creek having two men with us that wairpilates Sund 2d this morning avery hard frost we Start Pearly travelover powels mountain and camp on the head of Powels valey whearthere is verey good food mond 3d we Start Early travel down the valey cross poweltRiver go some throw the woods with out aney track cross some Badhils Git into hendersons Road camp on a creek in powels valey;tuesday 4th Raney we Start about 10 oclock and git down to captmartins in the valev where we over take Coin, henderson & his com-paney Bound for Caintuck & there we camp this Night there theywere Broiling & Eating Beef without Bread; AVednesday ye 5thBreaks away fair & we go on down the valey & camp on indianCreek we had this creek to cross maney times & very Bad BanksABrams saddle turned & the load all fell in we got out this Eaveningand Kill two Deer [U] The inidcntcss Hoad to Kcutuckij thiird 6th this morning is ahard frost & we wait at camp f
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