Snow covered the ground and I was unable to get any young Shoots but Captain Williams, the young [officer] stationed in the Fort cut down some trees and I found some good seeds.
I also pulled up some roots of those trees to replant them in my garden in Carolina.
The same day I had occasion to write to Governor Blount.
The 3rd of March continued my journey; crossed Fleen's Creek several times. Saw again the small bulbous umbelliferous plant I had remarked some days previously. Toward evening the road was less muddy.
The 4th arrived at the Mountains called Cumberland mountains.
The 5th passed several Creeks and Rivers on which is an abundance of a climbing Fern of the genus. . . .[174]
The land through which these rivers flow is less fertile than the territory of Nashville or Cumberland settlement and two-leaved Pines are found there in abundance.
Sunday 6th of March 1796 arrived at West Point on the Clinch River.
The 7th slept at a distance of 15 Miles near the junction of the Houlston river with that called Tenesee.
The 8th arrived at Knoxville.
The 9th Dined with Governor William Blount.
The 10th took my lodgings in the house of Captain Louné near the Cumberland river.[175]
The 11th herborised on the opposite bank bordered by steep rocks covered with Saxifrage, bulbous umbellifera etc.
