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MILITARY ROADS

the Line of march there which was in Two Lines one on the right and one on the Left of sd Trace a strong front and Rear guard on Said Trace the Baggage in the Center Passed near where the Town of Lebanon Stands in Warren County west of Waynesville and Xenia Crossed Mad river perhaps 10 miles from Dayton Struck the great Miami near the old Piqua Towns that was Detroyed By sd Genl. Clark Crossed the Miami some Distance above Them."

For the journey between the two Miamis the Morris journal is perhaps most definite: "On the day following, we crossed Mad river, and camped near New Carlisle,[1] in Clark county, and within one mile of Epee town, located precisely where Elnathan Cory now lives. This town gave name to the creek on which it stood, now called Honey-creek. . . Here we killed 20 cows intended for beef. . . The next day we crossed Indian creek . . and same day crossed Lost Creek in Miami county. . . On this evening, we encamped at a spring, on the farm formerly

  1. A station on the Big Four Railway, twelve miles northeast of Troy.