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DIVISIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS
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day, appears the same as described yesterday, excepting this afternoon's journey through woodland, to cut off a bend of the river. Came about twenty-seven miles this day.

"15th—We set out very early, and about one o'clock came to the Ouabache, within six or seven miles of Port Vincent [Vincennes]. . . .

"16th—We were obliged to stay here to get some little apparel made up for us, and to buy some horses for our journey to Ouicatonon, promising payment at Detroit. . . .

"17th—At mid-day we set out; traveling the first five miles through a fine thick wood. . . .

"18th and 19th—We traveled through a prodigious large meadow, called the Pyankeshaw's Hunting Ground. . . .

"20th and 21st—We passed through some very large meadows, part of which belong to the Pyankeshaws on Vermilion River.

"22d—We passed through a part of the same meadow as mentioned yesterday; then came to a high woodland, and