"Tuesday 21st. Set out and on this day labored very hard and got
but little way.... Passed the two following days as the
former, suffering much from hunger and fatigue.
"Friday 24th. About three o'clock came to the mouth of a river
which I thought was the Cumberland. Some of the company declared
it could not be--it was so much smaller than was expected....
We determined however to make the trial, pushed up some distance
and encamped for the night.
"Saturday 25th. Today we are much encouraged; the river grows
wider;...we are now convinced it is the Cumberland....
"Sunday 26th...procured some buffalo meat; though poor it was
palatable.
"Friday 31st...met with Colonel Richard Henderson, who is
running the line between Virginia and North Carolina. At this
meeting we were much rejoiced. He gave us every information we
wished, and further informed us that he had purchased a quantity
of corn in Kentucky, to be shipped at the Falls of Ohio for the
use of the Cumberland settlement. We are now without bread and
are compelled to hunt the buffalo to preserve life....
"Monday, April 24th. This day we arrived at our journey's end at
the Big Salt Lick, where we have the pleasure of finding Captain
Robertson and his company. It is a source of satisfaction to us
to be enabled to restore to him and others their families and
friends, who were entrusted to our care, and who, sometime since,
perhaps, despaired of ever meeting again.
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