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March 14th we set off and not having got terra firma we lay again in our
boat a little above green river -

15.th fair wind, got about 30 miles against stream & encamped

16.th The current exceeding strong, we worked hard & could make but 9
miles all day - encamped -

17th. Our work had made us so keen, & the weather being still very cold
it will not appear surprizing that this day our provision was
entirely expended - Our Guardians sent out some hunters to
procure us Buffaloe, in which they succeeded -

18, 19, 20.th nothing remarkable happend - we were a good deal impeded by
the large rafts of drift wood, brought down by this extraordinary
flood which was occasiond by a general thaw of the snow in the
upper country accompanyed with a heavy rain - We are told that
the banks of the Ohio are subject to inundations from its conflux
with the Mississipi to the distance of 300 miles upwards, so that
the settling of that country is not likely to take place in many centuries -

21.st Rain -- 22.d {nothing extraordinary} -- 23d Snow, lay by -- 24th passed the Islands --

25th. contrary wind we would advance but 7 miles -- 26.th nothing extra --

27.th I landed with Major Hay and Mr. Bellefeuille on the east side of the
river to get a view of the ravages occasiond by a whirlwind or hurricane -

We had some difficulty in scrambling to the top of the cliff, great craggs
and large trees tumbled together in confusion obliging us sometimes to
creep and sometimes to climb - when we got to the top we saw the
progress of this vein of wind which was in a straight line across the
River, and thro the wood which was mowed down down at about 20 or 25 feet
from the ground, the vista open'd being as regular as if laid down by
a line --

28th rain -

29th. Captain Harrod the officer commanding the fort and settlement at the falls
came down in a boat of 18 oars, shortly after which we encamped a little above
salt River -