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Thursday Oct 27. To 8 miles from Lake
We got away after dinner and
with John Paul as driver, we
drove down through Grounds and
across the bridge and down the
Southern shore of the Lake mainly
through meadows with scanty rills.
Their meadows were fairly dry and
inturiantly grassed. The road we
very good. Just before dark, we
reached the house of an Indian
where we camped, sleeping in
the house. The man had been
on a hunting trip toward the
Prairies and has killed. I move
a red stone pipe was on the wall
but they moved. not sell it as
the owner was away
Friday Oct 28 To Near Seven River
Left at daylight and drove
down the Lake The Road.
Led through willow thickets
for several miles and then
out in the open meadows
a small creek Allexan Creek.
After Allexan. Mustoes who lives
Blue was crossed at his house
(our camping place) on a bridge
In the afternoon we passed
several houses. I had dinner
at the house of a chief of
the Creeks. In this vicinity
Toward the middle of the
afternoon we forded a
small creek and a little
Later crossed me on a
Draft in charge of 700 Indians
who collected 50 cent.
We camped at dark near
where several camps & Indians
were fishing for Whitefish.