to John Hopkinsons where got across
but had to take an upper rode &
Lodged at a house where we Lodged
Partly on the floor before the fire &
Part in a bed. no hay to be had
early next 28th we set out & rode
through Prairie after Prairie until
the whole County except some
Small pieces of upland intervening
become Prairies & so cont thro this days rout
wading thro the mud & not being
able to get feed for our Horses we rode
near 40 Miles to one Township [?]
where we found plenty of the
necessaries of Life. the Country
here is very good. with excellent
Bottom & upland the Prairies we
have passed are mostly rich but there
is so little timber in many parts that
they can hardly be enclosed with Fences so