John Flin Interpreter for the united States
Factory who accompanied us thus far
& Benjamin Iddings left us to go on to
Still Water. the river is very high & we
have a very small Canoe to Ride
in. after their departure we got our Horses
in readiness & an Indian Squaw as pilot
to accompany us to Wapucconetah the
town where William Kirk resides
but on examination we found it too
dangerous a venture so we concluded
to set out Homeward. we set out about
about nine OClock in Company
with Murray & his Indian Wife
who accompanied us about 6 miles
to see us across 2 Creeks that [delete: appeared]
were expected to be too high to ride
we crossed the fork of the St. Mary
Swimming [delete: in] our Horses & rode to Flins
where we crossed Laramie Creek
Swimming our Horses as before
then to Thatchers 9 miles where
we lodged on the Floor