-ther had we butter to eat with our
Buckwheat Cake, and our Vaneson was fryed without fat, and Last Evening
there was nothing on the Table but mu
Mush and Milk, this has been a trying
day to our horses, as I mentioned the
Morning was Cold and Frozen, and
our Road led up by the side of Ty-
-ago River, and which we had it to Cross ed
eleven times to day and once yes-
-terday, in 25 miles frequently Belly deep and
sometimes deeper More in 25 miles and where
we crossed last it last, it was nearly as large as
Bandywine, I had like to have forgot to note
that after we had fed the second time
which was at petersons camp 15 miles, from the last stage
where there is no house, having to cleaning the snow
of the Grass to give our horses their Oates
which was trying to us thus to wait in as our Cold a Con-
-dition as we were in, to be thus in the Snow
and pertake of our little Morsall, I say
a few miles after this, when we were ente-
-ring on our discouraging road, we
met a poor distressed family, being
a Man and his Wife, and five small
Children, two of whom rode with the Mother