ties when we are separated which
I trust they will. This is the
fifth day since we came to this
town, we brought but little provision
with us here, having but little to
bring, and had a hope we should
have been able to have gotten some
dryed venison of the Indians here
which has not been the case; we
got a little bear’s oil of them, but
that article is scarce and dear.
This day intending to have made
a dinner of some flitters our bread
being nearly out and our flour
so reduced as to discourage attempt-
ing to bake; while we were frying
our flitters, an Indian man came
in and presented us with about
four pounds of fresh venison with-
out any bone in it, part of which