very sorry, but if we did not like
to wait so long, he would hire a
guide & send with us. We inform’d
him we were very sorry circum-
stances had happen’d so as to
prevent our having his company
but believ’d it would be best for us
to set off tomorrow morning, for
we wish’d to spend a few days with
our friends in Canada, & in seven
days hoped we could meet him at
Buffaloe, where he said he in-
tended to be on that day, if the
state of his family would permit
a guide was accordingly provided
who engaged to call on us tomorrow
morning by sun rise. A heavy
shower of rain this evening, so our
going home which way we will
looks discouraging, on account of