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Showing posts with label Huns. Show all posts

Friday, January 21, 2011

Page 94 - November 15, 1839 - Chicago Again

November the 15 . 1839 Page 94

Fri 15 Clear this morning and pleasant
with a frost on I paid 18 cts of
a bill I found a horse shoe and
got 18 cts for it we lay .3. miles
this side of Huns 1839 H. R

Sat 16 Clear this morning with a frost
my bill was 12 cts we came to
A. Rexfords and put up I got 12
after night it rained some and
turned in cooler than before

Sun 17 Clear this morning quite cool we
came to the praire house one the
lake and staid all night I bought
a pair of mittens price 62 1/2

Mon 18 Clear this morning quite pleasant
I got four barels of Salt price 12. 81.
one fagot of nail iron 4. 25 cts forty.
pounds of Coffe price 6. 40 cts four
pounds of tea 2. 75 cts combs and knife
25 cts tar 18 cts mittens 62 cts we
got to Chicago traded and started back
and got back as far as Smiths and staid

Tue 19 Clear this morning we staidted and
came back to Woods and put up we stuck
fast in the calimink swamp in the evening
came up a cloud and had the appearance
of snow we lost a log chain after night
I went back after it I road about 30 miles
after night quite cool no more 1839 . 19

Wed 20 Clear this morning we came to Van
Rankins on the sand ridge quite cool
no more at this time Harmon . Lucas

Thu 21 Clear this morning we came to sugar
creek quite cool 1839 . my Dear Mifs

Fri 22 Clear this morning but got some cloudy
in the evening quite cool we landed ham
after Dark a while 1839

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Page 81 - August 17, 1839 - On the Road

August the 17. 1839 Page 81

Sat 17 Clear this morning quite pleasant we
started to chicago we staid on big pine
all night we got their at dark 1839

Sun 18 Clear this morning quite pleasant
one yoke of James pierces cattle got away
and came Back about 6 miles we got
to sugar creek and put up for the night

Mon 19 Clear this morning quite pleasant we
got to the Rockwise at 2 oclock we met
Father and the rest coming home we
got to the buck horn tavern at night

Tue 20 Clear this morning quite pleasant we
only went to beaver creek one of the oxen
gave out and we staid all night H. Luc

Wed 21 Clear this morning quite pleasant we
lay on the kankakee we had to leave one
star back in consequence of suliness warm

Thu 22 Clear this morning quite pleasant we
went back after the star but couldent get
him we came back and the rest started after
him and got hime in the evening we yoked
up and drove over the kankakee we got a
fine shower of rain in the evening 1839

Fri 23 Clear this morning and foggy quite warm
it got some cloudy in the evening and had the
appearance of rain we lay at Huns all night

Sat 24 Cloudy this morning it rained terible hard
as we went through Thorntown and
I got 3 1/2 of sugar at 50 cts and in
the after noon it rained quite
hard and we keped a head we lay
3 miles East of Rexfords 1839

Sun 25 the sun shoen out som of the time in
the evening it rained hard we laid
at O. Jacksons 6 miles this side of Chickgy