11th In consequence of low water Mr Saugrain informed us that he had abandoned the idea
of going down the river with a boat so we must look to our own resources again, so we concluded to
procede on our Journey in our canoe. We left Mr Saugrain embarked in our canoe travelled 25 miles
down the river to Petty John Mountain and stoped for the night with A Mr BarnetPope County
We rowed our canoe to day 50 miles & spent the night in a place called the Cadron there were a number
of good Houses built & all was deserted it was said the place was haunted we went into a house that
must have cost $3 or $4000, that was called the worst Haunted house there was not a human being
in many miles of the place but ourselves we built up a good fire rosted a peace of pig & ate it with some
corn dugar [sugar] givien us in the morning by a poor woman we asked a blessing & prayed then climbed
into one of the chambers on the starirs were broaken down we lay down upon the floor it was a cold
night we had nothing to cover us I soon fell asleep without any regard to the gosts that haunted the
place I dreamed that I called at My Fathers House & my step Mother made me up a good Feather
bed I lay down upon it & had a good nap & rested me well. I did not awake untill near sun-
rise when instead of Finding myself upon a Feather bed at My Fathers House in Farmington Ct
I was lying my back against a bare deserted, Haunted, chamber wall on the Bank of the Arkansas
River quite cold & chilly I awoke Brother Brown we arose not having been disturbed by Ghosts
or evil spirits we prayed built a fire warmed ourselves eat what little we had left & started in our
canoe down the river after walking onto the top of the black bluffs & taking a survey of the country 13 We travelled 40 miles and spent the night with Samuel BlackburnPulaski County
We travelled to Little Rock and spent three quarters of ahn hour visiting the city then
continued down the River 10 miles and was kindly received for the night by Mr Isaac
Jones in Pulaski County we travelled during the day 53 miles
We spent the day with Mr Jones and Preached the gospel to him and his household
We left our canoe with Mr Jones and travelled up the River 10 miles untill we reached
the old military road leading from Memphis Tennessee to Little Rock Arkansas we took
this road and started Eastward for Memphis. This road lay through the Missippi swamp
175 miles to Memphis mostly covered with water which we would have to wade through
we walked 22 miles and spent the night with Col Blues in Pulaski County we got 2 signers to
to our petion
We walked 18 miles and spent the night with Mr James P Kellean
, , We spent the time in labouring with our hands for Mr Kellean
Sunday we spent the day Preaching at the house of Mr Kellean
We walked 40 miles through mud and water and spent the night at the House of
Mr Wm S Clom at second creek St Francis County
[FIGURE] We started this morning as usual in the mud and water I had not gone but a short
distance untill I was taken with such a rheumatic pain in one of my knees that I
could not travel. My companion Elder Harry Brown was vary anxious to take a speedy
journey to the River & take a steamer up the Missippi and Hasten to his family in Kirtland
11th In consequence of low water Mr Saugrain informed us that he had abandoned the idea
of going down the river with a boat so we must look to our own resources again, so we concluded to
procede on our Journey in our canoe. We left Mr Saugrain embarked in our canoe travelled 25 miles
down the river to Petty John Mountain and stoped for the night with A Mr BarnetPope County
We rowed our canoe to day 50 miles & spent the night in a place called the Cadron there were a number
of good Houses built & all was deserted it was said the place was haunted we went into a house that
must have cost $3 or $4000, that was called the worst Haunted house there was not a human being
in many miles of the place but ourselves we built up a good fire rosted a peace of pig & ate it with some
corn sugar given us in the morning by a poor woman we asked a blessing & prayed then climbed
into one of the chambers on the stairs were broaken down we lay down upon the floor it was a cold
night we had nothing to cover us I soon fell asleep without any regard to the gosts that haunted the
place I dreamed that I called at My Fathers House & my step Mother made me up a good Feather
bed I lay down upon it & had a good nap & rested me well. I did not awake untill near sunrise when instead of Finding myself upon a Feather bed at My Fathers House in Farmington Ct
I was lying my back against a bare deserted, Haunted, chamber wall on the Bank of the Arkansas
River quite cold & chilly I awoke Brother Brown we arose not having been disturbed by Ghosts
or evil spirits we prayed built a fire warmed ourselves eat what little we had left & started in our
canoe down the river after walking onto the top of the black bluffs & taking a survey of the country
We travelled 40 miles and spent the night with Samuel BlackburnPulaski County
We travelled to Little Rock and spent three quarters of an hour visiting the city then
continued down the River 10 miles and was kindly received for the night by Mr Isaac
Jones in Pulaski County we travelled during the day 53 miles
We spent the day with Mr Jones and Preached the gospel to him and his household
We left our canoe with Mr Jones and travelled up the River 10 miles untill we reached
the old military road leading from Memphis Tennessee to Little Rock Arkansas we took
this road and started Eastward for Memphis. This road lay through the Missippi swamp
175 miles to Memphis mostly covered with water which we would have to wade through
we walked 22 miles and spent the night with Col Blues in Pulaski County we got 2 signers to
to our petion
We walked 18 miles and spent the night with Mr James P Kellean
, , We spent the time in labouring with our hands for Mr Kellean
Sunday we spent the day Preaching at the house of Mr Kellean
We walked 40 miles through mud and water and spent the night at the House of
Mr Wm Scloin at second creek St Francis County
[FIGURE] We started this morning as usual in the mud and water I had not gone but a short
distance untill I was taken with such a rheumatic pain in one of my knees that I
could not travel. My companion Elder Harry Brown was vary anxious to take a speedy
journey to the River & take a steamer up the Missippi and Hasten to his family in Kirtland
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