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JOURNAL OF PETER AUDRAIN, Esq.
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It rained hard the whole day. We remained at Fort Hamilton and were very politely entertained by Major Cass, commanding officer there.
A town has been laid out here by Mr. Ludlow; great many pretty good log houses. It lies on the bank of the big Miami.
21.
We set off this morning at 9 o'clock and arrived at Fort St. Clair at 6 in the afternoon. This is a small Fort guarded by a sergeant and 12 privates; distance, 25 miles.
The first six miles from Fort Hamilton the land is uncommonly fine; afterwards it is beachy land of inferior quality, the road swampy and bad, no good water to be got; there is but one good spring at about 14 miles from Fort Hamilton; no settlement on the road, not even a single cabin.
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