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JOURNAL OF PETER AUDRAIN, Esq.
from Fort Defiance. The distance from Port Lorimier to Defiance, 74
miles.
Aug. 3.
Arrived at Fort Defiance at 12 o'clock. The road is along the river Au Glaize for a considerable distance and is pretty good.
Fourth and fifth of August remained at Defiance, commanded by Major Wilson of the cavalry. Here Grand Glaise empties itself into the Miami of the Lake and loses its name.
5, Aug.
Left Fort Defiance at 11 o'clock a. m., and embarked in a Kentucky boat, 7 large pyrogues to go down the Miami as far as the foot of the rapids, having sent all our horses by land.
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