AUDUBON JOURNAL 



Red Winged Starlings — and a Vast Number of 

 Swamp Sparrows in the High Mississipi grass 

 Parokeets — Golden Crowned Wrens — 



M^ Shaw & Anthony [not] returned [yet] at eleven 

 o'clock, but did not effect their Business, They re- 

 turned in a canoe, 30 Miles down the Arkansas to 

 the cut off through that about 6 (miles) down White 

 River 7 and down the Mississipi 15 — this makes 58 

 and the Distance from Arkansas Post to the Mouth 

 of that River is 60 — 



about One Mile below the Mouth of Arkansas in a 

 Thick patch of Cane are Two Women the remainder of 

 a party of Wandering Vagarounds that about 2 years 

 ago Left some part of the Eastern State to proceed to 

 the Promised Land — these Two Wretches, Never Wash 

 Comb or Scarcely clad themselves, and subsist from 

 the Scant generosity of the Neighbours — Now and 

 then doing a little Sawing and Washing — 



Thursday Decemb'' 14*^ 1820 



After Long consideration, our Gentlemen deter- 

 mined to do Nothing, and [Left our Landin] We Cutt 

 Loose about i o this Morning, the Weather quite Warm, 

 Distant frequent Clapps of Thunder announcing a 

 change — it soon begain to Rain, the Fog raised and 

 We Landed again about 2 o'clock — saw here 5 Ivory 

 Bill Wood Peckers feeding on the Berries of Some 



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