AUDUBON JOURNAL 



Wednesday Novemb'^ ist 1820 



Weather drizly and windy Landed a few hundred 

 yards below Evansville in Indianna on a/c of M"" 

 Aumack Who had some money to Collect — he brought 

 on Board only a french Double Barrel Gun and a Gold 

 Watch the man made for Sale — I Wrote to my Beloved 

 Wife & Mr H. W. Wheeler Saw Large flocks of Snow 

 Geese but only one in perfect Plumage. 



Not so stupid as mentioned in Linne. Left Evans- 

 ville at 2 o'clock P.M. — Cap* Cummings & Joseph 

 parted in the Skiff for Henderson to Get Dash a slut 



1 had Left in the Charge of M"^ Brigs — about 3 Miles 

 down We Saw 3 of these Birds that I have considered 

 as being the Brown Pelican they made a noise some- 

 what like a raven — they alighted on a Red Maple 

 Tree — after many [fruitless] hard trials: — We landed 

 below them and Went a Shore with great expectation 

 of Procuring one — M"^ Aumack drew near them but 

 Missed 2 that Were together and that I expected and 

 hoped to see fall — the wind raising it was Concluded 

 We Should remain — rather sorry that the Cap^ & 

 Joseph were absent — as we had expected to go Within 



2 Miles of Henderson & meet them [them] on their 

 return — 



The people at Evansville very Sickly, could not see 

 M"" D<^ Negley as it was my wish, he being at his House 

 4 Miles up Pigeon Creek — 



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