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tance from Philadelphia to this place, was near thirteen 

 hundred miles, which were travelled in sixty-four days, 

 stoppages included. This affords an average of twenty 

 miles per day. 



Having followed Major Long's division from the Prairie 

 to this place, we shall take a hasty glance at the observa- 

 tions made by the other division, during their progress up 

 the river. 



This division consisted of Messrs. Say, Keating, and 

 Seymour, with Roque, (the interpreter.) The boat was 

 manned by the corporal and eight soldiers, under the 

 command of Lieutenant Scott. They were provided 

 with an eight oar barge with a sail, or rather their tent 

 fly, which was used as a substitute for one. After parting 

 with Major Long, on the west bank of the river, the barge 

 proceeded up the Mississippi, but had not been long on its 

 course before symptoms of misconduct broke out among 

 the men ; and Mr. Scott then discovered that, while the 

 whole party were conversing with Major Long, on the river 

 bank, the men had broached the keg of liquor and helped 

 themselves to its contents so bountifully as to be soon affected 

 by it. As soon as they were heated by the exercise of rowing, 

 the effects of the whiskey became but too evident. They 

 lost all respect for their officer, and but for the firm stand 

 which he took upon the occasion a mutiny would inevita- 

 bly have broken out; but having called for his pistols and 

 loaded them in their presence, he assured them that the 

 first man who attempted a mutiny must do it at the risk of 

 his life ; the crew being, however, too much affected by 

 the liquor to be able to stem the strong current of the Mis- 

 sissippi, the boat was orderetl to the shore, and the party 

 lay by for a few hours. 



In the' evening the men being a little sobered, they re- 



