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PREPARATIONS. 
5 Feb. 1812. 
did depart at the expiration of the week ; but, as I relied on what 
the missionary said, the plan was immediately given up as not to be 
accomplished, and I returned to my waggons, again to ruminate on 
this disappointment, and to devise some means for extricating my 
affairs from the unpleasant situation in which they now appeared to 
stand. 
