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down the river to a large plantation about one
mile below a thick setled village on the north side
of the river, and campt without any material accident
the foot army with Governor Shelley continued down on
the opposite side of the River, the inhabitants in general
are very cautious and tho we have taken what we
wanted and almost ruin d some men yet they submit
to it without a murmur. Genl, Harrison has promised
to have compensation made them.

October 9th March d early raining and disagreeable we
continued on our march down the river passing a part
of Balls Regt & the Pittsburg Blues at the Mouth of
the river where our shipping lay and had in our
absence taken a British Schooner that had been gone [?]
a month up into Lake Huron and was laden with
fur she came sailing up to Our vessels and was taken
without the fire of a gun as she had no information
of our vistories, we then came on down the lake
within nine miles of Sandwich and campt for the
night and it rained and blew a storm very disagreeable
we got corn and oats for our horses which
was taken by order of Superior power