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our steps and came to where we started
from at ten oclock. Making the march of
28 miles in 8 hours. [?] Col Curtis said was
seldom done, & felt some [?] when we stoped
but not much. Not a man fell out on the way.
It was cloudy and quite cool which [made?] a
great difference. You ought to be here and
see the fruit trees of all kinds, [cherres?] are
ripe and the trees are as large as the
maple trees in front of our House. The Farmers
here have all a good piece of corn planted and
[growin?]. Some field of corn [here?] are 40 or so
acres in it and when we go to the Houses
we find them mostly deserted by the men
but the work shows they have been here and
left when we came. The bush whackers
as they are called are seen ocasionaly here
and supposed to be the inhabitents that live
here. Night before last some were concealed
in the wods where we were and were no
doubt trying to find out our forces. they
would not come near enough to give us a
chance to take them till last night when
one crossed the river and fence about
three rods from the post I was on but
it was so dark I could not see him. He
passed [one?] post from the one I was on
and the next one two men fired at him
He [?] in the woods and was soon out of
the way of all [firers?]. They are a [hard?]
set to capture as they are so well acqu-
anted with the country. I forgot to say
I was at a [Parish House with 8 men
Guarding?] have been here only an hour
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