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monday August 6th 1804

we Set out at a erley ouer this morning prossed on passed
a Creek on the N. Side Called Soldiers Creek it Comes in
Back of a Isld near the N. S. about 12 oclock Last night a
villant Storm of wind and Rain from the N. W. Camt on
the South Side the Land is Low that on the N. S. the Saim