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Fryday 10th day we rise early to proceed on our march but find to our sorrow a large number of our best horses are missing we suppose they are gone back to the town our time does not allow us to go after them we are oblig'd to load every horse with as much as he can stand under & with much difficulty we begin to move at 10 o clock we come to unclear lake we cross the out let and halt a mile from thence we come to a town of the same name very beautifull the town consists of upwards of fifty houses which is burned at our entrance we march to their plantations where we encamp about one mile from the town we find the crops of corn & vegetables very large & plenty which of great service to us & our horses and cattle Saturday 11th Day we march at half past 5 this morning we find severel unclear which gives us much difficalty in geting our artilary & baggage over them we march this chiefly on land which had ben improved by the savages who had suffered the wild grass to drive them of at eleaven we cross a small hill which overlooks a large part of the country we here discover mountains westward at five in the afternoon we come to Canayahyan? which lay on the north side of a small lake in this town is about 30 houses here we encamp this night we find fruitfull plantations the houses are well built -- here we leave part of our artilary & military stores under the com'd of Cap't Royce of the artilary together with the invalids of the army