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the evening is stormy Sunday 12 day this morning is stormy which gives our camp a maloncely countenance being being sencable of the smallness of our magazines & knowing it not in our power to replenish it our wishes if not our prayers was that it might be fair weather which was in part granted it ceased raining but remained cloudy we march at twelve o clock and encamp as the sun is seting in the wood & should have made ourselves comfortable had it not ben for the scarcity of water which we had to go near one mile for --- Monday 13th Day --- we march at sunrise, at eight o clock we come to Haneghoes? a very considerable town on the fronteirs of the Genece? country the houses here are not equal to their plantations which are exceeding good - in this town we are informed lived their most potant warrier who had been to Congrees & declared frienship to us for which he rec'd may presents but when he return'd to his own country he was as great an enemy as ever, he was called the great tree in this town we stop for refreshment the Gen'l is informed of a large creek which he could not pass with his artilary without a bridge the axmen are all sent out under the com'd of Col. Cilley? to build the bridge the mean while half of the army were employ'd in destroying corn & vegetables at twelve we are alarmed by some scattering shotts near where the bridge was building we are ordered to repair to our arms where we learn the Gen'l had sent a party of rifle men last evening to unclear to see if any Indians remained in it - this detachment was commanded by Lieu't Boyd we learn also that they came to the town at Day Brake where they discovered a party of Indians round a fire which they fired at & killed one the rest being surprised ran & left their dead companions Lt. Boyd then thought proper to enter the town where he remained till