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8 -lined out Initials? of the church. Their eldest daughter had been married to a young man by the name of Joshua, but still lived with her parents. This family being taken, were driven with others to Carmel, where the young woman being confined in child bed, was unable to travel, and her mother, & husband were permitted to stop with her till she should be able to proceed, which br. Isaac, and six or seven children, mostly small, were driven forward to the camps, and from there in a few days, to the far west. His wife and eldest daughter, being able to walk, were sent to the camps, but to their great distress found the husband, & father, and children gone, far gone, perhaps never to greet them again. Sister, Jane had her youngest child, about a year old, with her, but it is now quite sick.

Sabbath, June 10. We attempted to hold a meeting at the camps. On the way we passed a company of nearly one thousand Cherokee prisoners, under a formidable guard of soldiers. These arrived at the camps soon after us, and were ushered into the iron grasp of other soldiers. Among them was our aged brother January, the father of Epenetus. About noon we collected a few individuals, and spent a short time in prayer. Not long however after commencing, we were interrupted by another company of prisoners consisting of about one thousand. On leaving the camps we passed a woman lying senseless on the ground. She had been unwell, and on coming into the camps, and seeing some of her friends, she immediately fainted, and fell to the ground. So also when the company was driven from Lafayette, one woman fainted and fell in the road, as she was driven on. Another woman in the same