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neglected night and morning. I had my hand, bound securly behind me and a string fastned round my middle and placed between two Indians one end of the string being made fast to my right hand bed fellow and the other to my left. So that it was imposible for me to stir without waking my companion. In this misserable condition I lay that night in my new lodgings. having exactly fulfiled the old English proverd and jumpt out of the fryingpan into the fire.

Thirsday 23d This day at about 5 in the morning we began to pack up our bagage in order for marching I had my hands loosned from behind me after cut word they presented me with a considerable quantity of their bagage to pake up for my load to cut word to menus. They also took my shoes from me & gave me a pair of dear shin mogisons cut word as they wear themselves and told me they was better and much preferable to shoes to