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WEDNESDAY, July 4th 1855.

Beautiful Morning - last night after the boat stopped went through a point of timber to the prairie - took four hours - got full of thorns -

At the rising of the sun this morning a gun was fired in honor of the day - We often see the work of the Beaver along the banks - about noon passed the first vein of coal -

Better Timber -

The day is being celebrated quietly + pleasantly - had a very fine dinner, champagne, + other wines - We see a great many ducks, geese +c etc - Col Vaughan's interpreter killed a deer at a wooding place