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5 PM Heavy Thunder storm & Rains - The Town, and Roads a perfect quagmire. From Sun down to 10 PM 'A Considerable up-? rain"

Wednesday 4th - Rain all night. Mg cloudy - Last night stopped at Mr Lagino, heard Mr Chevalier give an account of his hair breadth escape - after being taken prisoner, (when out spying with Mr Dunn) by Mexican 'scouts' who preceded Vasquez - He discussed his break from S. Anto from the Mexicans when on his parole, Knocking one of the soldiers down - &c - making for the head of the River, the guard after him - getting up into a tree, whilst then Mexicans and indians (Cherokees) for three days upon his trail, & often under his hiding place - At one turn he heard voices speaking English, ?