The 26th of September 1793, Rained all day; slept at a mile from Kentuckey river at the house of ... Hogan[44] who was kind enough to lend me a horse for nothing to go in search of mine. The 27th arrived at Lexington distant only 20 Miles from the crossing of Kentuckey river called Hickman junction.[45] The 5th of October started from Lexington. Sunday the 6th of the same arrived at Danville. The same day wrote to Citizen Minister Genet. The 7th took lodgings at Puvit’s[46] and received my baggage. The 10th Sent a Messenger to Louisville.[47] The 13th Sunday returned to Lexington and came back on Sunday the 20th, to Danville. Not having received general Clark’s answer I was unable to take advantage of the Post to write to the Minister at Philadelphia. The 21st received General Clark’s answer.[48] * * * * * The 10th of November 1793, Year 2 of the French Republic, left Danville for Philadelphia after visiting Colonel George Nicholas[49] near Danville. He laid stress upon the plan he had proposed to me the previous day regarding the Navigation of the Mississipi. Namely: That the Naval Forces of the Republic should seize the Mouth of the Mississipi, declare that the Country belonged to them by right of Conquest and invite the Americans of the Western Country to take advantage of the freedom of Navigation. Then, if the Spaniards situated higher up the river molested the Vessels carrying the provisions conveyed by the Americans, the latter would have the right to repel Constraint and force by force. Thus the Spanish Government would have no reason to complain of the United States having broken through inasmuch as the country would be reputed in the possession of the French Republic. Slept at Crab orchard distant from Danville _22 Miles_. The 11th of November 1793, started from Crab Orchard in company with 12 persons who had assembled at that place to pass through the Woods inhabited and frequented by the Savages. The tract between Crab orchard and Houlston settlement is 130 Miles wide and is called The Wilderness.[50] Slept at Longford Station. _10 Miles._ The 12th slept at Modnell Station _28 Miles_. The 13th slept at Middleton station. _28 Miles._ The 14th crossed low, swampy places where the water was brown and stagnant. Six miles from Middleton Post and 18 miles before reaching the top of Cumberland Gap, saw a climbing fern covering an area of over six acres of ground near the road.[51] At this season when the Frost had produced ice from 3 to 4 lines thick, this plant was not at all injured by it. In this territory are two places, one called Flat lick and the other Stinking Creek. Saw near the Carcass of a Stag the ... Raven (_Corvus corax_). Davissas station 2 miles to the[52] ... Cumberland Gap[53] _26 Miles_. The 15th of November traveled through parts of very high Mountains in the midst of which we crossed Clinch river and slept at Houlston Station[54] in the house of one ... _27 Miles_.