Four-and-a-Half Months’ Stay in New Harmony
Description of the region – Natural history – Messrs. Say, Lesueur, and Owen – Hunting excursions in Indiana and Illinois – Wabash, Fox River – Illinois prairies – Albion – Black River – Mr. Bodmer’s trip to New Orleans
November 12, 1832
In the morning, frost and hoarfrost. At seven thirty, -1 1/2°R [28.6°F, -1.9°C]. Mr. Bodmer sketched the Virginia deer obtained yesterday; I took its measurements. I felt rather good today and even went for a walk before noon; there was pleasant sunshine. At noon, between twelve and one o’clock, 7 3/4°R [49.4°F, 9.7°C]. Letters from New Orleans report that cholera and yellow fever are severe there. In Cincinnati and Louisville, the number of cases is diminishing.
Afternoon stroll in Mr. Say’s garden, where we collected many seeds. In the evening it turned very cool. Skinning and cutting up our deer had occupied Dreidoppel all day. Mr. Bodmer had gone out with the shotgun that afternoon and had again seen a deer; he shot at partridges without success. During the evening Messrs. Lesueur and Say were at our place, the former until ten o’clock.
