Chapter Summary
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
October 26, 1832
My treatment continued. Night cold. At seven thirty in the morning, the thermometer registered 2 1/2°R [37. 6°F, 3.1°C]. Mr. Say and Dr. Sexton paid an early visit. Mr. Bodmer was also taking medicine. Mr. Say afterward sent us engravings for our diversion. He, too, was ailing, as was our landlord.