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
November 7, 1832
In the morning, overcast sky, some wind, cool. At seven thirty, temperature of 2 1/2°R [37.6°F, 3.1°C]. During the afternoon I visited Mr. Say, who had given me his new treatise on shells as a gift. Mr. Bodmer went for a walk with Lesueur. They saw two deer on the hills close to town and shot at them with small shot. They brought home a gray squirrel. At five o’clock, temperature of 3°R [38.8°F, 3.8°C]. Visit in the evening from Mr. Lesueur, who had many sketches.