November 17, 1836 ~ Thursday Nov 17th Went to Covington Crossed the Ohio River into Cincinnati visited the city & saw Conway & Webster who informed me that Brother Asahel H Woodruff had located himself in Terrehaute Indiania & traiding in Books in company with Robert Smith. I Also saw the Dead & wounded carried from off the Steem Boat FLORA. 3 dead & 10 scalded by the bursting of her pipes Spent the night at Cincinnati ...

November 10, 1838 ~ Saturday Nov 10th we crossed Elk creek by fording the stream Br Luce got his horses mired in mud but we drew him out & went on & passed through springfield & put up for the night at the Inn of a good man from Vermont 10 November 11, 1838 ~ Sunday 11 {Sunday}, we travled to Conneaute from thence to Ashtabula Ohio & spent the night at Mr Adna ...

I assembled this small camp of Israel at Brother Petty's tent to address them for the last time in the South. When they were gathered together I arrose to speak to them upon the subject of their jo^u^rney. The rain was descending in torrents so that we were soon wet through even within a good tent. Yet my soul was full of emotion and inspired with feelings of no ordinary character. I endeavored to lay before them the worth and value of the cause in which they were engaged and that they were the first in fulfilling ...