The 17th of September visited General Clarke. I handed him the Letters from the Minister and informed him of the object of my Mission. He told me that he was very eager for the Undertaking but that, although he had written so long ago, he had received no answer and thought it had been abandoned.[1] I told him that his Letter had fallen into other hands and that the Minister had received it only indirectly after his arrival in Philadelphia. He informed me that a fresh circumstance seemed to oppose an obstacle to it.[2]
The 18th remained at Louisville and herborised.
The 19th returned to visit General Clarke. . . .
The 20th started from Louisville, passed by General Clarke's[3] and passed on to sleep near Salt river.
The 21st passed by Beardstown. Evonimus ramulis quadrangulis capsulis muricatis.[4]
Sunday September 22nd arrived once more at Danville at 5 o'clock in the evening. Wrote to Minister Genet the same day by the Philadelphia Post.[5]
The 23rd I rested.
The 24th started for Lexington and slept at the Kentuckey river crossing.
The 25th found that my horse had wandered away. I slept at an inn where there was no Stable; my horse
- ↑ For the letters of Genet and Clark, see American Historical Association Report, 1896, pp. 967, 986.—Ed.
- ↑ In Clark's letter to Genet, he seems to indicate that this obstacle was the leaking out of the secret, by which intimations might reach the Spaniards. Possibly he refers to the Spanish mission which caused Logan's hesitation; see ante, note 33; also American Historical Association Report, 1896, p. 1007-1009.—Ed.
- ↑ The home of Clark's father, with whom he resided, was known as "Mulberry Hill," situated in the environs of Louisville.—Ed.
- ↑ E. Americanus, L.—C. S. S.
- ↑ On the early mail routes, see Speed, Wilderness Road, pp. 65-68.—Ed.
