ᏅᏙᎠᏰᎵ ᏬᎩᎶᏒ, ᎭᎾ ᎣᎦᏂᎩᏛ ᏬᏙᏥᎭᏯᎸ ᏚᏗᏱ, ᎩᏟᏗᎦᏓᎥ, ᏙᏱ ᏗᏦᎭᏴ, ᏧᏙᏓᏆᏓ ᎣᎦᏂᎩᏒ, ᎤᏲᎢᏴ ᎤᏂᎶᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏐᏈᎵ, ᎨᏍᏗ ᎪᎰᏍᏗ ᏲᎩᏩᏛᎭ, ᎠᎴᏃ ᎠᏂᏃᎯᎵᏙ ᏚᏂᎾᏦᏩᏛ, ᏃᎴ ᏐᏉ ᏗᎨᏫ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ, ᎤᏄᎸᏅ ᎤᏂᎩᏍᏗ, ᏃᎴ ᏍᎩᏴ ᎠᎦᏗᏓ ᎤᎦᎭᎾᏅ, ᏕᏧᎬ ᏕᎦᏓᎥ ᏧᏆᎶᎦ ᎠᏂᏓᎶᏁᎨ ᏃᎴ ᎠᏂᎩᎦᎨ ᎨᏒ ᏃᎴ ᎦᏙ ᎤᏓᏫᏍᎩᎨ ᎨᏒ.
We went up the Nantahala and from there we searched Snowbird, Buffalo, Hanging Dog, and Beaver-dam, days and days of travel in terrain whereupon our horses could not find secure footing and we often had to walk them, and all with the result that we found but some old thatched hunting camps and one Indian man so blind he could not travel, and during the whole time of which heavy rain was falling from a dark sky and the autumn leaves yellow and red in the trees and slick on the ground.