ᎢᏳᎾᏛᏁᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ, ᏙᏰ ᎡᎯ ᎤᏂᎸᏉᏗ, Boudinot ᏃᎴ ᎠᏫᎾ Ridge ᏚᏃᏪᎳᏁ ᏧᏓᎴᏅᏓ ᏓᏂᎪᏩᏘᏍᎬ ᎢᎾᎨ ᎡᎯ ᏃᎴ ᎢᎾᎨ ᎠᏕᎲᏍᎩ.
It being fashionable among gentlemen at the time to be naturalists, Boudinot and young Ridge noted in their journals the passing varieties of wildlife and plant life.