JOURNAL OF ABNER STOCKING
AS KEPT BY HIMSELF, DURING HIS LONG AND TEDIOUS MARCH
THROUGH THE WILDERNESS TO QUEBEC, UNTIL HIS RETURN
TO HIS NATIVE PLACE.
A LL things being in readiness for our departure, we set
out from Cambridge, near Boston, on the 13th Sept. at
sunset, and encamped at Mistick at eight o'clock at
night. We were all in high spirits, intending to endure with
fortitude, all the fatigues and hardships, that we might meet
with in our march to Quebec.
September'14th. This morning we began our march at 5
o'clock and at sunset encamped at Danvers, a place twenty
miles distant from Mistick.
The weather through the day was very sultry and hot for
the season of the year. The country through which we passed
appeared barren and but thinly inhabited.
September 15th. This morning we marched very early, and
encamped at night within five miles of Newbury Port. The inhabitants
who visited us in our encampment expressed many
good wishes for our success in our intend
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