The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 53, July 1949 - April, 1950 Page: 182
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
THE JOURNAL
I am a citizen of Monroe County, Mississippi, at which place
I left my wife and nine children, with the intention of returning
in 6 months.
9th Janry. 1835
Gideon Lincecum
January 9th. 1835. This day Fred. Weaver, G. Lincecum,
Benjm. Nix, John Gwin, and Calvin Weaver, left their homes on
an exploratory expidition to the province of Texas. got on pretty
well and campped 3 miles in the Chickesaw Nation
ioth. All mud today, but we did not become dull, having had
the pleasure of laughing all day at Mr. Gwin, who for our amuse-
ment had the politeness to turn a double Summerset in the
muddyest creek we found in the day's travel-Campped on Hool-
ky [Houlka Creek]
January i lth. 1834 [1835]. Had a runaway frolic with one
of the horses-and campped on Natchez traces in the Chocktaw
Natan [Nation] at Noah Wall's old place.
12th. Traveled but 3 miles today on account of the rain and
high water. Lay at Moors.
Igth. Swam 2 or 3 creek today-traveled but 7 miles till we
were prevented progres by the pigeon roost creeks. had nothing
but an old sedge field to feed our horses on.
14th. Traveled 9 miles today. Swam 3 creeks and the prospect
bad ahead.
January 15th 1834 E1835] Lay all day water bound at Big
Bywiahs.
16th. went 1o miles today, after swimming 3 or four creeks.
Lay at Danl. McCurtain's old place.
17th. Swam no creeks today Traveled 30 miles.
Sunday 18th. Traveled 20o miles today, clear weather
19th. Traveled 30 miles, slept at Livingston4
Janry. 2oth. 1835. Traveled 3go miles, rained all day
sFrom here to the Mississippi River near Port Gibson, Mississippi, the party
evidently followed the famous Natchez Trace, originally an Indian trail and later
a road, which linked Nashville with Natchez.
4Abandoned town in Madison County, Mississippi. See Franklin L. Riley, "Ex-
tinct Towns and Villages in Mississippi," Publications of the Mississippi Historical
Society, VII (Igo3), 355.182
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