September 10: At 10 o'clock we got under way, leaving behind us of sick and attendants twenty-one. The day was hot. We reached our encampment at about 5 o'clock, a distance of perhaps ten miles. A child died since we came into camp. A man also died tonight after several day's sickness.

September 13: After traveling until 4 this afternoon, we reached the encampment near Lagrange, some eighteen miles from the camp of yesterday. With the exception of the sultry heat of noonday and the excessive dust of the roads, our marches are very pleasant. This evening two neighboring physicians were called into camp. They report 106 cases of sickness.

September 14: Not unfrequently, persons through weariness and fatigue take sick along the route. This occupies much of our time. We place them in the wagons which are every day becoming more crowded. Today we made 18 miles. Two deaths took place this evening.