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_Journey from Chicago to Springfield-Oak Plains-Travellers-Crowded House-DuPage-Benighted-Clatterman's-Ottawa-Family from New England-Travellers-Gouging-Sleeping Accommodation-Peoria-Pekin Storekeeper-Saltcreek-Hospitality of Inhabitants-Springfield-Prairies-Notices of Nature-Face of the Country-Soil-Agricultural Notices._
I left Chicago at ten in the morning of the 19th September: rain having fallen, rendered the prairie difficult to walk on, especially when the soil was wet. A number of Indians were travelling in different directions, and also heavy waggons, some of the attendants of which carried guns for the purpose of shooting on the journey.