On The Fourth Day Of July Following,

Curiosity Is Natural To The Soul Of Man And Interesting Objects Have A Powerful Influence On Our Affections.

I Had Gained The Summit Of A Commanding Ridge, And, Looking Round With Astonishing Delight, Beheld The Ample Plains, The Beauteous Tracts Below.

The Religion I Have To Love And Fear God, Believe In Jesus Christ, Do All The Good To My Neighbor, And Myself That I Can, Do As Little Harm As I Can Help, And Trust On God's Mercy For The Rest.

I Was Never Lost In The Woods In My Whole Life, Though Once I Was Confused For Three Days.

Thus We Behold Kentucky, Lately An Howling Wilderness, The Habitation Of Savages And Wild Beasts, Become A Fruitful Field; This Region, So Favourably Distinguished By Nature, Now Become The Habitation Of Civilization, At A Period Unparalleled In History, In The Midst Of A Raging War, And Under All The Disadvantages Of Emigration To A Country So Remote From The Inhabited Parts Of The Continent.