Daniel H. Wiggins 1838 Diary Entry

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with in a few miles of this place most shocking cruelties upon indi- vidual families murder- ing the most barberous manner men women and children but (thank the Lord) we have a prospect for hostilities speedily to come to a close There is a great scarcity of mills here water [?] courses are apt to get dry in the summer and fall-- I think a [illegible] mills might do well-- Judge Randal said I may get as much timber on his