1837 - January 16 - Daniel Boyd to C.A. Harris
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Daniel Boyd to C.A. Harris, Commissioner of Indian
Affairs
Little Rock Jan 16th 1837
Sir,
Our voyage from New Orleans has proved much more
tedious than was anticipated when I last wrote you. We arrived at this
place on the 13th inst, and found the river so low that no
steam boat could proceed further.
I have, with the advice & under the direction of
Capt. Brown, purchased a keel boat, and will hire men as soon as they
can be had, to work her up the river.
The roads are in such a state, and the difficulty
of procuring teams so great, that the keel boat is considered the
surest and most expeditious method of transportation at this time.
The distance is over 400 miles, and will require
about thirty days to make the trip in only if the river should rise so
as to enable a steam boat to pass up and take us in tow, in which case
the voyage may be made in much less time.
I’m very respectfully
Your Obt Servant
Daniel Boyd
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