Excerpt from Journal of an Exploration: In the Spring of the Year 1750 It has long been known to many persons interested in the early history of our country, that a manuscript Journal of Dr. Thomas Walker, of Virginia, is in existence, which gives some account of his explorations in the western part of his own State, and in a region which is now within the limits of the States of Tennessee and Kentucky. Their natural curiosity as to this journal has been enhanced by a current statement as to the early period at which it was written, - antedating, as the time does, by nearly twenty years, the explorations of Daniel Boone and of his contemporary pioneers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.