This historical document, first published in 1898, offers a firsthand account of one of the earliest European explorations of Kentucky. The author, Josiah Stoddard Johnston, provides valuable analysis and commentary to contextualize the journal of Thomas Walker, a physician and explorer, and illuminates the broader historical significance of this early encounter between Europeans and Native Americans.

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