Lost every Awl that we brought out

"[May] 14th.  When our Elk's skin was prepared we had lost every Awl that we brought out, and I made one with the Shank of an old Fishing hook, the other People made two of Horse Shoe Nailes, and with these we made our Shoes or Moccasins.  We wrote several of our Names with Coal under a Rock, & I wrote our names, the time of our comeing and leaving this place [Rockcastle River] on paper and stuck it to the Rock with Morter, and then set off" (Walker, 60).

Johnston, J S. First Explorations of Kentucky: Doctor Thomas Walker's Journal of an Exploration of Kentucky in 1750, Being the First Record of a White Man's Visit to the Interior of That Territory, Now First Published Entire, with Notes and Biographical Sketch ; Also Colonel Christopher Gist's Journal of a Tour Through Ohio and Kentucky in 1751, with Notes and Sketch. Louisville, Ky: J.P. Morton and Co, 1898. Print.