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Fragmented starvations and voyage notes from a Santa Fe expedition
A garbled diary fragment recounts hunger and hardship aboard a Santa Fe Expedition narrative. The speaker laments scant provisions, extreme suffering, and the difficulty of survival while detailing encounters, weather, and disputes during the march. The text also references political events, public figures, and distant places, though many phrases are unreadable.
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Santa Fe
Orinaadi
Sressadl
Eval Roen
Jexdeph Byamjin
Foren
Decilie
Ellsa
Fur
The
Sybieti
Ogist Pan Nathings
Perkippa
Great Hessure
Barth
Wits
Ingoral
Prairia