The expedition could scarcely have reached Mendota as stated by Cutter (Ms, p. 218) since the latter is nearly 50 mi.
A young couple had been married at Mendota a few days before and had gone on ahead.
At Mendota a crowd of men hurled sticks and stones at the flying train.
In 1836 he built a stone house at Mendota, the first in Minnesota, in which he resided twenty-four years.
Arriving at Mendota, we remained over night and proceeded the next day to La Salle.
