September 5, 1612

In the morninge the winde at northeast verie faire weather all the daie untill night with faire sune shininge. That night we lodged by a freshe river, the night being verie faire, in a wood at the head of a Fresh lake which did prove afterward that we were not above 6 mylls from Trynitie Baye. but, [it] being our bread was spent, we durst not hazard [or] venture any fur[ther] but returned back again all the [way which we had traveled] forth.

 [To learn more about the trail cut by the colonists from Cupids to Trinity Bay in September 1612 click here.