The brothers arrived on the Daniel M’Cain land on the 28^th day of November, 1826 (see the interesting statement of Mrs. Magdalena M’Cain), and camped west of the hollow, back of the present orchard. The male part of the emigrants immediately commenced cutting logs for a house; some cut down the timber, others split boards for a roof. This was on Wednesday. The cabin was up and covered by Friday night, and a hard, cold rain set in very soon afterward.

Mr. M’C. then cut logs, and erected a cabin on his own land. As soon as his cabin was completed, he started back to Ohio, on the 10^th day of December, 1826.

While Mr. M’C. was building his cabin, an Indian came along, and required the whole party to keep their dog from biting the son of the forest. A funny circumstance occurred during his stay. One day he started from his brother Daniel’s to his own cabin; a deep snow was on the ground; he got lost, and wandered around the whole afternoon. He passed his own cabin, and didn’t even know it!

He arrived at home , in Ohio, on the 28^th day of December, 1826, where he remained until the 19^th day of November, 1828, when he started with his family to remove, and in the company were his youngest brother, Harry M’Cain, and his wife’s sister, Sarah Little. He had one team, two yoke of oxen. Came through Strawtown, Kirklin, and Dayton, and arrived at his brother Daniel’s on the 10^th day of December, 1828, all well and happy.