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Rob 's journal and John 's map later proved most prized possessions of our young explorers , so they were glad they kept them up , although it ever was rather unwelcome work to sit in a cramped-up tent , or out in the air among the mosquitoes , and write or draw for a long time while still tired and wet . Both of them , however , persisted till the end , and later did not regret it . `` I 'm awfully tired , Uncle Dick , '' said Jesse when he sleepily rolled out of his blankets on the following morning . `` It was midnight when we went to bed , and I do n't feel as though I had slept at all . Besides , it 's Sunday . '' `` Yes , '' said his uncle , `` it 's Sunday , July twenty-seventh , according to my notes , and we 've been gone from Fort McPherson one week and four days . I think we 've made mighty good time this far , for I believe we must be considerably over a hundred miles from Fort McPherson to this place where we stand . ''