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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Journey into Indian Country

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Storms, for the rain beat in at the end,
Roof, and other places. –-

We have been keeping house about a
week, and experience much inconveni-
-ency for want of the arrival of our
goods, having but five Tins, three
Spoons, and a Camp kettle, we have a
small frying pan which we borrowed
of the Indians, dish cloths, and towels
we are much at a loss for, as we are
for Soap when we wash our Cloaths,
the want of something to knead our bread
in is sensibly experienced, which would
not be the case if we had Tools; when
we fry our meat, or our fritters, we have
neither Dish, nor plate to put them on, but oc-
-cupy bark. We brought Bacon with
us from Pittsburgh

, which we have us-
-ed very spareingly, it is nearly run
out, and our Cheese quite. we have no pros-
-pect of supplying their place until our
goods arrive. we have a little flour left
that we brought from Franklin, Cho-
-colate & Sugar that we brought from Pitts-
Burgh
, which are our chief living and depen-
-dance. as we have received some Sugar of the