This afternoon I saw two Elk Does in the
Creek with their young ones by their sides
about Large as young Calves -- Lodg
travel'd about 24 miles to day, much of
the way in the water and over stone &
Rocks without number and Lodg'd in
a Whitemans Cabbin where the people were
very kind, but the knots or small flies so
very numerous as to render it impossible
resting comfortably. --

This day parted with my pilot and pro
ceeded on down the Creek to the mouth about
38 miles -- The mountains still continue
to bound the Creek on each side but the
valleys more extensive than in yesterdays
Journey, and Settlements made every few
miles, several sawmills are also erected
where timber is saw'd and rafted down
the Susquehannah -- The inhabitants
appear kind and glad to see travelers
chiefly depending on hunting for meat
and many of them were about move
ing over to the Allegany waters, saying