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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Some Account of a Visit

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Breakfasted at our Lodgeing (which
we nam'd Bonsals Camp) and cross'd the
broad Mountain about 12 miles over to
Catauraugus River -- on our way crossing
this mountain we overtook a company
of Munsy Indians

who had been out hunting
they left the road to let us past but kept very
close to our heels - one Woman was in their
company mounted on horseback carrying
several great packs of Skins and a young
Child in her arms. In descending this
mountain we had a remarkable steep
narrow ridge to go down for several hundred
feet and only just wide enough for one horse to
travel on, with any degree of safety, and we
thought dangerous to sit on horseback, but
the Indian Woman rode down with as much
ease & unconcernedness as one of our Women
would ride a Square in Philadelphia --

After Crossing the River we stop & fed our
horses eat some ourselves and spent a little time
in viewing a very rich flat at the head
of the Indians reservasion being land of
the first quality cover'd in many places