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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Notes of a Journey taken by Elisha Tyson and James Gillingham on a Visit to some Indians in the neighbourhood of Fort Wayne

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5th we set out early Jonathan Wright
accompanied us to Vanmetres about 14
Miles we dined at Vanmetres & then rode
to Seth Smiths 14 miles where we put up
for the Night the land in this days rout
generally good tho' some of it too flat
much of it I suppose to be of the first quality-

6th. we set out early again & rode to S. Davis's
10 miles where we Breakfasted much bad roads
this morning we Crossed Lees Creek & the
Rattlesnake Fork of paint yesterday.
this Morning 4-1/2 Miles completed we
crossed Paint Creek both considerable
Streams the Land this morning between
Smiths & Davis's mostly indifferent
we passed very near Lees Creek meeting house
yesterday & also near William Luptons
Saw Mill we continued on about 7
miles where we fed our Horses and then
Proceeded to Chilocotha the Land [delete]
for 5 or 6 Miles toward Chilacotha is
of the first Quality