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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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the fall about 6-1/2 Feet he said he had
another above with a Saw mill erected &
one still higher up being about 4 Miles
from the Mouth of the Creek where there
was about 20 Feet fall where he proposed
erecting a Furnace his property here ap-
-pears to be very valuable but it will re-
-quire an immense sum of money to im-
-prove it to advantage where his resources
are commensurate for that purpose I must
leave -- we returned to Zanesville & Dined
& then set out & rode about 16 miles
where we Lodged at Spears Tavern

11th we set out early & rode about 7 miles
to Wills Creek where we Breakfasted &
then rode to Washington about 10 miles
where we dined the weather excessively
hot. Rain coming on we were in doubt
whether to move or stay but a township
Election being held for Choosing Justices
& the people beginning to drink Whiskey
& talk loud we decamped & rode