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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Visit to Oneida and Other Tribes of Indians

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dwelling House; A Hill
which laid in the Northwest
Angle, formed by the Meeting of the North River &
Cats.Kill Creek which raised,
as I supposed from 100 to 150
feet of perpendicular Height,
from the Bed of said Waters, three
Days since, broke near the Extre-
mity of the Ellivation; and one
part of it sunk almost perpen-
dicularly down between 50 &
60 feet, next adjoining the great-
est Elevation, and gradually up
toward the Declivity of
the Hill, leaving the ground
almost level; the Quantity
moved was about two Acres; we
walked over the Ground, and