us, to carry, without detention, ourselves
and horses to the Genesee River, and to
turn back 12 miles felt unpleasant, how
-ever, thought best to stay till towards
evening to see if their would be any
change in the Water, and in about
3 or 4 hours there came up a Company
of Men who had been out a surveying
they had a number of axes with them
and we went down the streem about
half a Mile, where it was divided into
four branches streams having small Islands
between, and here, tho they water ran surpris
-ingly swift, and the bottom unknown
yet we thought best to try to get over
the Men with Axes fell Trees across
which would reach at these from Island to Islands
and explored the banks and Depth
of the Streams at the Opposite side, we
attempted and through mercy got all
safe over, for which favour we felt
humblingly thankful, we then tra
veled on, making no less a band than