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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Journey into Indian Country

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at the foot of this Mountain, where we Crossed
it, being half a mile wide and 10 or 12 feet
deep, this River is most in View from the
Town, and the greatest place of trading,
the Street next to sd River is beautifully
Situated, being level; 50 or 60 feet wide,
and elevated perhaps 50 feet above
the Water, there are places for Waggons
to go down, and a fine gravelly mar-
-gin to drive on, the town when we
were there was a place of great Concourse
abundance of People take their depar-
-ture from here to various parts of the
Western, and Southwestern Territories,
And up the big Bever, the Allegeny
River, Friench French Creek to Casa-
-waga

, Presqueisle &c. — It was the time of
the supreme Court when we arrived here,
and we had some fears whether we should
get accommodations for ourselves and horses,
but having before we Crossed the River
enquired for the best Tavern; we were
recommended to the Greentree near the
River, where upon our arrival after some