two of us waited on Captain Fowler

, and
presented General Wilkinson’s letter, which
upon his reading, he manifested great respect
and a full disposition to comply with its
contents, he kindly invited us to come
and take breakfast with him tomorrow
morning 35 miles

14

This morning we breakfasted with the Cap-
-tain

agreeably to his request, and got of
him 4 Bushels of Corn ½ a £ of flour and 2
Quarts of Salt, the Corn to feed our horses with,
through the Wildnerness, and the flour &c:
to take to the Indian Village, and Joseph
Johnson a Surveyor to the Holland Company
who was going to the mouth of Conowanga, within
15 miles of Cornplanter’s Village, he agreed
to pilot us thither, and procure us a guide we
from that place to the Village. after getting
our dinner at the Tavern where we put up
last evening, we took our departure, being
willing to leave this dear place, having had
to pay 3/ a meal for Victuals, 4/ a night
for each of our horses for at very Coarse hay
15/ a bushel for Corn, and Yesterday we had
to pay as high as 15/ a bushel for Oates.