and the night being cold, and the Cabin
very open, we often had to rise to mend
our fire. 24 miles

16

Set of for the Mouth of Conowango, went
7 miles down the Eastside of Brokenstraw
to the Allegeny River, the bottoms on the
Creek was rich, and beautifully coated
over with a luxuriant vegetation, and
loaded with lofty Pines, Sugar trees, White
Walnut, Buttonwood &c, here we saw several
Sugar Camps erected by the Indians, where
they come in the Season to make Sugar, tho
more than 20 miles from their Village, but
we found when amongst them that they have
plenty of good Canoes, so that the could with
great facility convey their Kettles &c for
making Sugar, down the River and up this
Creek, we passed by two or more Cabins Settlements
as of white people as as we went down this Creek to the River,
but saw none after we turned up the River
to the mouth of Conowanga, where we arrived
about noon, it is called 18 miles from this plac[e]
to Cornplanter’s Village

, and a very rough
road, so that we agreed to stay here until
morning, there being pretty plenty of
pasture for our horses, and a good house
for ourselves to Quarter in, though we had to find our own provision and sleep on the floor near the mouth