and appeared pleased with the charge
assigned him 15 miles

A pleasant day, set off with our Indian guide
he could not talk English, nor understand
any that we knew of, in less than 2 miles
we Crossed the Conowanga a beautiful
Stream, which flowed along with a gentle
Current, we thought it was nearly as
large as French Creek, for about two miles
after we crossed this Water, our the land was
good, but from thence to the Allegeny Rive[r]
perhaps 8 miles, we had a rough Mountainous
Country, and I think much of it a poor
thin Soil, we had with a number of very steep
hills to Ascend and descend, our road
was better Calculated for an Indian pat[h]
than traveling on horseback. we had there was a
great abundance of Windfall timber to
cross, we thought on an averidge, one or
more for every two perch, some we could
get round, and others we jumped our horses over. When
we arrived on the River we stopped a while
to let our horses eat grass, there being a great
plenty on some of its bottoms, which was
a pleasing sight, and had a tendency to re-
-move some fears, which attended when in the naked Woods
where no grass was to be seen, that our