the cause of the Womens being there:
but said they had met there for a frolic, and
to drink Whiskey, but as far
as we could dis-
cover -cover neither their conduct, nor
Countenances answered
this description.
This day near 12 OClock while I was writing
a letter to my Dear Wife and Family, Corn-
-planters wife with
an expression of Joy on
her Countenance came into our appart-
-ment,
and pointing with her hand down
the River
expressed as plain as she could,
Canoe, Canoe, it struck us immeadi-
-ately that our Boat was a coming, --
which was agreeable news
to us we went
directly to the River side, but not
observing it any where in view,
she
pointed with her hand across a bottom
is so sensible a manner,
that it left no
remaining doubt she but she had seen
it, in
a little time the Boat came
safely along by the side of the Town
the arrival of which was heartily
welcomed, both by us, and the Indians
many of the latter gathering around the Shore, hav-
-ing never seen such a boat before, most of them being