5 miles past grown up with herbage of
different kinds very thick, and near thre[e]
feet high, we stopped at a house in this Village
got our & Breakfasted on our own provision. The
Town and pasture land was enclosed in
a lot of perhaps 12 or more acres which look
-ed Clean and pretty, having very good pasture
in the enclosure, where were several horses, Cows and
and swine. their houses looked pretty snug,
perhaps 18 or 20 in number; their Corn land
was down towards the River, the plant it
without any inclosure, keeping their stock
in the lot. The house we went into had
a large quantity of Corn hanging up in it,
considerably more than I saw all the time
I was at allegeny, and upon enquiring, we
understood they sell many bushels every
year to the White People, their Vicinity to
lake Erie, makes it easy conveying it down
the River there, and then it goes by Water to
new settled Countries, we were informed it
was as low as 4 or 5 shillings per Bushel,
which is low cheap for a new Country, we found
in Canada

and other placed Corn Rated at
a dollar per Bushel -- Most of the principal
Men in the Village and others gathered