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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Journey into Indian Country

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Corn, Mowing ground &c. with a con-
-siderable number of Cattle, and some hor-
-ses, Sheep, and Swine, which made a
pretty Clever appearance: but on arriv-
-ing at the Stockbridge Settlement, the
prospect of their improvement was
more delightful, the have a large
Street between two and three miles in
length, which Ascends up the middle of a valley
one mile or more in Width, on each
side of this street their houses are erect-
-ed 20 or 30 pearches from each other, the
Land on this Street is mostly cleared, and
fenced off in small Lots, which lots were in
with Wheat, Corn, Grass for Mowing, or
for pasture: It is about nine years
since they settled here in the Woods,
their first houses are mostly small, and
poor, some of them have latterly put up
pretty good houses, and others are pre-
paring for it. The have pretty good
Gardens near their doors, and consi-
-derable Stock, of horses, and Oxen, Cows, and
Swine, with some Sheep. On the East