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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Some Account of Rachel Coope (Journal B)

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Mahantango Mountain, ½ an hour took us
over, we then crossed Mahantango Creek
over a high Frame Bridge, this is a longer
stream, we were then a little surprised
with the Road turning so much easterly,
but we found it was to lead us through
a gap in a Mountain, we have had a num-
ber of such gaps to go through between
great Mountains, indeed for many miles
back there is a very little but Mountains.
we got to a Dutch house a while before
night, 10 miles, but every thing looked
so dirty, that with their leave, we prepar-
ed out of the Waggon, our own Supper
and went to bed, but there was our
greatest mortification, we had not
been long in bed, before the Landlady, sent
two Men who were travelers into
our Room to lodge in another Bed,
My Husband and Wm sleeping in the
Waggon as usual, we lay very quiet
and rose before day. 30 miles

25 7th day

had a very rough Road 4 miles to
Hoonston’s Tavern, where we wished
to have gotten last evening, we then
crossed green Briar Creek & passed along