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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Some Account of Rachel Coope (Journal B)

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which was a very good relish for our
Coffee that we had prepared for our
Dinner, we now got to unloading
our Waggon, and packing up our
goods suitable to be carried on horse-
back, we laped up one Bed in the
Waggon Cover, which Cover served us
for a Tent the two nights we lodged in
the Woods, we sewed up a sheet and
and filled it and a Bag with Clooth-
ing &c and after other arangments
the day was so far spend, we conclud-
ed to stay all night, we got supper,
put some Bread to rise, and went
to Bed.

31 st 6th day

a Clear Cold Morning, very
white frost, some Clothes I washed
last night were frozen stiff, baked
Bread, got Breakfast, and after load-
ing our Horses, about 9 OClock set out
on our Journey pretty chearful, tho we stoutly
loaded on three Horses, yet we were
Oblidged to leave behind us one Bed
and two large Trunks, hoping to get
them along sometime this summer,
We presently had Pine Creekto Cross
which our Landlady, put Cousin and