Chapter X.
Buffalo Town--Fenning's Tavern--Falls of Niagara--
Black Creek--Fort Erie--Batavia--Vandeventer's
Inn--Ganser's Tavern--Lake Seneca. Tiaga Point--
Eldridge's Tavern--Elkland's--Muncy--Cattawessy--
Roaring Creek--Maiden Creek--Bethlehem--Falmouth
--Merion.

29th, of 11th Month, 1805.

In riding along yes-
terday, a few miles from Buffalo Creek, I thought
I could very distinctly hear the noise of the Falls
of Niagara, although then about 24 miles from
that stupendous cataract. The distance at which
the people in these parts say the Falls may be
heard, when the wind and other concurring cir-
cumstances are favourable, is almost incredible. I
met with a reputable looking family, driving a team
of our fine oxen upon the road, who told me,
with all the gravity of a man speaking the truth,
that he sometimes heard them very plainly at his
residence, 40 miles distant from them; when
the wind was favourable, or the air calm and
serene. Last night I came to Crow's tavern in
Buffalo Town

, on Buffalo Creek, just upon its
outlet into Lake Erie. Crow, the keeper of this
inn, told me that in cold weather, or when the wind
suited, the noise of the Falls was generally heard
in Buffalo; which is a distance of 20 miles from
them. In this place is commonly a number of
Indians, many of them being settled in the neigh-
bourhood, some of whom are accounted clever