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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Journey to Detroit

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at Mclntire's at the N.E. end of the Lake
where we got a little refreshment and then
proceeded on our way down the River, - about
one pass'd the Rapids of the Cedars, and
at 4 arrived at La Chine

, where we took
up our Quarters at Grants Tavern, & tarried
all Night

3rd.

Sent on two Carts with our Baggage
and about 9 A.M., in three Calathes, set
off for Montreal

, where we arrived in
about an hour & a half. - Distance from
Kingston to Montreal 200 miles - In the
afternoon that we left Kingston we run
about 30 miles before dark, and in all that
distance saw but very few settlements, the
Land appearing very rough and poor - the
next morning at day light, when we were
about 60 60 miles from Kingston, we found
the N.W. side of the River thickly inhabited,
which continued to be the case all the way
down to Lake St. Francis, the improvements
are new, and the inhabitants mostly Loyalists