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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Journal, Visit to Indians in New York State, v.1

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the Mountain's Top in a great heighth from
the bottom of the Vale--it is calld 20
Miles from Gilberts

, where we break
fasted, to Drexlers where we arrivd ab.
1/2 past 12 & dind on our own pro
vision--Drexler furnished oats for our Hor
ses--when they done feedg we
ascended the little Mountain (so calld)
but we all thought much the highest
& steepest we had traveld over--it was
extremely Rocky yet Adornd with an
abundance of Flowers Huckelberrys &c
we soon crossd the head Waters of Cat
tawessa
Creek &
a few miles from there Roaring Creek &
meetg House
--in 5 or 6 miles fur
ther after crossg Cattawessy Mountain
we reached Cattawessa. over
the Waters of which they have
lately Built a New Bridge, coverd
in from the Weather. The Peach
es in the neighbourhood look
very healthy but the Peaches