with difficulty keep our Horses in
ascending & Descending - several times
we have forded the Allegany

- the Sand
for the most part level & little or no store
& generally good but the edge of one
Mountain which we passd over
was strong. The Timber, white Pine,
White Oak & Sugar Maple principally-
about Noon we put on at Peter Snyder
& obtaind some Corn for our Horses of
an Indian Woman who livd Close by- some
Crackers & Cheese brot by Amos Lea servd
for our repast which being over we
mounted our Horses & being now on better ground on the
Indian reservation & among the settlers
the Path was more Cleard & good trave
lling. we had an Old White man for
our Guide whom we met with at Adam
Hoops's & am Old Indian who had waited
at Francis Kings, [beasing?] that we were
expected, - his name, Joshua - after
twice more fording the Allegany &
passing thro