50 on their Reservation which is very Rich Land
& well Timberd but (as if it were designd for
Indians who have not yet learnd to labour there
are many hundred Acres of Flats without a Tree,
being coverd with Fern, Wild Grass, Strawbery
vines (which in their season [been?] abundantly) and
rich herbage in some place as high as our heads
on Horseback- the soil is black when wet &
new when Dry resembling Ashes- the Timber ad
joining & bordering on it White & blk oak- black
Walnut, Sugar Maple &c. - on the open Plains
were many Houses feeding, belonging to the Indians
in about 5 miles riding we came to the Village
of the Muncy Indians

, who are a part of the
Delaware Tribe & about 152 in number
the Cataraagas settlement of Senecas is about
one mile further & they are about 250 Persons
We stopd at the House of the Chief Warrior
named Wyundegohta whose store House we
found pretty well supplied with wheat, oats,
old corn&some of his Warrior employed in shilg
new corn which they had previously parched-
this is to be dried in the sun & as wanted for
use, to be pounded & mixed with sugar, and is
an excellent nutritious & portable food for tra
velling- We here saw many Ornaments in
their Way. One Head Dress made with long Fea
thers wrapd on the sides of the Head with white
skin of some animal ornamented with the
skin of a Drakes Head in spots. the Feather
part stuck out behind being highly coloured,
& over the Forehead was the Head & beak of
a Bird (perhaps a Raven) on each side of
which from the Eye was a Tuft of long Crim