son coloured Feathers. At the side of the Room
being a string of Half Moons of 4 in Number, all of Sil
ver, the largest (wh they said cost 6 Dollars) being on the
Top & so regularly becoming [On after?] as they went to
the bottom- on each was an ingraving of some bird
or animal- One pt of Musical Leg Ornaments com
posd of Dyed Feathers & worn in these Dances- a pair
of Mockasins richly wrought with Porcupine Quills
& tipd with a very great number of silver Quills
many other things rich in their way- The Sand
on which these two villages stand, perhaps 15
or 20 Acres in each is beautifully coverd
with white Clover, Green Grass &c. & if it
were inclosed & Kept up for Mowing we thought
would cut the first crop near two Tons per
acre. After stageing here a while & leaving it
with them to fix a time when to receive us
in Council we rode about two miles further
down the Cataraugus Creek

to see the Indians
corn & oats &c. the Crops are not very good
owing to several causes the principal are
poor cultivation, yet the Sand is superlatively
good- those Flatts, containing many Thou
sand Acres contain in their Bowels strong
months of being made Ground- as we rode
along the Creek on the opposite side an Island
is now forming, while the bank on which we were
is washing away & as the Depth of 10 or 12 feet
the Logs are sticking out of the Bank into the Creek
bearing the marks of having been there buried
for a long series of years- On returning to the