and pretty, having very good pasture within
the enclosure. The house we went into had a
large quantity of corn hanging upon it; con-
siderably more than I saw all the time I was
at Alleghany

. We understood they sell
many bushels every year.

Most of the principal men in the village
and others gathered into the house where we
were, and a white man living amongst them
could interpret, we informed them of what
we had been doing at Cornplanters settlement

:
and of friends concern for the Indians in general;
with which they expressed their satisfaction: say-
ing they took it very kind that we had called to
see them, and to inform them of what we had
beeing doing at Jeniscatego, for they had heard some
thing about. We then shook hands and bade
them farewell.

In about 7 miles of a swampy
tedious road, we arrived at Lake Erie, and
enjoyed viewing this watery element as we
travelled along the beach to the mouth of
Buffalo, 29 miles. The prospect through
the remaining part of the day was pleasant,
rather heightened by our having been so long con-
fined in the woods.

On our left the surf rolled gently to
the shore two or three feet high: on our right