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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Account of a visit paid to the Indians in New York State

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on the bank of said river 41 miles.

7th

A pleasant day; went to my
kinsman Reese Cadwallader’s near
Brown’s Ville on Monongahala; we
crossed Yoxhiogeny in a boat, it was
about 6 feet deep and perhaps 150
yards wide. In about half a mile after
we crossed the river we passed by a
merchant mill erected on a very curious
seal, the stream was small but had
a natural perpendicular fall over a
broad rock (which lay horizontal)
of 28 feet, the Mill was erected
close to this rock which formed a
level yard to the upper door;
under said rock was a cavity or hol-
low place 12 feet high, and nearly
as far back, which ran all across
the stream, over which the water
beautifully descended. From