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Beyond Penn's Treaty

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

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vegetation and loaded with lofty
pines, sugar trees, white walnut, button
wood & c. Here we saw several sugar
camps erected by the Indians wher
they come in the season to make su
gar, tho more than 20 miles from
their village but we found when a
mongst them they had plenty of good
causes, so that they with great facility
convey their kettles & c. for making
sugar down the river and up this
creek. We passed by two or more cabins
of white people as we went down this
creek but saw none after we turned up
the river to the mouth of Conowongo
where we arrived about noon; it is
called 18 miles from this place to Corn
planters Village
and a very rough
road so that we agreed to stay until
morning, there being pretty plenty,