any inclosure, keeping their stock
in the lot. The house we
went into had a large quantity
of corn hanging up in it consid-
erably more than I saw all the
time I was at Alleghany; & upon
enquiry we understood they sell
many bushels every year to the
white people; their vicinity o
lake Erie makes it easy convey-
ing it down the river there, &
then it goes by water to new
settled countries; we were informd
it was as low as 4 or 5 shillings per
bushel, which is cheap for a new
country. We found in Canada
& other places corn rated at a dollar
per bushel. Most of the principal
men in the village & others gather’d
into the house where we were, &