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person, and had heard of none to be purchasedin this country though we had made considerable inquiry. When inquiring for bacon at Pittsburghwe were told it was not necessary to carry meathere, for there was plenty in this place; howeverwe thought it not best to trust to an uncertainty, and have therefore 120 lbs of bacon coming up in theboat, We have only obtained one pound of driedmeat, and the venison above spoken of sincebeing here. About 4 in the afternoon, three of our company, together with the aforesaid Indian, set off ina canoe for Cornplanters village, leaving two ofour young men to take care of our horses, house &;c.and come down on horse-back in the morning. Sometime after we arrived the Indian whoaccompanied us, handed Cornplanter the moneywe had given him for the meat, saying somethingto him in their own language, and in a few minutesHenry O'Neal (some write it Obeal) informed us that hesaid he intended to give us the meat, that he was notwilling to take any pay for it, but could not makeus understand him: therefore he had broughtthe money along in order to give it back to us. We received the money, expressed our ap-preciation of his kindness, and presented himwith the same price for his trouble in bring-