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In the afternoon we, (that is Joshua Sharp-less and John Pierce) went about a mileup the river, in order to view a smallcreek, that we were informed of, as mostlikely to afford a millseat: we went aconsiderable distance up the creek, fountit had plenty of fall, and appeared tohave a sufficiency of water, with a goodbank and place for a mill, much out ofthe way of floods, which are sometimesgreat in this river, and at the same timeso that canoes might come up a short dis-tance to the mill; but against these advan-tages, there are some disadvantages in regard togetting the water where we want it. Millseatsare very scarce in this reservation, we have yetseen none excepting the above worth building upon. 2nd 7th day This day our young men got to theircleaning again, and have about 1 1/2 acres readyfor the plough. We were easy to agree tospending some days at this place, and tofeel, and sympathize with our friends undertheir various trials: and notwithstandingwe had no power from our friends at home relative to things here. We believed the ur-gency of the occasion would justify us in