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of improvements, you 8 miles; and where the road or pathway turned off for New Stockbridge, we very opportunely met with a drunken Indian, who acknowledged us for Brothers with a very good will, and undertook to guide us thro' the thick woods with which this Settlement is surround. We came to the first houses near night, where the Young Men where drawn up in Indian stile, stooting at a mark, and Men Women an Children looking on received us with stoical indifference. The main Settlement being 3 miles further we invited ourselves in, asked for supper, and merrily helped ourselves, with wooden ladles, and pewter spoons, out of a large dish of milk and cold mush baked almost to the consistency of bread. This done we made our beds upon the floor, and slept till the pigs roused us, in the morning, by grunting about us with all the familiarity of messmates, impatient for breakfast.Continue at the bottom of the 5th pa. 20 or 30 miles from Schenectady, passed by the old Mansion House of Sir William Johnson, remarkable for being flanked with wings, one of which has an arched roof. The famous Hall