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Town is laid out on a piece of Land belonging to the State of Pennsylvania at this place we met with a company of Indians some of whom were much intoxicated and appeared miserably dirty and frightfull, having large loops cut in their Ears and chunks of lead hanging to them to stretch them down, here we stayed all night it being the end of our pilots journey and about 60 Miles from Ft. Franklin, 17 of the Month employed one of the aforsaid Indians to pilot us to Cornplanters Village about 15 Miles, found the road extremely difficult on account of old longs and trees lying down, about 2 o clock in the afternoon we arrived at Genusshadega where we were surrounded by a company of Indians who in a friendly manner came and shook hands and appeared to give us a hearty welcome, amongst whom was Cornplanter the principal Chief, who in a friendly manner conducted us to his House where we informed him that we were Quakers and had come a great distance to see the Indians, he made answer and said he had heard of our coming and that he was glad and thankful to the Great Spirit for our safe