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eighty miles down the River. but being informed on the way that the Mill was out of repair, I concluded to go to a mill about twenty miles further on the waters of French Creek, after getting the grinding done set out homeward of the being very rainy and disagree-able traveling: the most of the way the Indians had the fortune to kill a very large Bear. As he was crossing the River, which afforded us plenty of good meat on the journey. The 6th of 5 mo We arrived at Cornplanters Village having travelled about 200 miles in the whole rout and lodged five or six nights in the woods on the banks of the River 7th Mo 18th Received two Letters from friends in Philadelphia one directed to the Seneca Indians of Allegany, the other to the Munceys at Cattenaugus respecting the late difficulty that subsisted between them on account of supposed witchcraft also two from the Go-verner of Pennsylvania directed to the above mentioned Indians on the same subjuect.