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22d. This day rode twenty-three miles, and lodged at Sewell's Cabin,-a day of snow and rain. We crossed the ridge which divides the waters of the Scioto from those of the Little Miami river. Passed several of the head branches of the latter, as also a considerable creek called the East Fork of the Little Miami. On one of the bottoms of the creek we noticed a fortification. The bank cast up around was about four feet high. We also observed within a few rods several mounds. It is truly a beautiful country through which we have passed to-day; the land is level, covered with lofty timber, and the soil very rich, scarcely a settlement yet made. 23d. Continued our journey, and after riding fourteen miles, reached the house of Samuel Linton, at Wainsville, upon the Little Miami river, where we were kindly received. At this place we rested ourselves and horses, acquired information respecting our future route, and equipped ourselves for the increasing difficulties of the wilderness. The settlement made here is composed cheifly of Friends; about thirty families reside in this neighborhood. A Monthly Meeting is held here called Miami Monthly Meeting, to which about thirty families more belong who are scat-tered over an extensive tract of country. Our attention was attracted to-day by the ap-pearance of the stone, not only in the beds of