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vein of land about one mile in width, the sur-face of which is covered with small flint stones, and which we are told extends for several miles.On examining these flints, we found them of excellent quality. Here the Indians supply themselves with flints for their guns and for other purposes, and here formerly they procured their darts. It has cer-tainly been a place abundantly resorted to from time immemorial. This is evident from the sur-face of the ground being dug in holes of two and three feet in depth, over nearly the whole tract. This flinty vein is called by the Indians Father Flint. They have a tradition concerning its origin which is very incredible. From this we proceeded, and after riding two miles, reached the place proposed by the Indians. This place is thirty-two miles rather south of west from Fort Wayne, and is situated on the Wabash, at a place called the Boat-yard, which name it obtained from the circumstance of General Wilkinson having built some flat, bottomed boats here, for the purpose of tran-sporting some of the baggage of the American troops down the river. It was formerly the seat of an Indian town of the Delawares, and we are pleased to find there are about twenty-five acres of land clear. The Wabash here makes a beau-tiful appearance, and is about sixty yards wide. A little above is an island in the river, on one side of which the water runs with a strong cur-