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with a prospect that their Labours among this people was under the direction of best wisdom and the concern own'd by him who hath called them to the work ---- Just before dinner Cornplanter came to see us and said he was glad to hear of our Arival. He knew me and enquir'd after my family - I gave several friends love to him who had sent it by me, among the rest John Parrish who he was wellpleas'd to hear from and enquir'd particularly whe- ther the Old Man was yet able to ride about - he din'd with us had a good deal of conversa- tion &; said he would meet us in counsel tomorrow... In the afternoon most of our Company took a walk thro' part of the Adjacent woods intended to be included in the survey of this farm, and ascended a mountain on the South side of the Farm (call'd the South Mountain) nearly to the top with considerable difficulty, climbing over abundance of logs then overgrown with Briars and Bushes -- from the