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of the villages down the River --- 19th The Morning fair about seven Oclock we took leave of our friends at Tunesassa and set out for Cataraugus Jacob Taylor accompanying us -- We rode up the river to Tusquirewuhty valley near to the upper settlement of Indians &; as we past along a number of them came out to bid us farewell - &; many of them were at work in the woods mauling rails Clearing Land &;c -- We also saw a number of large Cornfields we had not observ'd on our way down the River -- &; several houses Building -- John Peirce (whose Indian name is Tus,sky) is building a house at the Cold Spring of an elegant construction being two stories high - weather boarded on the outside &; intended to be seald within -- John Bell is employ'd in doing the Carpen- ter work for him &; in his speech to us at the Counsel the 16th instant he told us "that he had a job of work in hands now with which he thought the great Spirit would be well pleas'd" -- Leaveing the Allegany River we rode up this valley on a new road cut by the holland Company