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White. They have laid out a Six Rod Road from the Lake for a considerable distance back, by which the buildings the Houses stand; there’s now 25 frame besides several log houses Erected, here stands their Courthouse. This is called Ontario County. having put up at a public house &; got Dinner, went to Israel Chaping’s to learn whether the Indians further West were dispos'd to receive friends offers. We find him not to live in Opulence not even equal to what we had expected, but he has a appears a sober discreet well behaved person &; informed Us that Indians generally favor'd our Offers; Cornplanter was the only tribe who favored our settling with them as after after a short opportunity, concluded we would leave this business for a few days and recruit our selves among our friends at Mud Creek &; Horses in Company with our friend Joshua Evans (who now had now come to the end of his Journey, (having now come to us again he having found Just at our first coming to the Lake about three miles back had found one of those friends he came to this Country to see his name William Ingle) we mounted our Horses for Mudd Creek having for our pilot Jared Comstock who was in Town, son of Nathan Comstock The place where we propos'd going to in about five miles on the way parted, J.P. &; I.R. went to Jacob Smith’s the other three of Us kept with our Pilot &; in five miles more got to his father’s after Riding from Canadarkway 10 miles &; nearly as bad road as we have found in this Country. Thirteenth. After breakfast, the friend Jared Comstock our Pilot walk'd with Us to Abraham Lapham’s about three miles distance where we was kindly received by himself &; wife as we were at the friends where we staid last Night who land