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on the ground, having the marks of the tomahawk and scalping knife evidently upon them. One of our party brought a skull along with him. The land as we came up the river, appears rich. The river about one hundred feet wide, and exceedingly crooked, much resembling a worm fence — the reaches about fifty perches long. The country very little settled. We dined in the woods, on the bank of the stream. The timber very large, — sugar trees are here in abundance — also buttonwood and white walnut of large size. Here, and for thirty miles below, hills and mountains quite disappear. The land on the dividing ridge, stony and thin, much covered with pitch pine. But when the earth shall disclose her blood, and no more cover her slain, a tremendous account must be settled, for the blood shed on the banks of the Mohawk. One skeleton, and a gun by his side, is said to have been harrowed up a few days past — the remains of a beaver hat, decayed stockings, &;c. 16th. It took up this day to get the boats and bag-gage across the carrying place, one mile, to Woodcreek, a small stream about ten yards wide, and very shoal. Five of our company, on the morning of the 17th, took wagon, and proceeded down Wood creek by land. But such a ride I never had before. Pole bridges, slotches of mud and water, and short nob hills, sometimes one side, then another, like to over-set; and the wagon very shackling, made the tour very disagreeable. However, in about three hours, we arrived at Captain Ranney's, at the junction of Canada creek. The whole of the eight miles, a dreary hemlock and beech wilderness, without in-habitant that I saw, except musquetoes in thousands.