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John Peirce Notes, on a visit to Several Tribes of Indians, 1796

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House on the Outside, but within, in most respects, below indifferent; from our last10. Stage 10 Miles. 10th. Crossed the River in a9. Boat, and rode about 9 Miles to Breakfast: here, and for Some Miles back, the fertile Flats are much wider than they were for Some Distance, where we rode yesterday morning: In the Course of this Stage, riding up the River, and ob-serving the fertility of the Land, and particularly that of the