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at the foot of this Mountain, where we Crossed it, being half a mile wide and 10 or 12 feet deep, this River is most in View from the Town, and the greatest place of trading, the Street next to sd River is beautifully Situated, being level; 50 or 60 feet wide, and elevated perhaps 50 feet above the Water, there are places for Waggons to go down, and a fine gravelly mar- -gin to drive on, the town when we were there was a place of great Concourse abundance of People take their depar- -ture from here to various parts of the Western, and Southwestern Territories, And up the big Bever, the Allegeny River, Friench French Creek to Casa- -waga, Presqueisle &;c. — It was the time of the supreme Court when we arrived here, and we had some fears whether we should get accommodations for ourselves and horses, but having before we Crossed the River enquired for the best Tavern; we were recommended to the Greentree near the River, where upon our arrival after some