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two of us waited on Captain Fowler, and presented General Wilkinson’s letter, which upon his reading, he manifested great respect and a full disposition to comply with its contents, he kindly invited us to come and take breakfast with him tomorrow morning 35 miles 14 This morning we breakfasted with the Cap- -tain agreeably to his request, and got of him 4 Bushels of Corn ½ a £ of flour and 2 Quarts of Salt, the Corn to feed our horses with, through the Wildnerness, and the flour &;c: to take to the Indian Village, and Joseph Johnson a Surveyor to the Holland Company who was going to the mouth of Conowanga, within 15 miles of Cornplanter’s Village, he agreed to pilot us thither, and procure us a guide we from that place to the Village. after getting our dinner at the Tavern where we put up last evening, we took our departure, being willing to leave this dear place, having had to pay 3/ a meal for Victuals, 4/ a night for each of our horses for at very Coarse hay 15/ a bushel for Corn, and Yesterday we had to pay as high as 15/ a bushel for Oates.