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-bourhood, neither have I seen any since we left Pittsburgh. Oyl Creek is so named from an Oyly substance that is gathered of its water either from Springs that rises near its mar -gin, or from off the stream in different pla- -ces, we were informed that one man gather -ed three Barrels last year, and which he sold it at Pitts-Burgh for four dollars Per Gallon, it is called Seneca Oyl, and is in great demand as medicine. 15 A large White frost which has been the si- -tuation of the last 5 or 6 mornings, set of for Broken Straw a large water. about two miles of very good land down the waters of Oyl Creek we then entered a White Pine Forrest, being the first worth noting since we Crossed the Mountains. here the the Holland Company is erecting a Grist Mill, a Sawmill being already put up, though there are but few houses within 20 miles. we have had a cut road ever since we left Pittsburgh to this place, which now ending, we entered the Wilderness with -out any path, a number of trees being mar marked last fall, they were now to be our guide; it was a thick wood we had to pass through, with a great quantity of brush, and young stuff in the way, our Journey this day was truly wild and romantic, having a