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and appeared pleased with the charge assigned him 15 miles 17 A pleasant day, set off with our Indian guide he could not talk English, nor understand any that we knew of, in less than 2 miles we Crossed the Conowanga a beautiful Stream, which flowed along with a gentle Current, we thought it was nearly as large as French Creek, for about two miles after we crossed this Water, our the land was good, but from thence to the Allegeny Rive[r] perhaps 8 miles, we had a rough Mountainous Country, and I think much of it a poor thin Soil, we had with a number of very steep hills to Ascend and descend, our road was better Calculated for an Indian pat[h] than traveling on horseback. we had there was a great abundance of Windfall timber to cross, we thought on an averidge, one or more for every two perch, some we could get round, and others we jumped our horses over. When we arrived on the River we stopped a while to let our horses eat grass, there being a great plenty on some of its bottoms, which was a pleasing sight, and had a tendency to re- -move some fears, which attended when in the naked Woods where no grass was to be seen, that our