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Joshua Sharpless's Journal Into Indian Country, 1798

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Closely to consider the subject it this Evening 16 Having attended to Cornplanters re- -quest, of last evening, I felt my Mind this Morning easy to move homewards, but upon mentioning it to my Companion he said he did not witness that clear- -ness to set out he wished to experience yet condescended if I thought best of letting the Chief know, that upon weighing his request in the best man- -ner we could, We felt easy to move homewards this morning; this infor- -mation was given him by walking down to his encampment, he with a number of others pretty soon came up to our lodgings, and let us know, he was sorry we could not make our Minds easy to have stayed a few days longer, no ways doubting but Captain Chapin and others concerned would be here to day; but perhaps as we had been a considerable time fr from home, and living was expensive, we might be much run out of the means