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Joshua Sharpless's Journal Into Indian Country, 1798

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profession they are makeing, which I trust is in a good degree the situation of a few friends here, they having been strengthd since we were here last fall to hold Meetings twice a Week; often m more than 30 meeting on the fist day, and half that number on a Week day, attending About one O Clock we parted with our kind friends here and set of for Oneida Caleb Macumber putting us on our way 9 miles throug a country pretty thick set- -tled, particularly on Mud Creek down which >the waters of which we went, down for several miles after parting with him we went for 6 or more miles, we went through good Land, unimproved to the outlet of Ca- nandarque lake a smart stream, which we crossed here was one or two more settlements, thence to Flint Creek 4 miles through as good Land to appearance as any we have rod[e] through over with plenty of fine limestone all unimproved, here was a sawmill, that did a great deal of Business on a said large stream, which stream we Crossed the Creek on a bridge, thence 3 miles to one Woodhulls a privet house, tho some