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days waiting 6th 5th day Rose early got breakfast setof with a man that was going downthe river got 11m, met Joel Swain andan Indian with a canoe going coming for us we gotin with them and proceeded, about12 oclock stoped at Peter Sniders a whiteman his wife was taken captive when about 3 years old, has lived with the Indiansever since, and cannot talk any en glish, got some milk of them to eat withour bread, set off again got to Tunesassah 5 o clock 40m my dear B wasborning brush Wm at work with theplanes they all glad to see us and weto get home 7th6th day got to washing some of our dirty clothes, a great many of the na-tives coming to see us thro the courseof the day, Cornplanters sister saidshe was glad the good spirit hadbrought us safe on our long journey,which revived somthing endearing together with comfortable impressions andcaused the grateful returns of grati-tude so to enforce; that in the secret