SW_Sutcliff_Page_151

Chapter X.Buffalo Town--Fenning's Tavern--Falls of Niagara--Black Creek--Fort Erie--Batavia--Vandeventer's Inn--Ganser's Tavern--Lake Seneca. Tiaga Point--Eldridge's Tavern--Elkland's--Muncy--Cattawessy-- Roaring Creek--Maiden Creek--Bethlehem--Falmouth--Merion. 29th, of 11th Month, 1805. In riding along yes- terday, a few miles from Buffalo Creek, I thought I could very distinctly hear the noise of the Falls of Niagara, although then about 24 miles from that stupendous cataract. The distance at which the people in these parts say the Falls may be heard, when the wind and other concurring cir-cumstances are favourable, is almost incredible. I met with a reputable looking family, driving a team of our fine oxen upon the road, who told me, with all the gravity of a man speaking the truth, that he sometimes heard them very plainly at his residence, 40 miles distant from them; when the wind was favourable, or the air calm and serene. Last night I came to Crow's tavern in Buffalo Town, on Buffalo Creek, just upon its outlet into Lake Erie. Crow, the keeper of this inn, told me that in cold weather, or when the wind suited, the noise of the Falls was generally heard in Buffalo; which is a distance of 20 miles from them. In this place is commonly a number of Indians, many of them being settled in the neigh-bourhood, some of whom are accounted clever