153 



certain, if she was far led out of the way, 

 she would never see a human creature — 

 During this soliloquy, abeautiful bird passed 

 close by her, fluttering along the ground, 

 and went out of sight up one of the valleys. 

 This drew her attention, and ^ whilst con- 

 sidering what it might mean ) another bird 

 of the same appearance in like manner 

 fluttered past her, and took the same valley 

 the other had done. This determined her 

 choice of the way - y and in two days, which 

 was on the 1 J th day of August, she reach- 

 ed that settlement on Clinch called New- 

 Garden ; whereas (she is since informed 

 by woodmen) had she taken the other 

 valley, it would have led her back towards 

 the Ohio. Mrs. Scott relates, that the 

 Indians told her, that the party was com- 

 posed of four different nations, two of whom 

 she thinks they named Delawares and 

 Mingoes. 



" She further relates, that during her wan- 

 dering, from the l oth of July to the l l th of 

 August, she had no other subsistence but 



