CHAPTER IT. 



FACE OF THE COUNTRY 



The first bottom above the first fork of Pine Creek 

 is one and a half miles long, and is called the Fork 

 bottom. On the east side of the creek, there is a 

 mountain about a mile and a half high, presenting a 

 perpendicular, rocky side along the river, from 

 twenty to thirty feet high. On the west side of the 

 creek is a bottom a mile long, called the Pine bottom. 

 At the head of the Pine Bottom is a steep mountain. 

 On the west side also was a creek about five miles 

 long. Up this little creek was a favorite resort for 

 game, such as bears, panthers, and deer. The first 

 three miles from the mouth of the creek, the country 

 is very rough, making a fit place for the abode of 

 bears and panthers. This creek heads in a yellow 

 pine plain, where there are large quantities of iron 

 ore, and some suppose that stone coal is deposited 

 there. A furnace to work the ore was built in 1812. 

 The ore proved good, but the furnace went down in 

 two years, in consequence of boing too far from a 

 farming country. Crossing over, you arrived at a 

 small bottom, called Hamilton's. Proceeding on 

 you arrived at Black Walnut Bottom. We then 



