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away, they would return in three or four days. Then 

 they would go to the highlands, in the beech and 

 maple woods, where the feed was more tender and 

 budding. They would keep near the salt licks in 

 large droves : sometimes as many as forty could be 

 seen together near a lick. I have endeavored to 

 show how far the elk went east from Pine Creek. 

 We will commence at Trout Kun, and endeavor to 

 describe the face of the country on the west side. 

 The first Bottom above Trout Run on the west side 

 is called Trout Run Bottom. The next is a mile 

 and a half in length, called Sugar Bottom. Pro- 

 ceeding on, we arrive at Ned Huff's Bottom, at the 

 head of which comes in a large creek, twelve miles 

 long, called Ned Huff's Run. At the foot of Ned 

 Huffs Bottom was a favorite crossing for bears'. I 

 have described the number of crossing places which 

 were necessary in consequence of the hills putting 

 in on both sides. In traveling up or down the 

 stream on foot or horseback, we had to cross from 

 bottom to bottom, and keep up the beach of the 

 river, there being no road, the mountains put in so 

 steep. In summer, when the water was very low, 

 we could sometimes pass two or three of these bluff 

 points by picking our way in the shallow water and 

 on the stones. When the water was unusually high 

 there was great danger from rattlesnakes which lay 

 among the rocks. Each family possessed a canoe, 

 and when the water was not too low we traveled in 

 them up and down the river. During the winter 

 when the streams were frozen, we traveled in sleighs 



