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The following are some of the principal runways for 

 bears and elk. From Ned Huff's Creek to the head 

 of Long Bottom was a great runway for bears. From 

 the head of Long Bottom to Cedar Run, which came 

 in on the west side of Pine Creek, was three quar- 

 ters of a mile. At its mouth were perpendicular 

 rocks, from fifty to two hundred feet high, hanging 

 directly over the creek. Ihe nooks between the 

 rocks were not more than four or five rods wide. 

 On the lower side of the creek were rocks from 

 thirty to forty feet high. Cedar Creek was thirteen 

 or fourteen miles long. About seven miles up the 

 creek was a fork called the West Branch, which, 

 headed toward Kettle Creek. Another branch 

 called Tawnerstock Branch, headed a northeast 

 course against Round Island. The elk would fre- 

 quently go from the west side of Pine Creek to the 

 Round Islands to drink and eat moss. "When at 

 the Creek they were on the the trail that came from 

 the Tioga River. They would leave Pine Creek and 

 and travel west to the Tawnerstock Branch, then to 

 the head waters of Kettle Creek, and thence to Sine- 

 m-ahoning, the greatest elk county known. The 

 train continues from Sinemahoning on to the head 

 waters of the Allegany River. The first of the head 

 waters of the Allegany on the elk trail was called 

 Potato Creek. The trail went still west to Stump 

 Creek. On the head waters of Stump Creek were 

 large numbers of elk, bears and deer. Stump Creek 

 runs into the Allegany River eighty miles above 

 Pittsburgh. Then the elk country and trail continues 



