arrived at a place wbere some tree? had been pffkd 

 by wi rtown knew the creek to be the math 



f the Kenzna, ai.d that he and his 

 father had peeled that bark tw m before, and 



anty. in which they had wintered. 

 We encamped here for the night, and in the morn- 

 ing revived to give up the pursuit and retnrn hone, 

 think .able that Campbell and Gee- 



back had done so. We arrive i at Kenzna at the 

 same time with Campbell and Geebuck, but the 

 been found. We went to Campbell's 

 ~e took dinner and settled onr affairs, 

 after which we sent the Indians back to the camp 

 for onr meat, cooking utensil= We paid 



r the h ch with the provisions, 



wage* of the Indians, and loss of onr own time made 

 tal loss one hundred an! twenty-six dollars, 

 being forrr-t wo dollars ea; ... IfcFryji ad agreed, 

 in case wc : secure an elk, to assist me in 



building, half r each : !Qm great 



of the failure of our exped: the want 



I will i: ription of the pi 



^rren to Oiean, on the 

 ile of th re 1 one hunted elk, bears. 



panthers and My first elk-hunting in this 



n was in 1S16. and I continued it for five years. 

 During this time I traveled over every part c : 

 section oi .vania ar.i New York, and became 



familiar with the com. een the Allegany and 



Susquehannah. In a circuit of ten miles around the 



