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river. Its situation is pleasant, being surrounded 

 by a rich country, and bids fair to become a place 

 of considerable business. It contains about eighty 

 houses, the most of which are neatly built. It is 

 the seat of justice for the county of Montgomery. 

 On the west side of the Miami, a little above 

 Dayton, comes in a large branch, called Stillwater. 

 This branch extends from the Miami, in a wes- 

 terly direction, beyond the line of the State, which 

 is about forty miles distant. Within the State, the 

 lands on this branch are rich and level. This 

 tract has been settled by a number of French or 

 Quakers, who emigrated from the States of South 

 Carolina or Georgia. In the habits of industry 

 and ceconomy, they devoted themselves to the 

 cultivation of the land, and have made great im- 

 provements. The tract is thickly settled and 

 very productive. So large a settlement by these 

 quiet, peaceable inhabitants has been a valuable 

 acquisition of the State. 



From Dayton to the Indian line, north, is about 

 fifty miles. The lands are mostly level and rich. 

 From the Indian boundary the lands are generally 

 level to the head waters of the stream which run 

 into lake Erie. Some portion of this tract of 

 country is inundated in the winter and spring for 

 two or three months. The head waters of the 

 main branch of the Great Miami, called Leromie's 

 creek communicate, by a short portage, with Au 

 Glaiae, which runs into the Miami of the lakes, 

 and another branch, by a portage of somewhat 



