oj John Oockburn, &c. 6$ 

 dry'd Hide of them, and fixed it to our 

 Feet which were again in as bad a Condition 

 as ever. They faid, it was feveral Days 

 Journey to any Town or Village, and asked, 

 if we could walk from hence to our own 

 Country. I told them no, it was impoffi- 

 ble, and that we muft go to it by Shipping ; 

 but they having no Notion of what that meant, 

 I marked out the Figure of a Ship on the 

 Ground, and as well as I could reprefented 

 it floating on the Water ; at which they 

 feemed to be in great Admiration. Thefe 

 People were very friendly, in giving us Pro- 

 vifion to fuftain us on our Way over the 

 Mountains, which we were of Neceffity to 

 pafs, tho' we would willingly have avoided 

 them. We ftay'd here one Day and two 

 Nights, and then agreed, with the Bleffing 

 of God, to fet forward once more. 



We always took great Care to fteer our 

 Courfe by the Sun, as the Indians directed, 

 elpecially in palling thefe Mountains, fome 

 of which it was impracticable to go dire&ly 

 over, for, we were forced frequently to wind 

 about them, and when we law any Range 

 or Whig warn in the Valleys, if towards 



F 3 Evening, 



