NORTH AMERICA, 
CHAP. III. 
I waited two or three days at this poft expecting 
the return of an Indian who was out hunting. This 
man was recommended to me as a fuitable perfon 
for a protector and guide to the Indian fettlements 
over the hills ; but upon information that he would 
not be in fhortly, and there being no other perfon 
fuitable for the purpofe, rather than be detained, 
and perhaps thereby fruftrated in my purpofes, I 
determined to fet off alone and run all rifks. 
I crofted the river at a good ford juft below the 
old fort. The river here is near one hundred yards 
over. After an agreeable progrefs for about two 
miles over delightful ftrawberry plains, and gently 
fwelling green hills, I began to afcend more fteep 
and rocky ridges. Having gained a very con- 
fiderable elevation, looking around, I enjoyed a 
very comprehenfive and delightful view : Keowe 
which I had but juft loft fight of, appeared again, 
and the ferpentine river fpeeding through the lucid 
green plain apparently juft under my feet. After 
obferving this delightful landfcape, I continued on 
again three or four miles, keeping the trading path, 
which led me over uneven rocky land, crofting rivu- 
lets and brooks, and rapidly defcending over rocky 
precipices ; when I came into a charming vale, em- 
bellifhed with a delightful glittering river, which 
meandered through iu, and crofted my road. On mv 
left hand, upon the grafty bafes of the rifing hills, 
appeared the remains of a town of the ancients, as 
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