NORTH AMERICA* 
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CHAP. III. 
I waited two or three days at this poft expecting 
die return of an Indian who was out hunting. This 
man was recommended to me asafuitable perfon 
for a protedor 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 croffed 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 
fweiling green hills, I began to afeend 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 Terpentine river lpeeding 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, 
whichledme over uneven rocky land, eroding rivu- 
lets and brooks, and rapidly defeending over rocky 
precipices; when I came into a charming vale, em~ 
bellifhed with a delightful glittering river, which 
meandered through it, and croffed my road. On my 
}eft hand, upon the graffy bafes of the rifing hills, 
appeared the remains of a town of the ancients, as 
