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This furni flies us with an inftance of the 
‘Punfftlio the Indians conftantly treat travellers 
with, the people though earneftly defiring to 
know our commiffion, would not take the 
liberty to ask us. This night our fellow 
traveller lodged with his occafional wife in a 
corner of our cabin, and in the morning 
would have taken her with him at our ex- 
pence, to the great vexation of Mr IVeifar, who 
thought it intolerable that an intruder fhould 
gratifie his private inclinations to the fhort- 
ning of our necdlary provifions, already in- 
fufficient ; as we did not take much pains to 
conceal this refentment, he had determined to 
part with her, though with much regret, and 
accordingly left her when we croflfed the 
branch, giving her a farewell fhout ; we 
heard this with much joy, and I believe it 
was as well for the parties. 
8fZ>,Wc continued our journey without meet- 
ing any thing worth remarking, the ground we 
had palTed rode over in our way out, and had 
lodged at the very creek we fpentthis night at. 
$th. W e travelled to a fine creek big enough 
to drive two mills, we ftoped for this night at 
the foot of a great hill, cloathed with large 
Magnolia , a feet diameter and x oo feet high ; 
perfectly ftraight, fhagbark-hickery, chefnut 
and chefnut oak. This is like a bridge be- 
tween the N.E. and N.W. branches of Suf- 
qttehanah : here is alfo a fpring from whence 
the water runs to both branches. 
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