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weft, and by the way obferved a large fpring 
1 6 feet deep, and above 20 yards wide, which 
iflued out of a limeftone rock, the ground 
about it pretty level, deicending gradually 
towards the lpring which ran eaftward. At 
at night we lodged at Conrad JVeifers , who 
is the general Interpreter, and who went with 
us ; his bufinefs was to fettle an affair with the 
Indians at Qnondago. 
The gth, We crofted Tulpehockeu Creek 
which runs eaft, and emptieth itfelf into 
Skuylkil, and a little after a fmall branch of 
Swataro which runs Weft into Sufquehanah. 
Thefe two large creeks receive moft of the 
water of that great rich vale between the 
F Lying Hills and Tulfehockcn Hill front which 
the vale and creek receive their names, and 
is itfelf lo called from the Indian word figni- 
fying a tortoife, unto which the natives of 
the country have conceived it bears feme fimi- 
litude. And thefe two hills are the fouthern 
houndary of this fine limeftone vale, many 
hundred miles long, and from 10 to 20 miles 
broad to the northern boundary formed by the 
Croat Blue Mountains. 
Having called on a man who was to go 
with us and carry part of our provifions to 
Sbamokii <*, he could not get his horfe fhod 
that day, but we rode to William Par Jons’ 5 
plantation, who received and entertained us 
very 
