OB SERVAT IONS 
- MADE BY 
Mr .JOHN BARTRJM, 
In his Journey from 
Pcnjilvania to Onondago , &c, 
f|$gHE 3 <2 of July 1743, I fct out 
from my houle on Skuylkil River , 
with Lewis Evans , and travelled 
fM beyond Terkiomy Creek the fir ft 
k day. The weather was exceeding 
The 4 th y we fet out before day, and 
flopp’d at Marcus Hillin' s by Manatony ; then 
crofted Skuylkil , and rode along the weft fide 
over rich bottoms, after which we afeended 
tire f lying Hill , (fo called from the great num- 
ber of wild Turkeys that ufed to fly from them 
to the plains) here we had a fine profpeft of 
the Blue Mountains , and over the rich Vale 
of Tulpchocken ; the delcent into which is fteep 
and ftoney. Through this vale we travelled 
weft, 
hot. 
