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cafion : An Indian ( whofe wife kad eloped ) 
came hither to hunt, and with his skins to 
purchafe another here, he efpied a young 
fquaw alone at the hill ; going to her, and 
enquiring where fhe came from, he received 
for anfwer, that fhe came from heaven to 
provide fuftenance for the poor Indians , and 
if he came to that place twelve months 
after he fhould find food there. He came 
accordingly and found corn, fquafhes and to- 
bacco, which were propagated from thence 
and fpread through the country, and this filly 
ftory is religioufly held for truth among them. 
Our way hence, lay over fine rich level land 
as before, but when we left it, we enter’d a 
miferable thicket of fpruce, opulus, and dwarf 
yew, then over a branch of Sufquehanah , big 
enough to turn a mill, came to ground as 
good as that on the other fide the thicket ; 
well cloathed with tall timber of fugar birch, 
fugar maple, and elm. In the afternoon it 
thunder’d hard pretty near us, but rained little ; 
We obferved the tops of the trees to be fo clofe 
to one another for many miles together, that 
there is no feeing which way the clouds drive, 
nor which way the wind fets : and it feems 
almoft as if the fun had never fhone on the 
ground, fince the creation. About fun fet 
it cleared up, and we encamped on the laft 
branch of Sufquehanah , the night following it 
thundred and rained very faft, and took us 
at 
