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from the tree, one of which, a foot dia- 
meter, yields a piece 7 feet long and above 
3 wide ; And having now prepared four forked 
fticks, they are fet into the ground the longer 
in front ; on thefe they lay the crofs-poles, 
and on them the bark. This makes a good 
tight thelter in warm weather. The rain was 
quickly over, but as it continued cloudy, we 
did not care to leave our fhed. Here our In- 
dians fhot a young deer, that afforded us a 
good feaft. 
12. We fet forward and travelled up the 
Run , bearing N. W. along a narrow valley, 
moderately rich, the hills hung with lofty 
limber, the ftones generally flat, then up a fteep 
hill, where I found foffil fteel in many ftones, 
the foil middling oak land; and here had a 
view of a Bluf point N. by the river fide; 
then defcending down a fteep hill N. K. we 
came to a rich bottom by the river ; hence N. 
after N. W. to a creek, and fo through a grove 
of white walnut and locuft, and exceeding rich 
land, half a mile broad, and now fome higher 
level land, affording oak, hickory, walnut, locust 
and pitch pine, our courfe generally N. N. W. 
till riding over a hazel plane we met eight 
Shawanefe Indians on horfeback coming from 
Allegheny , and going to Wiomick upon an im- 
portant account, as they faid. We turned 
back with them to the adjacent wood, and 
fate down together under a fhady oak ; the 
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