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an aid-de-camp of General Wayne, who had 
brought him to town. This gentleman, how¬ 
ever, only rendered the appearance still more 
mysterious to him, by telling him, that the great 
spirit, for the convenience of the white men, 
Hvho were his particular favourites, had made 
the rivers in their country to run two ways; 
but the poor Wyandot was satisfied with the 
answer, and replied, Ah, my friend, if the 
“ great spirit would make the Ohio to run two 
/<r ways for us, we should very often pay you 
* c a visit at Pittsburgh During his stay at 
Philadelphia he never failed to visit the river 
every day. 
Amongst the public exhibitions at Phila¬ 
delphia, the performances of the horse riders 
and tumblers at the amphitheatre appear to 
afford them the greatest pleasure ; they enter¬ 
tain the highest opinion of these people who 
are so distinguished for their feats of activity, 
and rank them amongst the ablest men in the 
nation. Nothing, indeed, gives more delight 
to the Indians than to see a man that excels in 
any bodily exercise ; and tell them even of 
a person that is distinguished for his great 
strength, for his swiftness in running, for his 
dexterous management of the bow or the gun, 
for his cunning in hunting, for his intrepid and 
* A town situated at the very head of the Ohio. 
