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1791 6 mo 21 3 of a Cart, which obliged us frequently to walk, it was with difficulty in many Places that we or our Horses could keep our feet; nevertheless we persevered in pretty good spirits Col. Forrist was an old Soldier, and travelled the road before, but what I most admired was to see my young friend and Companion encounter the greatest Difficulty with so much cheerfulness; our living both as to food & lodging being similar to the Description of the Country; at times I was not altogether free from fears & doubting, it seemed like a confirmation to me to have such an agreeable Companion. In the afternoon we went to Col. Pickering's Quarters where he introduced to me a young man by the Name of Parrish, who had just returned from the Indian Nations, having been employ'd as a Messenger to give information of the Treaty, & invite the Indians in, this young man appeared to have something clearer about him, and I was the more taken with him for his Namesake, which I have rarely met with, he went with me to the Indians Cabbins and interpretted for me where I had an opportunity of informing them who we were, and where we came from, & our Business which, was purely to attend the Treaty, & pay them assist in love & good will, and take them by the hand as friends & decendents of the first Propriator of Pennsylvania, W. Penn, who was careful to purchase the Indian's Lands, and was particularly attentive to do them justice, and to promote Peace & Harmony in the Land, this pleased them, & they expressed a proper sense of our Friendship in coming so far to see them; in the course of our Visits I endeavoured to guard them against Strong Drink, and pointed out the pernicious Effects of using it. We went to see our Horses; spent some time in writing and in Visiting the Indians, we are informed the

in margin: The Indians informed of our Business