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1793 WD 5 mo 6 2 came to us, & we rode about 14 Miles to James Coals & Lodged, the road

                                very rough in Places.
           7   3                 Rose early and rode aout 45 Miles to Peter Roberts.
           8   4                 Rode about 22 Miles to the painted Post, situate on the River Sioga,
                                 counted about 240 Miles from Philadelphia in about 9 Days, some of the
                                worst Road I ever travailed, but we got a long pretty Chearfully, the
                                Commissioners were very king & Respectful to us, the Flats along the River
                                exceeding fertile, in some of them there appeared old Hills where the 
                                Indians used to plant Corn; but they are now driven to seek Habitation
                                far distant, & I have received but very little Consideration for their fine
                                fertile Country, which is to be feared has been one Cause of the present
                                unhappy Difference between them & the white People.
           9    5               Rode to Bath about 20 Miles & fed, in the Evening reached a Bark
                               Cabbin 11 Miles, hre we struck up a Fire, the young Cornplanter
                               now in his Element, took an Ax& soon peeled as much Bark off
                               the Trees as made a good dry Floor, we lay down on Blankets and
                               covered with others, & I took my Saddle for a Pillow, we kept up
                               a good Fire, but laying in a Bottom nar a Creek, & toward
                              Morning it grew Cool, made our Lodging not very Pleasant,
                              nevertheless were preserved from taking Cold.
              10  6          Rose early & rode 38 Miles to Captaincies. Williamson's, Agent for
                             a Company in England, who pruchased an extensive Tract of
                             the Jenesee Lands, here we were hospitably entertained.
              11   7          We rode about 16 Miles to Gilbert Berry's, on the Banks of
                            the Jenesee River, a House of good Entertainment, here we met
                            with the Farmer's Brother, Red Jacket, Little Billy & a number
                            of others to the amount of about 50, we were glad to see
 Conferrence        each other, in the Evening we had a friendly Conferrence,

with some the Indians addressed themselves to the Commissioners Indians in particular, & enquired where Beverly Randolf came

                             from, they were told from Virginia, they said that was a
                             cross? (or rather wicked) Name, they were Fighters, Red