p18 1817 Journal Thomas Dean
PART III
Venom most Cnavravoua Liuas to Prrrsnuncn
June 18th. We started with a head wind and ran down
to the rapids, where there are mills, with locks for boats to
pass through. We went through them, and about one-half
mile below we went to the village of jamestown to get meat,
bread, and cheese, but I could obtain no bread, nor pork
under 30 cents per pound, and 13 cents for poor new skim
milk cheese. It being about 12 dclock, and having eaten
very little this day, we had to dine on potatoes, crackers,
and a tisb which I bought for 9 cents. In the morning,
being refreshed by our frugal meal, we embarked down the
Chautauqua Creek, a small navigable stream with a quick
current and a smooth bottom. It is fortunate for us that the
waters are high at this time, or we could not go down, our
boat drawing about twenty-one inches of water, and in a
dry time there is not more than nine inches or a foot of
water in the creek. We took in three passengers, one of
whom was a good pilot, and we went down the stream,
which was very crooked, with swift current, which made it
difficult to sail. We passed down to the Casdaga Creek
six miles, and there our pilot left us. The river was larger
and the current very moderate, the bank low and the flats
large. We passed down ten miles and came into the Cone~