p19 1817 Journal Thomas Dean

wango Creek, which is a considerable stream. It comes in from the northeast, and there we put up at Captain Dollaf's for the night. We obtained four quarts of milk, half a loaf of bread, and one pound of butter, of which we made a supper. Part of a bed was put on the door for three of us to lie on. All were wet, there having been very heavy show- ers, which lasted almost all the afternoon.

June 19th. We called for our bill and the reply was $2, which astonished me. We reasoned with him until the avaricious wretch was satisfied with $1.50. We then pro- ceeded down the river, which was very crooked, but with a gentle current and a deep channel. The banks are low and frequently overflown by high water, and the soil is rich, though rather low for cultivation to advantage. We went about six or seven miles, when we came to a small stream called Still Water, which river is from seven to four- teen feet deep, and the passage easy to the rapids, which are about twenty miles, where we stopped and took break- fast on our scanty collection of food at the dam about half past 1 o'dock. We had two pigeons, a pheasant, and a small groundhog, which we picked up in our passage of twenty miles down the river this morning, not being able to purchase either bread or meat within the distance which we came. After refreshing ourselves, we took in a pilot from the mill to run us over the dam, which he easily did, and at the mill we took in three passengers for Warren, Pa., one of whom was an Indian by the name of Henry O'Bail, son of the famous chief called Complanter, who acted as pilot. After the shower we went on toward Warren. We had a strong current and a crooked channel for eight and