. Indiana Historical Society publications . t Deansboro, Oneida County, New York, andlaunched into the Oneida Creek. He, with his party, ranthe boat down this creek into Oneida Lake, out throughOneida River into Oswego River, and down into Lake On-tario. On Lake Ontario he sailed to Niagara and up the Niag-ara River, portaged around the great falls and sailed to Buf-falo. From Buffalo he sailed on Lake Erie to a harbor nearChautauqua Lake and there portaged the boat into that waters of Chautauqua Lake are discharged into the Alle-gheny River, so that it was possible to sail down the A
. Indiana Historical Society publications . t Deansboro, Oneida County, New York, andlaunched into the Oneida Creek. He, with his party, ranthe boat down this creek into Oneida Lake, out throughOneida River into Oswego River, and down into Lake On-tario. On Lake Ontario he sailed to Niagara and up the Niag-ara River, portaged around the great falls and sailed to Buf-falo. From Buffalo he sailed on Lake Erie to a harbor nearChautauqua Lake and there portaged the boat into that waters of Chautauqua Lake are discharged into the Alle-gheny River, so that it was possible to sail down the Alleghenyinto the Ohio River and thus reach the mouth of the WabashRiver. The southern part of Indiana he found sparsely settled,but the central and northern parts were still his voyage from Fort Harrison up the Wabash to themouth of the Mississinewa River and return, a distance ofabout 360 miles, he does not mention having seen a single * Dr. Shulers description of the boat Brothertown Enterprise will befound in Appendix THOMAS DEAN, [1783-1844] OF DEANSBORO, N. Y. Journal of Thomas Dean 275 white man. The Indians he met on the river could not speakEnglish and he therefore had great difficulty in communicatingwith them. He was looking for good land, well watered,and describes the fine, fertile, silent prairies near the his journey on foot from Fort Harrison to the White Rivercountry and return, he passed through a wilderness of for-ests sparsely inhabited by Indians. The hardships were mostsevere. What would a man of today think of making a jour-ney from Terre Haute to Fort Wayne, about 220 miles, mostof the way on foot, with a heavy pack on his back? Somedays Dean and his party traveled forty miles. His unusual resourcefulness was exhibited at Fort Wayne,where he was unable to obtain a boat for taking himself andparty down the Maumee River. He at once went into theforest, cut down a big tree, and made a large canoe, not onlysufficient for his part
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