Indiana Historical Society publications . entand a smooth bottom. It is fortunate for us that the watersare high at this time, or we could not go down, our boat draw-ing about twenty-one inches of water, and in a dry time there isnot more than nine inches or a foot of water in the creek. Wetook in three passengers, one of whom was a good pilot, andwe went down the stream, which was very crooked, with swiftcurrent, which made it difficult to sail. We passed down to theCasadaga Creek six miles, and there our pilot left us. Theriver was larger and the current very moderate, the bank lowand the fl
Indiana Historical Society publications . entand a smooth bottom. It is fortunate for us that the watersare high at this time, or we could not go down, our boat draw-ing about twenty-one inches of water, and in a dry time there isnot more than nine inches or a foot of water in the creek. Wetook in three passengers, one of whom was a good pilot, andwe went down the stream, which was very crooked, with swiftcurrent, which made it difficult to sail. We passed down to theCasadaga Creek six miles, and there our pilot left us. Theriver was larger and the current very moderate, the bank lowand the flats large. We passed down ten miles and came intothe Conewango Creek, which is a considerable stream. Itcomes in from the northeast, and there we put up at CaptainDollofs for the night. We obtained four quarts of milk, halfa loaf of bread, and one pound of butter, of which we made asupper. Part of a bed was put on the floor for three of us to lieon. All were wet, there having been very heavy showers,which lasted almost all the Journal of Thomas Dean 285 June 19th. We called for our bill and the reply was $2,which astonished me. We reasoned with him until the ava-ricious wretch was satisfied with 12 shillings. We then pro-ceeded down the river, which was very crooked, but with agentle current and a deep channel. The banks are low andfrequently overflown by high water, and the soil is rich, thoughrather low for cultivation to advantage. We went about sixor seven miles, when we came to a small stream called StillWater, which river is from seven to fourteen feet deep, andthe passage easy to the rapids, which are about twenty miles,where we stopped and took breakfast on our scanty collectionof food at the dam about half past 1 oclock. We had twopigeons, a pheasant, and a small groundhog, which we pickedup in our passage of twenty miles down the river this morning,not being able to purchase either bread or meat within thedistance which we came. After refreshing ourselves,
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