. From trail to railway through the Appalachians . Cohoes;hence the long carry to Schenectady. From that place,by hard work, the boatmen could make their way up toLittle Falls, where the water descends forty feet in roar-ing rapids. Here the loads and the bateaux had to becarried along the banks to the still water above, where,with many windings and doublings on their course, thevoyagers could reach the Oneida Carrying Place, or FortStanwix. There they unloaded again, and for a mile ormore tramped across low ground to Wood creek, a littlestream flowing into Oneida lake, and thence into Os-wego
. From trail to railway through the Appalachians . Cohoes;hence the long carry to Schenectady. From that place,by hard work, the boatmen could make their way up toLittle Falls, where the water descends forty feet in roar-ing rapids. Here the loads and the bateaux had to becarried along the banks to the still water above, where,with many windings and doublings on their course, thevoyagers could reach the Oneida Carrying Place, or FortStanwix. There they unloaded again, and for a mile ormore tramped across low ground to Wood creek, a littlestream flowing into Oneida lake, and thence into Os-wego river and lake Ontario. The city of Rome stands PIONEERS OF THE MOHAWK AND HUDSON 23 exactly on the road followed by the carry. This wasan important place, and was called by the Dutch TrowPlat, while to the Indians it was De-o-wain-sta, theplace where canoes are carried across. Several fortswere built there, of which the most famous was FortStanwix. We should think Wood creek a difficult bitof navigation. It was a small stream, very crooked, and. Fig. 8. Genesee Street, UticaPart of the old Genesee road often interrupted by fallen trees. In times of low waterthe boats were dragged up and even down the creek byhorses walking in the water. The first merchant of old Fort Schuyler (Utica) wasJohn Post, who had served his country well through theRevolution. In 1790 he brought hither his wife, threelittle children, and a carpenter from Schenectady, aftera voyage of about nine days up the river. Near thelong-used fording place he built a store, at the foot of 24 FROM TRAIL TO RAILWAY what is now Genesee street. Here he supphed the sim-ple needs of the few famihes in the new hamlet, andbought furs and ginseng of the Indians, giving in ex-change paint, powder, shot, cloth, beads, mirrors, and,it must be added, rum also. Thus the fact that the riverwas shallow at this point and could be passed without abridge or a boat led to the founding of the city of Utica. The first regular mail rea
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