Resurrecting the First American West

To Frankford Town 8 Holdermans Mill - 4 North Branch Potomac 3 aliganey County Maryland Gwyns Tavern at the fork Bradfords old Road - 3 Clarks Store - - 4 a fine Fertile valey here in the mountain Tumblestons Tavern 12 big shades of Death Mountains Tavern or White Oak Spring - - - 4 Sumpkins Tavern - 5 Pensyvania Fayette County By Crossing of Yohagahay 8 Carrolls Tavern - - - 12 Bradock [buried?] 4 miles on the road at [? ?] Beason Town - 12 Red Stone Old Fork 12

Monongahail river Redstone & Dunlaps Creek all here Washington County Adams Ordinary 2 Washington Town - 23 or Catfish - Wheeling on fork - - 35 Red Stone

Left Old Fork thursday 30th Sept, monongahail bearing N E from S W. pretty bottom a few High Hills on the way

encrease in sign [going?] fort 90 miles from ye Fort Red Stone [?] - a pretty situation as you leave the fort is [Yoh? York?] abo^t 20 miles abov Rams from [Lock?]. Alega. emptys in [the consor?] Ohio bears from y^e fort. abo^t ^N W. an Island just below. keep right side. keep close under the [?] of [Aleg^a?] as you get in the Ohio. here sun set the sun set Oct 2^d two small Islands about 20 miles down keep right side - 10 miles lower

Douglass Tavern on Week =iffs Store - 13 pretty good road Chester Gap top of Red 8 abo^t 5 miles before you get clear of the mountain pretty well Waterd [Lehan?] Town - 3 Thanadore ford - 2

two branches to cross rather a difficult ^way a [few ?] below a fine stream water ab^t 14 miles from townStevensburg - - - 10 Browns Mill - - 2 Winchester - - 6 Gasper Rinkers - 11 Hamshire County Widow Lewiss - 11 Crocks Tavern - 9 Reynolds on the south Branch Potonmach 13

dangerous rock Island flatt in first appearance Rises high. keep left side there is a small channel to the right & here day breaks saw an Indian on the right hand channel

# Oct 3^d above the rock a few miles is an Island which leaves to the left hand & runs close to the right 3 more small which Leave to the Left. a forth Isle first appearance of them is a small one the next which appear to Join is narrow. as you may see when at the lower and these leave to your left hand and another small one also these will appear a [flatt?] Gravelly one you must leave round the last & keep the last to the right there is too channels to appear and when you first get in sight of this I. but the right hand one is very [short? steep?] the

of the river bears here N N W since the morning we pass By [domes?] go creek emptying from the In. side the Country appears to be generally mountainous tho not more remark ablee high- we soon pass by another I. which bears to the Left Right & another sand bank a few miles below which leave to left Beautiful bottoms here down to Buffaloe On 45 miles below Fort Pitt night came on - & lay by all night

Oct 4^th a few miles below Buffaloe 3 Isl^s chan^l on either side of them the Virginia side the most direct- a few miles below we leave an I. to the Right a few miles further an other I. good on

both sides the left hnd channel goes by [what?] 15 miles below Buffaloe beautiful generally all the way down farther down a few miles apart two I. which leave to the right bear right came or continued to sail pass ing by two I which leave to the left ^&c day breaks. Oct 5^th we pass by 2 I. leave to the left beautifull bottom, most of the way since night as well as we could see & so in the morn 4 I. near together which lay to the left hand Log Cr. making in from the In.

side keep pretty close to the 4^th I. leaving it to the Left [inserted- In those] another I. close by which appears to have two good channels as it first appears leave it also to the left Hand the Land here abouts [inserted- Sir William] is rather Hilly contining Hilly a little & fine bottoms passing by ^one I. channel on each side but the right hand is best- beautif bottoms w^t a few Hills- passing long you come in sight of 2 I. w^t a beautiful prospect course bearing So. W three Channels all in View Keep the middle channel the at the lower end of this channel stands another I. which leave to the right Hand tho both channels are good this is as you draw the Muskingam settlements here night came 90 miles above Canaway

Oct 6^th about 5 or 6 mies beow an I. called muskingum I. right hand channel is best after you leave muskingum you fall in w^t another I. which leave far to the left & keep pretty close to the Indian shore. you pass by another [insert- here is [balfreo?] settlement 16 [miles?]] I. which leave also to the left [insert- can't decipher it] then you pass by 3 other small I. which leave to the right also then another leave to the right another I hard by but the right hand channel is best beautifull bottoms all the way as low as ever have yet gone, you pass by Belville town on the [Vir?] side & several Houses on the In. side till you get down here beautifull bottoms after you left Bellville Town [your? ? ?] an I. w^t leave to the left a little on

below the lower end of this I. there is a shoal in the river [insert- here night comes on] you must steer fully over to the I. side we got aground twice & were obliged to get in the water & push off three or 4 I. more we pass by which leave all to the left hand the [Indian?] side generally is best water

Oct 7^th a Long I. we leave also to the Left Oct 7^th Beautifull Land on the on the way as yet the River Bearing generally S. W. 2 I. we pass Leavg both to the left hand good water down to the mouth of Canaway R. ^90 miles below muskingum [whert? (short for 'where it'?)] forms a Junction w^tthat River a S. W course Canaway [comes?] in a from a S. course the Point of Land is called

Pleasant [its?] is a most Delightfull spot the River [insert- a [few?] miles back from the P. the Land is [?]] after the Junction is abo^t 1/4 mile wide & is generaly the case more & Less from fort Pitt Down - the country in generall affords a most Beautiful Prosspect being [very fertile?] on both sides the R. on the N. side [?] [?] P. Pleasant is at little Hilly tho nothing con siderable the R. below the Junction bears S.S.W about 2 miles below an I. which leave to the right a litle below the I is the F. [?] -ment on the I side This day we past by [?] [C^r? (Creek?)] on both sides the R 12 miles the point and I w^t leave to the right night came on [?]