Identifier: wildernesstrail02hann (find matches)
Title: The wilderness trail; or, The ventures and adventures of the Pennsylvania traders on the Allegheny path, with some new annals of the Old West, and the records of some strong men and some bad ones
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Hanna, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1863-1950
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America
Publisher: New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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Pictured Rocks at the Mouth of Little Beaver Creek. The Conchake Route, and other Ohio Paths 185 Creek, about eight yards wide, crossed the Creek, and encamped aboutthirty yards from it. This day killed deer and turkies in our march. On the 6th, we traveled about fourteen or fifteen miles, our generalcourse being about east-southeast, killed plenty of game, and encampedby a very fine spring. The 7th, our general course about southeast, traveled about sixmiles, and crossed Maskongam Creek, running south, about twentyyards wide.1 There is an Indian town about twenty yards from theCreek, on the east side, which is called the Mingo Cabbins. There werebut two or three Indians in the place, the rest were hunting. TheseIndians have plenty of cows, horses, hogs, etc.2 The 8th, halted at this town to mend our mogasons and kill deer,the provisions I brought from Detroit being entirely expended. I wenta hunting with ten of the Rangers, and by ten oclock got more venisonthen we had occasion for.

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