[50] "The original name of Cumberland was Cucucbetuc, and from its favorable position on the Potomac, was most probably the site of a Shawnee village, like Old Town; moreover, it was marked by an Indian name, a rare occurrence in this vicinity, if any judgment may be drawn from the few that have been preserved. [51] "This interesting locality lies at the west foot of the Meadow Mountain, which is one of the most important of the Alleghany Ridges, in Pennsylvania especially, where it constitutes the dividing ridge between the eastern and western waters. A rude entrenchment, about half a mile north of the Inn on the National Road, kept by Mr. Huddleson, marks the site of this fort. This is most probably the field of a skirmish spoken of in frontier history, between a Mr. Parris, with a scouting party from Fort Cumberland, and the Sieur Donville, commanding some French and Indians, in which the French officer was slain. The tradition is distinctly preserved in the vicinity, with a misapprehension of Washington's participation in it, arising probably from the partial resemblance between the names of Donville and Jumonville. From the positiveness of the information, in regard to the battle ground, conflicting with what we know of Jumonville's death, it seems probable enough that this was the scene of this Indian skirmish; and as such, it possesses a classic interest, valuable in proportion to the scarcity of such places. [52] _Historic Highways of America_, vol. v., ch. 4. [53] _Bouquet Papers, MSS._ Preserved in British Museum: Forbes to Pitt, July 10; Forbes to Bouquet, August 2; Bouquet au Forbes, July 26, 1758. [54] Speed's _The Wilderness Road_, pp. 56-57. [55] Speed's _The Wilderness Road_, p. 60. [56] Lowdermilk's _History of Cumberland_, p. 275. [57] _Land Records of Allegheny County, Md._ Liber E, fol. 191. [58] _Id._, Liber G. fol. 251. [59] _Id._, Liber I and J, fol. 105. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: 1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_. 2. Obvious errors in spelling and punctuation have been corrected except for narratives and letters included in this text. 3. Footnotes have been moved to the end of the main text body. 4. Images have been moved from the middle of a paragraph to the closest paragraph break. 5. Certain words use an oe ligature in the original. 6. Carat character (^) followed by a single letter or a set of letters in curly brackets is indicative of subscript in the original book. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Historic Highways of America (Vol. 4), by Archer Butler Hulbert