[28] This was the last important Indian cession in Ohio. September 29, 1817, the Wyandot, Seneca, Delaware, Shawnee, Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Chippewa ceded a large tract bounded on the east by the previous treaty line--namely, a line drawn south from a point a few miles east of the head of Sandusky Bay, and on the south by the old Greenville treaty line (see Evans's _Tour_, in our volume viii, note 51), and the St. Mary's River.--ED. [29] For the early history of Blue Licks, see Cuming's _Tour_, in our volume iv, note 117.--ED. [30] For a brief account of Lexington, see A. Michaux's _Travels_, volume iii of our series, note 28.--ED. [31] An account of the early history of Transylvania University has been given in our volume iv, note 126.--ED. [32] There are two good family taverns however, one the Indian Queen; of the other I forget the sign.--WELBY. [33] For a brief note on Frankfort, see F. A. Michaux's _Travels_, volume iii of our series, note 39. This was probably Colonel Richard Taylor, father of General Zachary Taylor. He was born in Virginia in 1744, and served throughout the Revolutionary War. Removing to the Falls of the Ohio (1781), he was a member of the conventions which formed the first and second constitutions of Kentucky, and was often a member of its legislature. He died in 1826.--ED. [34] For information concerning the early history of Louisville, consult Croghan's _Journals_, volume i of our series, note 106.--ED. [35] For the information of future travellers, Allen's quiet part of the hotel is down the street turning the corner of his house.--WELBY. [36] A brief account of New Albany may be found in Hulme's _Journal_, volume x of our series, note 15.--ED. [37] Paoli, about forty miles northwest of New Albany, is the seat of Orange County; it was laid out in 1816 by a territorial commission, and the first frame building erected in that year. Hindostan has passed out of existence; see Faux's _Journal_, volume xi of our series, note 68. Washington proved to be the most advantageously located. See _ibid._, note 69.--ED. [38] Vincennes is not as old as Philadelphia, having been founded in 1727. Consult Croghan's _Journals_, volume i of our series, note 113.--_Ed._ [39] Upon resigning his commission in the army (1814), General Harrison settled upon a farm at North Bend, Ohio.--ED. [39*] Mr. Birkbeck's letters from the Illinois.--WELBY. [40] Hulme's _Journal_ has been reprinted in volume x of our series.--ED. [41] The reader may suppose that corn might be grown at the English Prairie as cheap as at Harmony; _why_ it cannot will clearly appear in the account of this Colony.--WELBY. [42] For the location of Bonpas Creek, see Flower's _Letters_, in our volume x, note 2; Shawneetown, Croghan's _Journals_, in our volume i, note 108.--ED. [43] A relation of Mr. Flower's shot a bear during my stay.--WELBY.