[149] The four proprietors, who were also the only settlers on the site of Lebanon, laid out the town in 1802. Becoming the county seat of Warren County, it thereafter grew rapidly, and in 1809 was chosen as the site for Miami University.--ED. [150] The road crossed the Little Miami near the border line between Warren and Green counties.--ED. [151] For the Pickaway Plains, see Cuming’s _Tour_, volume iv of our series, note 143.--ED. [152] For the early history of Lancaster, see Cuming’s _Tour_, volume iv of our series, note 145.--ED. [153] Newark was settled and laid out in 1802 by William Schenck, of Newark, New Jersey. In the fall of that year a considerable colony came from Pennsylvania. It was incorporated in 1826.--ED. [154] Mt. Vernon, the seat of Knox County, was laid out in 1805, and named after Washington’s home on the Potomac, its early settlers having come from Virginia and Maryland.--ED. [155] James Hedges, a government surveyor, laid out the town of Mansfield in 1808, naming it in honor of Colonel Jared Mansfield, surveyor-general of the United States. In 1820 it contained about 250 inhabitants.--ED. [156] Ethan Allen Brown was elected governor of Ohio in 1818. He resigned his office to accept a seat in the United States senate.--ED. [157] For the early history of Portland, see Buttrick’s _Voyages_, volume viii of our series, note 34.--ED. [158] Plunder is a cant term used in the western country, signifying travelling baggage.--FLINT. {287} LETTER XXIV[159] Passage on Lake Erie--Presque Isle--Buffalo--The Falls of Niagara--Kingston--Youngstown--Newark--Passage on Lake Ontario--Scotch Settlement in Upper Canada--Descend the River St. Lawrence--Thousand Islands--Brokeville--Prescott-Ogdensburgh--Rapids--St. Regis--Lake St. Francis--Falls--Cotu-du-Lac--The Cedar Falls and Village--Lake St. Louis--La Chine--Cachnewaga--Montreal--Passage down the St. Lawrence--Sorel--Lake St. Peter’s--Trois Rivieres--Settlements in Lower Canada--The Falls of Richelieu--Quebec--Heights of Abraham--Lorete--Indians--Remarks on the People--Lumber Trade--Government--Climate. _Quebec, Nov. 9, 1820._ Since writing my last letter to you I have removed from the head of Lake Erie to this place--a very considerable distance; but as I proceeded most of the way by water, I had very little communication with the shore, and very scanty means of making myself acquainted with the country.[160]