Early Western Travels 1748-1846 Volume I _Of this work seven hundred and fifty complete sets are printed, each numbered and signed._ _This set is No. 666_ The Arthur H. Clark Co. [Illustration: _Capt. “Tho.” Morris._] Early Western Travels 1748-1846 A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, during the Period of Early American Settlement Edited with Notes, Introductions, Index, etc., by Reuben Gold Thwaites Editor of “The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents,” “Wisconsin Historical Collections,” “Chronicles of Border Warfare,” “Hennepin’s New Discovery,” etc. Volume I Journals of Conrad Weiser (1748), George Croghan (1750-1765) Christian Frederick Post (1758), and Thomas Morris (1764) [Illustration] Cleveland, Ohio The Arthur H. Clark Company 1904 COPYRIGHT 1904, BY THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Lakeside Press R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY CHICAGO CONTENTS OF VOLUME I PREFACE. _The Editor_ 11 I INTRODUCTORY NOTE. _The Editor_ 17 JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE OHIO; August 11-October 2, 1748. _Conrad Weiser_ 21 II INTRODUCTORY NOTE. _The Editor_ 47 A SELECTION OF LETTERS AND JOURNALS RELATING TO TOURS INTO THE WESTERN COUNTRY. _George Croghan_ Croghan to the Governor of Pennsylvania; November 16, 1750 53 Proceedings of Croghan and Andrew Montour at [the] Ohio; May 18-28, 1751 58 Letter of Croghan to the Governor, accompanying the treaty at Logstown; June 10, 1751 70 Croghan’s Journal; January 12-February 3, 1754 72 Croghan to Charles Swaine, at Shippensburg; October 9, 1755 82 Council held at Carlisle; January 13, 1756 84