9th.—We took a little foot-path hardly to be seen. We left it, and went through thick bushes, till we came to a mire, which we did not see, till we were in it; and _Tom Hickman_ fell in, and almost broke his leg. We had hard work before we could get the horse out again. The Lord helped me, that I got safe from my horse. I and _Pisquetumen_ had enough to do to come through. We passed many such places: it rained all day; and we got a double portion of it, because we received all that hung on the bushes. We were as wet as if we were swimming all the day; and at night we laid ourselves down in a swampy place to sleep, where we had nothing but the heavens for our covering. 10th.—We had but little to live on. _Tom Hickman_ shot a deer on the road. Every thing here, upon the _Ohio_, is extremely dear, much more so than in _Pennsylvania_: I gave for one dish of corn four hundred and sixty _wampum_. They told me that the Governor of _fort Duquesne_ kept a store of his own, and that all the _Indians_ must come and buy the goods of him; and when they come and buy, he tells them, if they will go to war, they shall have as much goods as they please. Before I set off, I heard further, that a _French_ captain who goes to all the _Indian_ towns[61] came to _Sacunck_, and said, “Children, will you not come and help your father against the _English_?” They answered, “Why should we go to war against our brethren? They are now our friends.” “O! Children,” said he, “I hope you do not own them for friends.” “Yes,” said they, “We do; we are their friends, and we hope they will remain ours.” “O! Children, said he, you must not believe what you have heard, and what has been told you by that man.” They said to him, “Yes, we do believe him more than we do you: it was you that set us against them; and we will by and by have peace with them;” and then he spoke not a word more, but returned to the fort. So, I hope, some good is done: praised be the name of the Lord. 11th.—Being Monday, we went over _Antigoc_:[62] we went down a very steep hill, and our horses slipt so far, that I expected, every moment, they would fall heels over head. We found fresh _Indian_ tracts on the other side of the river. We crossed _Allegheny_ river, and went through the bushes upon a high hill, and slept upon the side of the mountain, without fire, for fear of the enemy. It was a cold night, and I had but a thin blanket to cover myself.