12th.—We made a little fire, to warm ourselves in the morning. Our horses began to be weary with climbing up and down these steep mountains. We came this night to the top of a mountain, where we found a log-house. Here we made a small fire, just to boil ourselves a little victuals. The _Indians_ were very much afraid, and lay with their guns and tomhocks on all night. They heard somebody run and whisper in the night. I slept very sound, and in the morning they asked me, if I was not afraid the enemy _Indians_ would kill me. I said, “No, I am not afraid of the _Indians_, nor the devil himself: I fear my great Creator, God.” “Aye, they said, you know you will go to a good place when you die, but we do not know that: that makes us afraid.” 13th.—In the afternoon we twice crossed _Chowatin_, and came to _Ponchestanning_,[63] an old deserted Indian town, that lies on the same creek. We went through a bad swamp, where were very thick sharp thorns, so that they tore our cloaths and flesh, both hands and face, to a bad degree. We had this kind of road all the day. In the evening we made a fire, and then they heard something rush, in the bushes, as though they heard somebody walk. Then we went about three gun-shot from our fire, and could not find a place to lie down on, for the innumerable rocks; so that we were obliged to get small stones to fill up the hollow places in the rocks, for our bed; but it was very uneasy; almost shirt and skin grew together. They kept watch one after another all night. 14th.—In the morning, I asked them what made them afraid. They said, I knew nothing; the _French_ had set a great price on my head; and they knew there was gone out a great scout to lie in wait for me. We went over great mountains and a very bad road. 15th.—We came to _Susquehanna_, and crossed it six times, and came to _Catawaweshink_, where had been an old _Indian_ town.[64] In the evening there came three _Indians_, and said they saw two _Indian_ tracks, which came to the place where we slept, and turned back, as if to give information of us to a party; so that we were sure they followed us. 16th and 17th.—We crossed the mountain. 18th.—Came to the _Big Island_, where having nothing to live on, we were obliged to stay to hunt. 19th.—We met 20 warriors, who were returning from the inhabitants, with five prisoners and one scalp; six of them were _Delawares_, the rest _Mingoes_. We sat down all in one ring together. I informed them where I had been, and what was done; they asked me to go back a little, and so I did, and slept all night with them. I informed them of the particulars of the peace proposed; they said, “If they had known so much before, they would not have gone to war. Be strong; if you make a good peace, then we will bring all the prisoners back again.” They killed two deer, and gave me one.