MILES From Carlisle to Major Montour's 10 From Montour's to Jacob Pyatt's 25 From Pyatt's to George Croghan's at Aucquick Old Town[9] 15 From Croghan's to the Three Springs 10 From the Three Springs to Sideling Hill 7 From Sideling Hill to Contz's Harbour 8 From Contz's Harbour to the top of Ray's Hill 1 From Ray's Hill to the 1 crossing of Juniata[10] 10 From 1 crossing of Juniata to Allaquapy's Gap[11] 6 From Allaquapy's Gap to Ray's town[12] 5 From Ray's town to the Shawonese Cabbin[13] 8 From Shawonese Cabbins to the Top of Allegheny Mountain 8 From Allegheny Mountain to Edmund's Swamp[14] 8 From Edmund's Swamp to Cowamahony Creek[15] 6 From Cowamahony to Kackanapaulins 5 From Kackanapaulins To Loyal Hanin[16] foot Ray's Hill 18 From Loyal Hanin to Shanoppin's Town[17] 50 By this early measurement the total distance between Carlisle to Pittsburg by the Indian path was one hundred and ninety miles; ninety-seven miles from Carlisle to Raystown and ninety-three miles from Raystown to Pittsburg.[18] When it is remembered that this was the original Indian track totally uninfluenced by the white man's attention it is interesting to note that the great state road of Pennsylvania from Carlisle to Pittsburg, laid out in 1785, so nearly followed the Indian route that its length between those points (in 1819) was just one hundred and ninety-seven miles--seven miles longer[19] than that of the prehistoric trace of Indian and buffalo. Perhaps there is no more significant instance of the practicability of Indian routes in the United States than this. The very fact that the Indian path was not very much shorter than the first state road shows that it was distinctively a utilitarian course. One interested in this significant comparison will be glad to compare the courses of the old path and that of the state road as given by the compass.[20] Other references to the Old Trading Path are made by such traders as George Croghan and John Harris. Croghan wrote to Richard Peters, March 23, 1754: "The road we now travel ... from Laurel Hill to Shanopens (near the forks of the Ohio), is but 46 miles, as the road now goes, which I suppose may be 30 odd miles on a straight line."[21] In an "Account of the Road to Loggs Town on Allegheny River, taken by John Harris, 1754" this itinerary is given: