'Toiling our uncouth way', we mounted a hill, and surveyed the contiguous country.

To the northward and eastward, the ground was still higher than that we were upon; but in a south-west direction we saw about four miles.

The view consisted of nothing but trees growing on precipices; not an acre of it could be cultivated.

Saw a tree on fire here, and several other vestiges of the natives.

To comprehend the reasons which induce an Indian to perform many of the offices of life is difficult; to pronounce that which could lead him to wander amidst these dreary wilds baffles penetration.