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Show 'rRAVELS IN THE UNITED STATES: fubjc.:8: well worthy of his pencil. The mountains, covered with bohi roc:l ' s and vvoods, atr<.1rd the finefl: for ground imaginab1e; th pLtins, adorned with cultivated fi,Jd:; anJ patches of wood, and watered by th noble river, of wbic 1 yo 1 catch a glimpfc he:·e and there, fill up th.: mid llc part of the bntlfcape; and the blue hills, p cping ~tp at a cliflanc~, terminate the vic v in the moft plc.1fing manner. The country hordering upon th SuCquclt:1nnah abounds with deer, a1 d as we paffcd down we m t with numberlc('> p<utics of the country pc0plc engaged in driving thc(c animals . The d"cr, on being purfud in the ncighbouting country, immediately nuke for th' river, where men bt.ing concealed in hufhcs plac d 011 the f1r:1.nd, at t 1c part to ,~ hich it is expc led they w~ll come down, take the opportunity of fhooting them as foon as they enter tl e water. Should the tl ·cr not happen to come n<.:at thde ambua1cs, the hunters then follow them in canoes : it fd !om happen'' that th y cfcape after having once taken to the wa'er. V cry fine fil11 are found in every part of the Sufqnehannah, and the ri~ vcr is much frequented by wild fowl, particularly by the canvafs back duck. The wh lc way between Lochartzburg and Wilkcfbarn! arc fettlcmcnts on each il.dc of the riv r, at no great dift 1nce from each other; there arc alfo fcvcral :fi11all town on the banks of the river. The pri .K ipal one is French Town, fi Ll. ted v:ithin a {hort di{L nee of the Falls of Wyalu(ing, on th weilcrn J!c.lc f the river. This town was laid out at the expc1 cc f fever1l philanthropic perfons in Pcnniylvania, who entered into a fubicription for the purpoic, as a place of retreat for the unfortunate F rench emigrant who fled to America. The town contains aboL1t fifty log houfes; and for the ufe of the inlubitants a con11Jcr.lbk track of land has been purch~ kd adjoining to it, which hLlS been divi led into Lrms. The I~ rcnch fcttlcd here fLcm, however, to have no great inclination or ability to cnltivatc the earth, and the 2"rcatcr pat t of them have let their lands at a :fin~11l yearly rent to Americans, and amufc themfclv s with drivino· de r fi!hino- and fowl~ b ' o • ing; they live cntir ly to themfclv s; they hate the Americans, and t lC W I L K E S B A R R E. -i-49 the. Ame.r icans in the neighbourhood hJ.tc an d accutr.e t 11 em of b in an rule ddTipatcd fet. The manners of the t 1, . - g . . . . wo peop e an.: fo very different that 1t JS 1mpoi1Iblc they ilwuld ever ngrce. Wilkcibarn:!, for rncrly vVyumm <~ lS the chief to fi I · fi d . <'">' wn o .uz rne county. t JS ltuate on a platn, bounded on one Jldc by t] s I' 1 1 H' u que 1ar1na 1, and on the other by a range of moun tam· and co t · b • . ~ ' ' 11 am a out one h n ndr··d and fifty wooden dwellmo houfcs, a cnurcb court houfi· 1 1 I I . , ' anc &·•o . t wa~ 1e1c that th_c dreadful mail:crc was committed, during the AmcTJC,m war, by the In(' Ians und<.:r th co · mand of colonel But!· 1 · I · . . ' Cf,W11ClJSfC-COr. ded m moO: of the hifl:orics of the war, anJ which will for c ·cr re-mam a blot on the • nglia1 ann:d . 8everal of the houfcs in which t!Jc unfortunate vi.Cl:irns r~tircd to dc.:fcn themfdvcs, 011 being refu(ed all qu~rtcr, are fl:tll ftandmg, perforated in every part with balls; the re~ 1ams_ of oth~rs that were fet on fire are alfo flill to 1 e {i en, and the J~hab1tants W11l on no account fuffer them to be repair d. The Amencans are equally tenacious of the ruins in the: neighbourhood of Philadelphia. It was our intention at firft to have proceeded do~n the river from l1ence as far as Sunburg, or Harri!burgh; but the weather being now fo cold as to ~endcr a water conveyance, efpccially a canoe, where you are always ohhged to fit very fiill, extremely difagreeable, we determined to crofs the Blue Mountains to Bethlehem in Pennfylvania, fituated aboLTt fi xty- five miles to the fouth-eafl: of W 1lke!barre; we accordingly hired horfe • as we had done on a former occnfion, to carry our baggage, and proceeded ourfel vcs on foot. We fet out in the aftemoon, the day after_ tha on which we terminated our voyage, and before evening crofled the ridge of mountains which bound& the plain of Wilke!barre. !hefe mountains, which are extrem ly rugged and ftony, abound with Iron ore and co 1; for the manufatture of the former fcveral forges have been efl:abli!hed, hut no ufe is made of the coal, there being plenty of wood as y t in the country, which is efteemed much more agreeable fuel. From the top of them you have a very grand view of the plain below, on which !lands the town of Wilke(barrc, and of the river Suf- 3 M quehannah, .. |