Date: 1850
To this hotel, then, which is on the way to the falls, we bent our steps, the noise of the rushing waters sounding in our ears, louder and more loud, as we approached them.  We passed quickly on, without a guide, (for I could not have supported the presence of one of those human machines,) and arrived at a small grove com posed of hiccory trees : this we traversed with rapid footsteps, and so, with a beating heart, I approached Niagara.  One sudden turn in the narrow path, and it was before us !