The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-01-19

when we arose, and regaling ourselves
with breakfast, the Captain attended to
the duty of PREF airing letters to return
to friends, which he did on his box on
board the ship.
| assure you, we felt romantic as, at
dusk, we drew our boat ashore and fas-
tened the hawser for the night, as it were,
in the wilderness where we could see no
inhabitants save the Indians, who were
engaged in the same pursuits as when in
their primitive state of civilization Mem
ory at once reverted to the annals of .his-
tory, and especially to the early history
Of our country and Imagination had ali
opportunity of presenting pictures of the
past more wildly than ever, daguercotyp-
ing to us the scenes which our ancestors
passed through in preparing this lovely
land for our inheritance. Yes, it was a
pleasant time of reflection for the Cap
tain and Mate, who had fully pondered
the history of the past, and knew that the
dangers had all been suffered; but to
v, the realities of his imagination
seemed at hand, and he actually expected
to see them transpire.
The clouds having dispersed, we par
sued our journey and thus might so
eAa discoursing to you upon each days
occurrences, giving notes of our expert
ence, our living, our trials, our joys, our
qualifications and our disappo:ntments
even to the end of our journey; but they
would not be of sufficient interest to re-
munerate me for my trouble to pen them,
or fer you to Teruse them; therefore ex-
cuse me, while Lmerely menti0n only a
few of the more important incidents, and
speak of our direction, principal obj acts
of interest and destiny. 1t proved to us
quite task, the river being so low, but
although we had to labor for our pleasure,
none Of us regret in the least having un-
dertaken the expedition and prosecuting it
as far as we have nor could we desire 1t
to be blotted from our memory for one
moment Of our lives. The beauty and
romance of the scenery; the river inter
spefsed With beautiful Islands on which
we often rambled, ate and reposed, with
the music in its windings as it rolled over
its rocky bed, often intercepted to the
E5ew By mountains covered with beauti-
fol forests, and forming to all appearance,
in ahe distance, an impenetable and in
surmountable barrier, but on approach,
affording an opening through which we
bass; the storm whleh for a moment COW
ers the mountaln-tops and then reveals
them again in all their splendor, crowned
by the eternal bow of promise; the enjoy
ment We expesieNcsd In taking the sYeek-
led finMy tribe from their hiding place in
the rfphng, babbIing brook the INDIAN
god' which ran down the river on inquir-
ing for it, ill we overlook it, and found
the original characters nearly oStiberatcd
by the elements, and instead, modern
names cut and painted the curiosity of
an Editors Office IN a log hut upon the
rivers brink which the Captain visited,
and left his promise of narration Of our
expodition-yet unfuflled the perform
ance of Dutchman in his intoxication
attempting to ferry some females with
their Responsibilities in their arms,
across the river; the joyful greetings we
received from the citizens in general our
FIVE days stay in Pittsburg, the "lron
City" TO the very letter, and the dirtiest
pat Of the globe we ever visited-and
there the leave-ta&ing of our cook who
accepted the charge of ali uncle and great
uncle whom he there found the glorious
sunset on the Ohio when the full moon
rose as If to prevent the departure of day
the sublimity Of the scene none can
describe our first day run with another
sklf bound for Texas; our halt at Mari
ctta, Ohio, and abandonment of the river,
and our overland journey, for a change in
our mode of travelling, with the pleasure
we experienced in passing from town to
town, viewing the rich and beautiful coun-
try of Ohio, where the inhabitants prin-
cipaiy "reeoa ;" and travel on horseback
our visit to GAINESVILLE, thence by Nation
al Road to Columbus, the handsomest
city we ever beheld; thence to Springfield,
Dayton, down the Miami valley to Gin
cinnaci and turning our backs upon
Ohio's beautiful soil and villages, and ex-
tensive fields of glisteEing maize, as we
enter the Hooser State and take up our
abode for the winter, Captain and Mate
each at his former profession ;-as We
treasure these scenes IL memory, and ma
ny others not here referred to, we feel a
degree of satisfaction that well remunsr-
ates us fSr oar tolls, aside from the phys.
ioal and Intellectual benefit derived from
mingling in new scenes and forming new
and varied associations.
The physical lndls position under which
I was laboring when left, has entirely
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