The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-02-17
A LONG WALK.

In 1892, Thomas Penn contracted with
Tecdyuscuine aud some others for "A title
10 all tie laud in PENN yIIauia, to be
taken uh hy parallel uf latitude from
uuy point as far az Tie best oi three m"n
could walk in dav, between sunrise aud
sunset. from 81 certain chestnut tee, at or
near Busted, in "a northwest direction.
Care was taken To se.efi tie most capa>
ble for such walt. The choice fell on
James Yates, II naive Of Bucks county,
a tall, slim man, cf much agility AMI
speed al foot 4; Solomon Jennings, "a Yam
kee. remarkably stout and strong Ed~
ward MARSHALL. a native uf Bucks county.
Il noted hunter. chaIn>cau Ter. &c "A large,
heavy set, and strong buned man.
The day was appointed and the cham-
pions notified. The pe"ple collected at
what they thnuaht the !irst twenty miles
of the Durham road, Ia see them pass.
First came Yates, stopping as light a. -
feather. accompanied 10y L. Penn and at
tcndatis On lao, Sc back After him. bat
out ot sight, came Jennings With strong.
steady step; and no; Ear behind, Edward
Marshall, apparently careless, swinging
hatcher in his hand. and eating dry
biscuit. Bets ran in favor of Yats Mar
shall took hiscuiis Ia support his stomach,
ard carried IL hatrhrt la swing III his
hands alternately. that the action in his
arms sh"tild iaia;lce that IN his lraS, as he
WAS fully Determined to beat the others.
or di,' IN the attempt. ~. saui hP first
saw Yates Ia descending Dur ham Greek.
ani gained him There e saw Yates
sitting On Il lnr, very tired presently he
II III and cave ny the walk MARSHALL
kept on. and before he reached the lie
high. overlook and passed .Ieu.ing~-wa-
dsd the river mt B,Ihlrhrul-hnr,ird ON
faster and faster hy where Nazlreih
stands. 10 the Wind Gap.
That was as Gar as The path had been
marked for them to walk "n. anil there
was c"lleciion uf people waiting 10 see
IT any 'fshe three would reach il hy snn
set. He only halted ior the Surveyor +"
give him "a pncke' compass, AMI started
again Three Indian ruunrrs were seat
af.er him to see if he wnike'i it fair, :in.i
how far he went. H.. ihen passed tn h-
Vi NIOlnIAlh, IIlt lttlltliS
finding it difficnlt 10 keep him in siahr.
till he reached Still Water and he would
have gore few ml,s further hat Em the
water. There he marked tree. wi,ness-
cd by the three Hd,,ns. The distance
he walked be; tween sun and sun, not bng
on 4 straight line and about thirty miles
Us it through the woods. was estimated to
be trem one hundred and ten iu one hun
dred and twenty miles He thus won
the great prize, which was five hundred
pounds in money, aud five hundred acres
OF land anywhere In the purchase.
James Yates. who led the way far the
first thirty miles or in,'". was qriic bind
when taken ont Of Durham Creek, and
lived but three DAYS afterwards. Solo
mon Jennings survived but a few wears
Edward Marshall lived and died ON Mar
shali's Island IN The delaware river. lie
arrived AT about ninety years of age. lie
was Il great hunter, and it is said he dis
covered rich silver mine, which rendered
him and lis fimily connexions af,iIeni {:
but hc never disclosed where II was, and
II continues unknown to this day