where he was untill I
came -- the express return'd
& inform'd that they had all
got safely over -- I then
sent off another express to
Mr Swartz to cross at Sloss's
as the Ice was so much stronger
there than at
half Moon
the usual place of crossing --
5th.[January 1776] I went
up the
mohawk
river about seven miles & there
cross'd over on very weak Ice
indeed for horses -- & run down
along side the River untill we
came to the falls, so famous
in this part of the Continent &
known by the name of the
Cohoos falls. Those stupendous