V L 6H where a supper of johnny cake and fat bacon, and a bed on the puncheon floor before the fireplace, were found. Starting early next morning without breakfast, they procured food from settlers and arrived at Steubenville, then a considerable village, as night fell, all lame and foot sore, except the boy who appeared to gain strength and freshness every mile he traveled. Five miles on this side of Steubenville, the party came to where the road forked and inquired of some woodchoppers the proper road, but could hot obtain the desired information. They disagreed and divided, three taking the path by Cadiz, and two pursuing what proved to be a, more direct route. The two were Fiscus and young Williams, and they reached their destination thirty-six hours ahead of the others. The party stopped to rest with John Knisely, the founder of the town, who escorted them to where it was to be. Reaching the forks of the road, where the roads to Cadiz and New Cumberland separate, he said. “Now you are in town; this the Lower Market Square and this,” pointing westward, “is High Street. ” Looking around our new comers could see no town- nothing but bushes and
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