CHAPTER II.

Depart for Albany--the Hudson--Albany--Cohoe's Falls--Rome--the Little Falls--forest of charred trees--"stilly night" in a swamp--fire fly--Rochester--Falls of Gennessee--Sam. Patch--an eccentric character--Falls of Niagara--the Tuscarora Indians--Buffalo--Lake Erie--the Iroquois--the Wyandots--death of Seneca John, and its consequences--ague fever--Wyandot prairie--the Delawares' mode of dealing with the Indians--the transporting of Negros to Canada