squehanna to the sea "where he found many nations that
are powerful and warlike."

The three Dutchmen mentioned in note 44 passed down the Susquehanna
Branch and were probably the first white men who ever saw that river;
Brule, the first that ever saw the Chemung.

[64] BREAK-NECK HILL.--The army passed this day Break-Neck Hill,
nearly opposite North Towanda. "This mountain derives its name from
the great height of the difficult and narrow passage not more than a
foot wide, and remarkable precipice which is immediately
perpendicular, and not less than one hundred and eighty feet deep. One
mis-step must inevitably carry you from top to bottom without the
least hope or chance of recovery."--_Hubley's Journal._

"This day marched on the side of a mountain about three hundred feet
from the bottom in a narrow path, where if we were to step one foot to
our left we would be gone, and on our right the mountain was about
four hundred feet high. N.B.--Three cows fell down and broke every
bone in their bodies."--_Shute's Journal._

[65] Capt. Cummings of the 3d N.J., Lieut. Jenkins, Capt. Franklin and
five others.

[66] CHEMUNG--An Indian town of fifty or sixty houses, occupied in
1779, located on the left bank of the Chemung river, three miles above
the present village of Chemung, in Chemung County, destroyed by Gen.
Sullivan Aug. 13th, 1779.

OLD CHEMUNG.--an Indian town partially abandoned in 1779, located on
the left bank of the Chemung river, half a mile above the present
village of Chemung, in Chemung County. A few houses burned Aug. 13th,
1779.

[67] This night's march was very tedious. The path followed the north
bank of the Chemung, passing the first narrows, near present Waverly,
and the second along the steep hill-sides and precipices west of
present Chemung. At these points there was scarcely room for two to
walk abreast, and a single mis-step would insure a landing on the
rocks a hundred feet below. It was daylight when the troops reached
the second narrows, but a dense fog prevailed, under the cover of
which they advanced, and found the town abandoned.

[68] CHEMUNG AMBUSCADE.--On the failure to surprise the Indians in
their village, General Hand pursued them up the river. About a mile
above New Chemung, the trail passed obliquely over a hill known
locally as the Hog Back, near the present residence of Doctor Everett,
about two and a half miles below the monument on Sullivan Hill. Col.
Hubley's regiment wa