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 190 HISTORY OP bridge now is, where at first a Mr. Wattles had made a settle- ment. Of this man he obtained help to get his boat up to that place, as the river during the heavy rain, had become so deep that the strength of one man could not push it up the stream. A few days after his arrival at this place, the Indian, who had given so much trouble, was taken up in the woods in pos- session of the horse, by two men, Richard and Daniel Ogden, who had been out on a tour of hunting and exploration. These men knew the horse, having seen it when Beach was at the ferry a few days before, and compelled the fellow to come in with them and give an account of himself. But, Indian- like, he answered nothing to the charges brought against him, and here the matter ended, as no further measures were taken against him. At this place Mr. Beach determined to locate himself, and accordingly selected a farm in an entire wild state, which place is now known by the name of Ketchum farm, in Sidney, Delaware county. New York. He then returned through the same woods, carrying his boy behind him on the horse, till he arrived at "Western, his place of residence, in old Connecticut, but then known by the appellation of Down Country, by all such as had removed from that place to the westward. On the 11th of November, 1784, Mr. Beach and his family commenced their journey to their new home. In order to transport their goods, they were obliged to follow a different route from that taken by himself while exploring the wilder- ness. They passed through Albany, then up the Mohawk valley, and finally arrived at the outlet of Otsego lake ; this was the end of the road, and they were compelled to dismiss their teams, and embark with their effects on a batteau. This was the same route travelled by the Northern division of Sul- livan's army under Clinton in 1777, by. whom, as before stated, it was first opened. Grliding down the lake, a distance of nine