The Pioneers: Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna

"See, Winter comes, to rule the varied years,Sullen and sad, with all his rising train;Vapors, and clouds, and storms."-Thomson.Near the centre of the State of New York lies an extensive district of country whose surface is a succession of hills and dales, or, to speak with greater deference to geographical definitions, of mountains and valleys. It is among these hills that the Delaware takes its rise; and flowing from the limpid lakes and thousand springs of this region the numerous source...